title: Stimulation of murine peritoneal macrophage functions by neuropeptide Y and peptide YY. Involvement of protein kinase C.
abstract: The peptides neuropeptide Y (NPY) and peptide YY (PYY) at concentrations from 10(-12) M to 10(-8) M have been shown in this study to stimulate significantly, in vitro, several functions of resting peritoneal macrophages from BALB/c mice: adherence to substrate, chemotaxis, ingestion of inert particles (latex beads) and foreign cells (Candida albicans), and production of superoxide anion measured by nitroblue tetrazolium reduction. A dose-response relationship was observed, with a maximal stimulation of the macrophage functions studied at 10(-10) M. These effects seem to be produced by specific receptors for the neuropeptides studied in peritoneal macrophages. Whereas the two peptides induced no change of intracellular cyclic AMP, they caused a significant stimulation of protein kinase C (PKC) in murine macrophages. These results suggest that NPY and PYY produce their effects on macrophage function through PKC activation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Animal II (Fisiología Animal), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De la Fuente
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bernaez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Rio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernanz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D019894:Peptide YY; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D010455:Peptides; D019894:Peptide YY; D011493:Protein Kinase C