title: Changes in T and B lymphocyte proliferative responses in adjuvant-arthritic rats: antagonism by indomethacin.
abstract: The effects of a potent non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug, indomethacin, on the inflammatory response and lymphocyte proliferation were investigated in adjuvant-arthritic rats. As shown by others, adjuvant produced a time-dependent swelling of the contralateral paw which was maximal within 14 days after administration. Upon the intraperitoneal injection of either 1 or 2 mg/kg of indomethacin, twice daily for 3 days, the swelling of the contralateral paw was completely reduced. Selective changes in proliferative responses of splenic T and B lymphocytes to mitogens were found to accompany these effects. Adjuvant arthritic rats were found to have increased T cell proliferation when stimulated with phytohemagglutinin, whereas proliferation of B lymphocytes in the presence of lipopolysaccharide was completely suppressed. Indomethacin treatment at either the 1 or 2 mg/kg dose was found to depress the proliferative responses of T cells by 60 and 95%, respectively. In contrast, the hyporesponsiveness of B lymphocytes in arthritic animals was partially reversed with 2 mg/kg indomethacin. These results suggest that indomethacin may be exerting an antiinflammatory effect through a selective alteration of T and B lymphocyte activities in lymphoid tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Seng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benensohn
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Bayer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001168:Arthritis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001169:Arthritis, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008934:Mitogens; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008934:Mitogens; D007213:Indomethacin