title: The effect of prostaglandin E1 or E2 on the in vitro blastogenic response of lymphocytes from normal and tumor-bearing mice.
abstract: The in vitro effect of exogenously added prostaglandin (PG) E1 or E2 over concentrations ranges of from 1 X 10(-4) to 1 X 10(-9) M were studied in order to determine their effect on the in vitro lymphocyte proliferation of thymic and splenic T and B cells from normal and tumor-bearing CD2F1 mice. It was found that PGE1 generally caused greater inhibition of blastogenesis than did PGE2 when reacted with splenic lymphocytes from normal mice. Indeed, PGE2 was found to be stimulatory for both Con A- and LPS-sensitive normal splenic lymphocytes. Both PGE1 and PGE2 caused potent inhibition of Con A- and PHA-sensitive splenic lymphocytes from the tumor-bearing mice. Additionally, PGE2 was found to stimulate the LPS-reactive lymphocytes from the tumored mice. PGE1 and PGE2 both inhibited the Con A- and PHA-reactive thymic lymphocytes from normal mice at the lower concentrations studied, i.e., 10(-4) to 10(-6) M. Thereafter, at concentration ranges of from 10(-7) to 10(-9) M both PGE1 and PGE2 were both found to be stimulatory. Finally, both PGE1 and PGE2 at all concentrations studied, strongly inhibited the thymic lymphocytes from tumored mice.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D008934:Mitogens; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D007213:Indomethacin