title: Enhancement of interleukin-2 production in human lymphocytes by two new quinolone derivatives.
abstract: The effect of two quinolone derivatives, ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin, on the production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) was studied in human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) and in a T-cell leukemia cell line (Jurkat) following phytohemagglutinin (PHA) stimulation. Both antimicrobial agents markedly increased IL-2 production in PHA-stimulated PBL cultures. No such effect was observed without PHA stimulation. The effect of the two quinolones on IL-2 production was both time and concentration dependent, reaching a 3-5 fold increase at a drug concentration of 50-100 micrograms/ml, following 24 h incubation. IL-2 synthesized in response to ciprofloxacin or ofloxacin stimulation, exhibited identical chromatographic properties and molecular weight to IL-2 synthesized at standard IL-2 inducing conditions. Only ciprofloxacin enhanced IL-2 production in PHA or in PHA and phorbol myristic acetate (PMA)-stimulated Jurkat cells. The stimulatory effect observed in Jurkat cells at optimal dose concentration (10-50 micrograms/ml), was at most 50% above control levels. In contrast to the effect of ciprofloxacin as a costimulator of IL-2 production in PHA-stimulated PBL, the drug excerted a prominent inhibitory effect on the incorporation of radioactive thymidine and amino acids into these cells. Ciprofloxacin, but not ofloxacin, enhanced interferon (IFN) production in PHA-induced PBL, whereas immunoglobulin M [IgM] production in a SKW6 cell line was enhanced only by ofloxacin.
authors: Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona.
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authors: Zehavi-Willner
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authors: Shalit
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000378:metabolism; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007376:Interleukin-2; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D004247:DNA; D015242:Ofloxacin