title: Heterogenous nitrite production by IL-4-stimulated human monocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
abstract: The capacity of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and monocytes to generate nitrites, spontaneously or in response to Interleukin-4 was evaluated in vitro. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells and monocytes were found to release significant amounts of nitrites after 8 to 12 days in culture. This spontaneous production of nitrites was inhibited in the presence of 1 mM NG monomethyl-L-arginine, suggesting that this process was dependent upon the L-arginine metabolism. The present data also indicated that addition of Interleukin-4 generally resulted in an increased nitrite production, that was potentiated by IFN-gamma, inactive alone. The response of human monocytes to Interleukin-4 was more heterogenous than that observed with unfractionated peripheral blood mononuclear cells. These results suggest that cell/cell interactions could play an important role in the activation of the nitric oxide synthase pathway in human.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U313, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paul-Eugène
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kolb
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Damais
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dugas
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D009573:Nitrites; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015847:Interleukin-4; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester