MODULATION OF LYMPHOCYTE MITOGEN RESPONSES BY COCULTURED FIBROBLASTS
MODULATION OF LYMPHOCYTE MITOGEN RESPONSES BY COCULTURED FIBROBLASTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0008-8749(81)90016-2
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
KORN, JH
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作者:
KORN, JH
Immunological reactions in vivo occur in an environment rich in fibroblasts (FB) and other connective tissue cells. The possibility that FB might affect mononuclear cell proliferative responses to mitogens in vitro was examined in a microculture system. Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MC) were cocultured with mitomycin C-treated [human] FB in the presence of phytohemagglutinin (PHA) or pokeweed mitogen (PWM). Cocultured FB (at a 1:100 to 1:10 FB:MC ratio) suppressed the response of MC to PHA (by as much as 35%) but did not significantly affect PWM responses. Cocultures of FB and MC were characterized by 10- to 30-fold increases in prostaglandin E2 concentrations compared to MC or FB cultured alone. Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis with indomethacin or mefenamic acid significantly reversed the FB-mediated suppression of lymphocyte PHA responses. Prostaglandin-dependent FB suppression of lymphocyte PHA responses was seen only when FB:MC coculture was initiated at the onset of exposure of MC to PHA. When FB were added to MC after 24 h of culture with PHA, no effect was seen. Addition at 48 or 66 h resulted in prostaglandin-independent enhancement of lymphocyte proliterative responses to PHA. Thus, in cocultures of FB and MC, MC reactivity to PHA may be influenced in part via alterations in FB prostaglandin metabolism. The interaction between FB and MC may be important in the modulation of immune responses in inflammatory lesions.