title: Augmentation of murine lymphokine (rIL-2)-activated killer cell activity by indomethacin.
abstract: The effect of indomethacin on murine lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cell activity was investigated using a natural killer-resistant, spontaneously developed, weakly immunogenic, and highly tumorigenic syngeneic murine mammary adenocarcinoma, mimicking that of human disease, as the target. When used in combination with human recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2), indomethacin was found to augment LAK cell activity, which was generated from culture of the normal mouse splenocytes with rIL-2, as compared to that with rIL-2 alone. This increase in LAK cell activity was shown to be indomethacin dose-dependent, and was demonstrated only when indomethacin was added to the rIL-2-containing medium at the beginning of culture. The enhancement of LAK cell activity by indomethacin was abrogated when the nylon-wool nonadherent "macrophage-poor" splenocytes were incubated with rIL-2 plus indomethacin. These results indicated that the rIL-2-induced LAK cell activity generated from murine splenocytes could be augmented by indomethacin, and the macrophages may be involved as the mediator.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Immunology Research and Biochemistry, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263.
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015979:Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D007213:Indomethacin