title: Effect of thymic hormones on interleukin 2 synthesis by lymphocytes from HIV-positive pre-AIDS subjects.
abstract: The PHA-induced synthesis of interleukin 2 (IL-2) by peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from 9 normal and 8 pre-AIDS individuals was evaluated. IL-2 content in supernatant fluids of PBL cultures derived from pre-AIDS patients was only around 20% of that found in normal PBL cultures. The addition of two thymic preparations, thymosin faction 5 and TFX-Polfa, to PHA-stimulated PBL cultures from pre-AIDS patients caused significant increase of IL-2 content in cultures. Thymosin alfa 1 was ineffective in this respect. However, thymic factors corrected only partially the defective IL-2 synthesis by PBL from pre-AIDS patients increasing it to ca. 35% of value for normal PBL. The findings suggest the potential of PBL from pre-AIDS patients to respond in vitro to enhancing activity of thymic hormones.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Hematology, University School of Medicine, Cracow, Poland.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Skotnicki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zatz
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Sztein
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Schulof
mesh_terms: D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013951:Thymus Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D013951:Thymus Hormones