title: Production of tumor necrosis factor alpha by resident peritoneal cells of mice.
abstract: Freshly isolated resident peritoneal cells (RPC) of three mouse strains: BALB/c, NZB and C3H, release spontaneously small amounts of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) when cultured in vitro. RPC of BALB/c mice produced higher TNF levels than the cells isolated from two other strains (BALB/c > NZB > C3H). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) potentiated the TNF production. Kinetics of the TNF production depended on temperature of incubation of the cells. At 37 degrees C TNF was produced earlier (with a peak at 7 h) than at 26 degrees C (a peak at 20 h). Adherent cell fraction of RPC produced TNF at 26 degrees C as well as at 37 degrees C. Nonadherent cells released TNF only at 37 degrees C. The neutralization assay with media containing TNF and polyclonal rabbit anti-mouse TNF-alpha serum revealed that in every case, independently on the incubation temperature and cell fraction origin, only TNF-alpha was detected. Antibodies against human monoclonal or polyclonal TNF-alpha did not neutralize mouse TNF.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Worcław.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Błach-Olszewska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Juszczyk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zaczyńska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008814:Mice, Inbred NZB; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013696:Temperature; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha