title: Prostaglandin and thromboxane biosynthesis in isolated platelet-free human monocytes. I. A modified procedure for the characterization of the prostaglandin spectrum produced by resting and activated monocytes.
abstract: We have developed a technique to isolate monocytes from human peripheral blood. The technique takes special care of completely eliminating platelets which are usually present in other preparations. Monocytes obtained in good yields (2.5-5.0 X 10(5) cells/ml blood), were found to be 70-80% pure on the basis of morphological and histochemical criteria. Contamination was largely due to the presence of lymphocytes. Monocytes were incubated in the presence or absence of arachidonic acid and TXB2, PGE2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha were measured by specific and sensitive radio-immunoassays. It was found that when cells were incubated for up to 1 hr, the production of PGs was low or absent even in the presence of 10 microM arachidonic acid in the incubation medium. However, when incubations were carried out for 24 hrs in the presence of at least 1% fetal calf serum a dramatic increase in TXB2 production occurred, with levels as high as 150 ng X 10(6) cells. The ratio TXB2/PGE2 was around 3, while 6-keto-PGF1 alpha was produced at a much lower level. In the same conditions, when care was taken to evaluate PGs already present in fetal serum and/or cross reactivity due to media generally employed, purified human lymphocytes appeared unable to produce detectable levels of the three PGs tested.
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D015232:Dinoprostone; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008262:Macrophage Activation; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D013931:Thromboxanes; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D015232:Dinoprostone