title: Restoration of anti-interleukin-1 depressed natural killer activity by human recombinant interferon alpha or gamma, human recombinant interleukin-2 and indomethacin.
abstract: The lymphokines interleukin-2 and interferon alpha or gamma are synthesized and secreted by activated mononuclear cells (MC) and play a critical role in the proliferative expansion of T-lymphocyte effector cells during the immune response. The pretreatment of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with antibody IgG against human interleukin-1 (IL-1) from normal rabbit serum, inhibited their natural killer (NK) activity against both myeloid (K562) and lymphoid (MOLT-4) cell lines. Percent specific lysis of tumor cells decreased by increasing the antibody anti-IL-1 dose in an almost linear fashion. When the effector cells were pretreated with human recombinant interleukin-2, human interferon alpha or gamma and indomethacin alone or in combination, the inhibitory effect of antibody against human IL-1 was almost totally reversed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Sperimentale, Universita' di Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reale
authors.forename: P U
authors.initials: PU
authors.lastname: Angeletti
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dinarello
mesh_terms: D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2; D008222:Lymphokines; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D007213:Indomethacin