title: The effects of sodium butyrate on lymphokine production.
abstract: The effect of sodium butyrate on lymphokine production in WEHI-3, LBRM-33, and JURKAT cells, as well as an IL-2-dependent T cell line (I) was studied. Constitutive production of IL-3 by WEHI-3 cells was enhanced by sodium butyrate and was accompanied by the growth arrest of WEHI-3 cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Treatment of I cells with ConA and sodium butyrate led to an increase in IL-3 production and the initiation of IL-2 production. In contrast, the synthesis of IL-2 and IL-3 by the ConA-activated T lymphoma line LBRM-33 was coordinately inhibited by sodium butyrate. Similarly, the synthesis of IL-2 by the human T cell lymphoma JURKAT was inhibited by sodium butyrate. No cell cycle-specific effects of sodium butyrate were observed in LBRM-33 or JURKAT cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020148:Butyric Acid; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007377:Interleukin-3; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D007376:Interleukin-2; D007377:Interleukin-3; D008222:Lymphokines; D020148:Butyric Acid; D003208:Concanavalin A