MONOCYTE 1-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE REGULATION - INDUCTION BY INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND SUPPRESSION BY DEXAMETHASONE AND UREMIA TOXIN
MONOCYTE 1-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE REGULATION - INDUCTION BY INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND SUPPRESSION BY DEXAMETHASONE AND UREMIA TOXIN
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DOI:
10.1002/jlb.54.1.17
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发表时间:
1993-07-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
YOUNG, E
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作者:
GYETKO, MR;HSU, CH;YOUNG, E
Alveolar macrophages acquire 1alpha-hydroxylase activity in inflammation, and thereby metabolize 25 hydroxyvitamin D3 (25 D3) to the active metabolite, 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25 D3, calcitriol). Calcitriol is a potent differentiation agent that modulates mononuclear phagocyte activation and effector functions. The mediators that induce macrophage 1alpha-hydroxylase activity are not well delineated. Furthermore, it is unclear whether calcitriol is a product only of terminally differentiated macrophages or whether less mature mononuclear phagocytes can produce it as well. The ability of newly recruited monocytes to produce calcitriol as an autocrine differentiation agent is particularly important in inflammation, as it may substantially expand the functional repertoire of these cells. To assess the effects of cytokines on 1alpha-hydroxylase activity, blood monocytes were cultured in the presence and absence of human recombinant tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), and interleukins 1 and 2 and then incubated with 25 D3 substrate. The conditioned media were assayed for calcitriol by high-performance liquid chromatography and competitive receptor binding assay. No detectable calcitriol was produced by unstimulated monocytes. However, all the cytokines markedly increased monocyte calcitriol production (range 133-151 pg/mg protein; in all cases P < .001). We then determined whether calcitriol production was suppressed by preincubation with either dexamethasone or the putative uremia toxin guanidinosuccinic acid (GSA). Dexamethasone pretreatment significantly inhibited subsequent cytokine-induced calcitriol production by monocytes, as did GSA (average 69 and 63% of control, respectively).