Effects of changes in membrane potential on the cyclosporin-induced inhibition of T-cell proliferation.
Effects of changes in membrane potential on the cyclosporin-induced inhibition of T-cell proliferation.
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膜电位变化对环孢菌素诱导的 T 细胞增殖抑制的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/s0006-291x(05)80994-5
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Gelfand,EW
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作者:
Tordai,A;Or,R;Gelfand,EW
Cyclosporin A (CsA) exerts its major immunosuppressive effect by inhibition of T-lymphocyte proliferation. The precise mechanism and target of its action has not yet been completely identified. CsA is also known to induce a rapid membrane depolarization in T lymphocytes. We have tested the role of CsA-dependent depolarization in the inhibition of T-cell proliferation by the drug. In these studies, induced membrane depolarization (in the presence of gramicidin or by replacing the Na+content of the medium with K+) or hyperpolarization (in the presence of valinomycin) had no influence on the induction of T-cell competence by phorbol dibutyrate/ionomycin or by submitogenic concentrations of PHA, a target for CsA immunosuppression. However, regardless of the state of membrane potential during the induction of T-cell competence, the inhibition by CsA was the same as seen in normally polarized cells. We conclude that the depolarization induced by CsA is not a critical element in its inhibitory effect on T-cell proliferation.