title: Characterization of murine macrophage Fc receptor-dependent phagocytosis and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity during in vitro culture with interferons-gamma, alpha/beta and/or fetal bovine serum.
abstract: Resident and oil-elicited inflammatory peritoneal macrophages (PM phi) from competent C3HeB/FeJ and genetically deficient C3H/HeJ mice were characterized for their Fc receptor (FcR)-dependent binding, phagocytic and ADCC functions during in vitro differentiation under the influence of mouse recombinant interferon-gamma (rIFN-gamma), interferon-alpha/beta (IFN-alpha/beta) fetal bovine serum (FBS), or in serum-free medium. Freshly cultured resident PM phi from C3HeB/FeJ mice had low levels of FcR-mediated phagocytosis in response to mouse monoclonal IgG gamma 2a, IgG gamma 2b or IgG gamma 1, opsonized sheep erythrocytes as compared to oil-elicited inflammatory PM phi from the same strain. Resident PM phi were uniformly upregulated in their FcR-dependent phagocytosis after 24-48 h in vitro culture with FBS to levels approximating that of freshly cultured inflammatory PM phi which were also further upregulated after 24 h in vitro culture with FBS. Both resident and inflammatory PM phi were upregulated largely by an autostimulatory process in that they increased their FcR-mediated phagocytosis in serum-free RPMI-1640 medium without the addition of rIFN-gamma or IFN-alpha/beta, although FBS further augmented FcR upregulation. A synergistic effect of FBS and rIFN-gamma was required for total reconstitution of FcR-mediated phagocytosis of FcR-incompetent C3H/HeJ inflammatory PM phi in that FBS or rIFN-gamma alone only partially reconstituted FcR function, whereas in combination full reconstitution occurred. Thus, macrophages from competent C3HeB/FeJ mice were upregulated in their FcR-mediated functions largely by an autostimulatory process, presumably dependent on endogenous of IFN-beta, whereas, genetically-deficient C3H/HeJ macrophages required exogenous rIFN-gamma in combination with fetal bovine serum for synergistic reconstitution of FcR functions. The uniform upregulation of FcR-dependent effector functions in vitro appears to provide an efficient system for enhanced immune function during differentiation which may be applicable to in vivo situations.
authors: Biomedical Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, Oklahoma.
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: Leu
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Rummage
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Horn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity / Q000187:drug effects*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000502:physiology; D007249:Inflammation; D007372:Interferons / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011961:Receptors, Fc / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011961:Receptors, Fc; D007372:Interferons