title: Secretion of interleukin 1/leucocytic pyrogen from endotoxin-stimulated human alveolar macrophages is unaffected by indomethacin.
abstract: Human alveolar macrophages obtained from 7 normal volunteers and 7 patients with lung disease were stimulated with endotoxin (lipolysaccharide) to induce interleukin 1/leucocytic pyrogen (IL1/LP) secretion. Using the thymocyte assay we quantitated IL1/LP activity in macrophage supernatants obtained after 24 h. 10 micrograms/ml lipopolysaccharide stimulated alveolar macrophages to secrete significantly more IL1/LP activity than did 1 micrograms/ml. Apart from one patient with sarcoidosis, the presence of indomethacin did not significantly inhibit the quantity of IL1/LP secreted in response to LPS. We also demonstrated that the presence of indomethacin did not affect the response of thymocytes to IL1/LP. We conclude that the secretion of IL1/LP by human alveolar macrophages in response to endotoxin is not significantly reduced by the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003956:Dialysis; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007213:Indomethacin