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KMID : 0370220070510010035
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Yakhak Hoeji
2007 Volume.51 No. 1 p.35 ~ p.43
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Immunomodulatory Effect of cAMP-Elevating Agents on Macrophage- and T cell-Mediated Immune Responses
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Rhee Man-Hee
Cho Jae-Youl
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Abstract
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To investigate the immunomodulatory roles of cyclic AMP (cAMP) on macrophage- and T lymphocyte-mediatede immune responses, cAMP elevating agents were employed and carefully re-examine under the activation conditions of the cells. Various inhibitors tested dose-dependently blocked tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α production with IC50 values ranged from 0.04 to 300 μM. Of the inhibitors, cAMP-elevating agents showed lower cytotoxicity assessed by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release, suggesting less toxic and more selective. In particular, co-treatment of dbcAMP with a protein kinase C inhibitor staurosporine displayed the synergistic inhibition of TNF-α production. The modulatory effect of dbcAMP on TNF-α and nitric oxide (NO) was significntly affected by treatment time of dbcAMP. Thus, post-treatment of dbcAMP (three hours before LPS) abrogated dbcAMP’s inhibitory activity, and rather enhanced TNF-α level up to 60%. In contrast, additional NO production was shown at the co-treatment of dbcAMP with LPS. Unlike simultaneous treatment of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and interferon (IFN)-γ co-treatment, the combination of dbcAMP with other NO-inducing stimuli did not show drastic overproduction of NO. cAMP elevating agents also diminished splenocyte proliferation stimulated by concanavalin (Con) A, phytohemaglutinin A (PHA) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In addition, dbcAMP but not rolipram strongly suppressed CD8+ T cells (CTLL-2). Finally, cAMP elevating agents were differentially involved in regulating CD98-mediated cell-cell adhesion. Thus, dbcAMP and rolipram significantly enhanced the cell-cell adhesion, whereas forskolin blocked. Therefore, our results suggest that cAMP elevating agents participate in various immune responses mediated by macrophages and T cells with a different fashion depending on cellular environments and activation signals.
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KEYWORD
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cAMP-elevating agents, TNF-α, NO, spenocyte proliferation, cell-cell adhesion, macrophages, T cells
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