Adrenergic beta(1)- and beta(1+2)-receptor blockade suppress the natural killer cell response to head-up tilt in humans
Adrenergic beta(1)- and beta(1+2)-receptor blockade suppress the natural killer cell response to head-up tilt in humans
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1997.83.5.1492
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发表时间:
1997-11-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Pedersen, BK
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作者:
Klokker, M;Secher, NH;Pedersen, BK
To evaluate stress-induced changes in blood leukocytes with emphasis on the natural killer (NK) cells, eight male volunteers were followed during three trials of head-up tilt with adrenergic beta(1)-(metoprolol) and beta(1+2)- (propranolol) blockade and with saline (control) infusions. The beta(1)- and beta(1+2)-receptor blockade did not affect the appearance of presyncopal symptoms, but the head-up tilt induced a transient lymphocytosis that was abolished by beta(1+2)-receptor blockade but not by beta 1-receptor blockade. Head-up tilt also resulted in delayed neutrophilia, which was insensitive to beta-receptor blockade. Lymphocyte subset analysis revealed that the head-up tilt resulted in a twofold increase in the percentage and absolute number of CD3(-)/CD16(+) and CD3(-)/CD56(+) NK cells in peripheral blood and that this increase was partially blocked by metoprolol and abolished by propranolol. The NK cell activity on a per NK cell basis did not change during head-up tilt, indicating that the cytotoxic capability of NK cells recruited to circulation is unchanged. The data suggest that the head-up tilt-induced lymphocytosis was due mainly to CD16(+) and CD56(+) NK cells and that their recruitment to the blood was inhibited by beta 1- and especially beta(1+2)-receptor blockade. Thus stress-induced recruitment of lymphocytes, and of NK cells in particular, is mediated by epinephrine through activation of beta-receptors on the lymphocytes.