title: Retinoic acid and steroid hormones regulate IgA production by LPS-stimulated murine spleen cells.
abstract: We examined the regulatory effects of steroid hormones (beta-estradiol and glucocorticoids) on in vitro IgA production. Addition of retinoic acid (RA, 100-500 nM) to the LPS-stimulated spleen cell culture enhanced IgA production (8-22-fold). Simultaneous addition of beta-estradiol, but not testosterone, enhanced the effect of RA synergistically (a further 2-4-fold). In contrast, glucocorticoids inhibited the reaction. The concentration inhibiting IgA production by 50% was 1 nM, 6 nM and 10 nM for dexamethasone, prednisolone and hydrocortisone, respectively. None of the hormones tested alone affected IgA production by LPS-stimulated spleen cells. Hydrocortisone enhanced the IgG1 production by LPS-stimulated spleen cells. This effect was completely abolished by simultaneous addition of RA. These findings indicate that RA can direct the class-switching to IgA in LPS-stimulated spleen cells, and that beta-estradiol and glucocorticoids have positive and negative regulatory effects, respectively, on the IgA production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokuyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tokuyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D004958:Estradiol; D014212:Tretinoin; D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone