title: [IL-2 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells after stimulation with pokeweed mitogen].
abstract: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were cultured for 72 hours in presence of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), phytohaemagglutinin/phorbolmyristate acetate (PHA/PMA), pokeweed mitogen (PWM) and in absence of these stimulators. The IL-2 concentrations of cultural supernatants were determined by an IL-2 dependent cell line. There was no IL-2 determined in absence of any mitogenic stimulators. Induction of IL-2 by PWM does not require the presence of PMA in contrast to stimulation by PHA/PMA, where PMA was found to be necessary for stimulation of production of IL-2. PHA/PMA induced IL-2 release shows only a weak maximum at 24 hours, whereas PWM induced IL-2 release was found to have a clear maximum at 48 hours. Stimulation by PWM enables comparative examination of DNA synthesis (lymphocyte transformation test) and IL-2 production in the same cell system using only one mitogen.
authors.affiliation: Forschungsabteilung Experimentelle Immunologie, Medizinischen Akademie Magdeburg.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reinhold
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ansorge
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
vernacular_title: IL-2-Produktion mononukleärer Zellen des peripheren Blutes nach Stimulation mit Pokeweed-Mitogen.