title: Vitamin E inhibits PGE2 and O2- production in rat peritoneal macrophages.
abstract: In order to examine the possible role of vitamin E on the modulation of macrophages, we investigated the effect of vitamin E on O2- and PGE2 production in macrophages. The production of both PGE2 and O2- in rat peritoneal macrophages was dose-dependently stimulated by the addition of PMA and calcium ionophore A23187. However, the macrophages obtained after intraperitoneal injection of vitamin E for six successive days showed less PGE2 and O2- production when stimulated with PMA or A23187 as compared to those of control macrophages. O2- production in control macrophages stimulated with 139 nM PMA and 1 microM A23187 as 4.2 +/- 0.3 and 3.0 +/- 0.2 nmol/min per 10(6) cells, respectively. On the other hand, O2- production by the macrophages from vitamin E-treated rats was 1.5 +/- 0.4 nmol/min per 10(6) cells when stimulated with the PMA, and was not detectable when stimulated with A23187. As for the production of PGE2, control macrophages produced 2.59 +/- 0.70 ng/30 min per 10(6) cells when stimulated with PMA and 8.96 +/- 3.26 ng/30 min per 10(6) cells with the A23187, whereas PGE2 production by the macrophages from vitamin E-treated rats was reduced to 12-20% of the control. By analyzing alpha-tocopherol content and intracellular concentration of calcium ion [( Ca2+]i) in the macrophages isolated from control and vitamin E-treated rats, vitamin E treatment augmented alpha-tocopherol content (384.7 +/- 76.1 vs. 1.2 +/- 0.4 ng/10(6) cells) and decreased free [Ca2+]i when stimulated with A23187 (652 +/- 14 vs. 1201 +/- 223 nM).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishihira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016257:Fura-2; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013481:Superoxides; D014810:Vitamin E; D000001:Calcimycin; D015232:Dinoprostone; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2