title: Cytostatic product(s) released by activated macrophages, unrelated to interleukin 1, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and interferon-alpha/beta.
abstract: Murine peritoneal macrophages activated for cytotoxicity by trehalose dimycolate in vivo and lipopolysaccharide in vitro released cytostatic factor(s) against EMT6 target cells, in 8-hr conditioned medium (CM). The cytostatic factor(s) completely blocked DNA synthesis by EMT6 cells within 16 hr. Other cell lines are less sensitive (P815 and R-L929) or resistant (KB and HT29) to the cytostatic effect of CM. The anti-proliferative activity of CM had a MW greater than 10,000 Da, as judged by ultrafiltration. It was destroyed by proteases and strongly inhibited by P815 cell product(s). Conditioned media from nonactivated macrophages were not cytostatic against EMT6 cells. No relationship was found between cytostatic factor(s) in CM and interleukin 1 (IL-1), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and interferon-alpha/beta (IFN-alpha/beta): the growth of EMT6 cells was unaffected by Hu.r.IL-is and Hu.r.TNF-alpha and was only slightly inhibited by IFN-alpha/beta. Furthermore, cytostatic CM contained low levels of TNF and IFN activities. Finally, antibodies raised against murine IFN-alpha/beta had no effect on the cytostatic activity of CM.
authors.affiliation: U.A. CNRS 1116, Institut de Biochimie, Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lepoivre
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boudbid
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lemaire
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Petit
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001688:Biological Products / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000502:physiology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000502:physiology; D008262:Macrophage Activation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D015846:Monokines; D013997:Time Factors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D007370:Interferon Type I; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015846:Monokines; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha