title: Antagonism of interferon induction in spleen and adherent peritoneal cells of mice by the lipophilic antiviral muramyl peptide MTP-PE.
abstract: The immunomodulator muramyl tripeptide-phosphatidylethanolamine (MTP-PE) has been shown to enhance host resistance against a variety of experimental infections and to cure influenza virus infection in mice when given in a single dose, even at a late stage of the disease. Tests of its capacity to induce alpha/beta- and gamma-interferon (IFN-alpha/beta and -gamma) in vitro demonstrated that it is neither an inducer nor a primer of IFN synthesis. On the contrary, we found that it inhibits the induction of IFN-alpha/beta and -gamma by poly(rI:rC), Newcastle disease virus, lipopolysaccharide, or concanavalin A in adherent cells from the peritoneal cavity and spleen of mice. The antiviral activity of already induced or exogenously added murine IFN was, however, not impaired.
mesh_terms: D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007369:Interferon Inducers / Q000494:pharmacology; D007372:Interferons / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007369:Interferon Inducers; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; C037144:mifamurtide; D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine; D007372:Interferons