title: Responsiveness of murine lymphokine-activated killer activity to prostaglandin E2 at late phase of interleukin-2 induction.
abstract: To elucidate the inhibitory effect of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on the generation of recombinant interleukin-2 (IL-2)-induced lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) activity, we have examined the association between cellular 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cytolytic activity of 3-day IL-2-cultured murine LAK cells, i.e. at late phase of IL-2 induction, in the presence and absence of PGE2. The results indicate that, at the late phase of IL-2 induction, LAK cells retain their responsiveness to PGE2 inhibition, and the inhibition can be partially suppressed by additional IL-2 in proportion to the decrease in the ratios of stimulated to basal cellular cAMP levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Immunology Research and Biochemistry, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, New York State Department of Health, Buffalo 14263.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kokudo
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015979:Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018078:Receptors, Prostaglandin E / Q000502:physiology; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D018078:Receptors, Prostaglandin E; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D015232:Dinoprostone