title: Differential effect of mixed D1/D2 and selective D2 dopaminergic antagonists on mouse T and B lymphocyte proliferation and interleukin production in vitro.
abstract: The effects of some dopaminergic antagonists were investigated on mouse lymphocyte proliferative responses in vitro. The mixed D1/D2 dopaminergic antagonists chlorpromazine, haloperidol and flupentixol inhibited 3H-Thymidine incorporation into adult BALB/c mouse spleen cells stimulated by concanavalin A, lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli, and allogenic cells in a mixed lymphocyte reaction. The inhibition was achieved at concentrations greater than 10(-6) M. It was not accounted for by decreased cell viability and it was no longer demonstrable when the compound was added 24 h or 48 h after the mitogenic stimulus. Conversely selective D2 dopaminergic antagonists sulpiride, metoclopramide and domperidone had no inhibitory effect at concentrations ranging from 10(-9) to 10(-5) or 10(-4) M. The three mixed D1/D2 antagonists inhibited the mitogenic effect of interleukin-1 on concanavalin A-stimulated thymocytes, but not the activity of interleukin-2 on the proliferation of the CTLL-2 cell line. The mixed D1/D2 antagonists interfered with the production of interleukin-2 but not with that of interleukin-1. These results indicate that dopaminergic antagonists may differentially affect lymphocyte proliferative responses to T or B cell mitogens or alloantigens. The mechanisms involved in terms of receptor specific or non specific phenomenons are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, INSERM U80 CNRS UA 1177 UCBL - Hôpital E. Herriot, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boukhris
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kouassi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Revillard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D015259:Dopamine Agents / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D005260:Female; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D015259:Dopamine Agents; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2