title: Age-related changes in ConA-induced cytokine production by splenocytes from senescence accelerated mice SAMP8.
abstract: In vitro production of interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, IL-5 and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) by splenocytes stimulated with concanavalin A (ConA) was studied in senescence-accelerated mice (SAMP8; 2-14.5 months old) by employing AKR (2-9 months old), origin of SAM strain, as controls. Male and female SAMP8 mice showed an age-related decrease in IL-2 production from the age of 9 months and the phenomena were accompanied by an increase in IFN-gamma production with a large increment. AKR mice showed no decrease in IL-2 production even at 9 months of age, but there was an increase in IFN-gamma production showing levels lower than those in SAMP8 mice. Between IL-2 and IFN-gamma production during the ages of 2-9 months, there were negative correlations in male and female SAMP8 mice and a positive correlation in female AKR mice. The levels of IL-4 production were lower in SAMP8 than in AKR mice, although there was no difference in IL-5 production between SAMP8 and AKR mice. Male and female SAMP8 mice showed a positive correlation between IL-5 and IFN-gamma production. Only in SAMP8 females was an increase in IFN-gamma accompanied by an increase in IL-4. From these changes in the cytokine production profile was it concluded that SAMP8 mice were senescence-accelerated in immuno-responses in comparison with AKR mice and had some functional deficiency with respect to IL-4 production, a part of which resulted from over-production of IFN-gamma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemical Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroiwa
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008806:Mice, Inbred AKR; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007376:Interleukin-2; D003208:Concanavalin A; D007371:Interferon-gamma