title: Tumor-derived factor synergizes with IFN-gamma and LPS, IL-2 or TNF-alpha to promote macrophage synthesis of TNF-alpha and TNF receptors for autocrine induction of nitric oxide synthase and enhanced nitric oxide-mediated tumor cytotoxicity.
abstract: Evidence has previously been presented for an immunomodulatory role of a soluble activity, designated as tumor-derived recognition factor (TDRF), which was produced constitutively by P815 mastocytoma, L 1210 leukemia and other murine tumor targets. TDRF synergized with IFN-gamma and IL-2 to promote TNF-alpha and mRNA synthesis and release by murine macrophages for increased autocrine induction of nitric oxide (NO)-mediated tumor cytotoxicity. We have now further assessed the modulatory role of TDRF on TNF-alpha, TNF receptors (TNF-R) and NOS mRNA synthesis. Macrophages activated by INF-gamma priming and triggering by rTNF-alpha bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of IL-2 evoked greater NO generation in the presence than in the absence of L1210 targets. TDRF-containing culture fluid from L1210 targets was subsequently confirmed to synergize with IFN-gamma and rTNF-alpha, LPS or IL-2 triggering agents to promote increased TNF-alpha mRNA for autocrine induction of NOS mRNA synthesis with resultant augmentation of NO generation. IFN-gamma selectively upregulated TNF-R1 mRNA expression, whereas either IL-2 or LPS upregulated only TNF-R2 mRNA expression. TDRF combined with IFN-gamma to further upregulate TNF-R1 mRNA and with either IL-2 or LPS to further upregulate TNF-R2, mRNA expression. These findings indicate that TDRF activity synergizes with either IL-2 or LPS triggering agents for enhanced activation of IFN-gamma-primed macrophages by promotion of TNF-alpha and TNF-R mRNA synthesis for autocrine induction of NOS with resultant increased NO-mediated tumor cytotoxicity.
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Noble Center for Biomedical Research, Oklahoma City 73104, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Leu
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008262:Macrophage Activation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases