title: Dextran sulphate enhancement of lipopolysaccharide-induced tumour necrosis factor-alpha production by murine peritoneal macrophages: correlation with macrophage blockade.
abstract: Proteose peptone-induced murine peritoneal macrophages (M phi) were preincubated with 100-800 micrograms/ml of dextran sulphate (DS) 500 (M(r) 500,000) or DS1000 (M(r) 1,000,000). After 2-24 h of the preincubation, the M phi were stimulated with 1 microgram/ml of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in vitro for 18 h in DS-free culture medium. The culture supernatants were then collected for TNF assay. The LPS-induced TNF activity of M phi supernatant preincubated with DS500 or DS1000 for 6 h was enhanced by up to about ten-fold compared with those preincubated without DS. This enhancing effect was not observed when M phi were preincubated with 100-800 micrograms/ml of low molecular weight DS5 (M(r) 5,000) or neutral dextran (Dex) 500 (M(r) 500,000). The enhancement of LPS-induced TNF-alpha production from M phi was observed after 2 or 4 h of incubation with DS1000 or DS500, respectively. The phagocytic activity of M phi was determined in vitro by the ingestion index and phagocytic capacity using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Treatment with DS500 or DS1000 significantly suppressed the phagocytic activity from 2 h after the incubation, but this suppression was not observed in M phi incubated with DS5 or Dex500. Our experiments indicate that DS500 and DS1000 act directly on M phi and enhance LPS-induced TNF-alpha production from M phi, and that the enhancement is closely related to the suppression of M phi phagocytic function.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital and School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamochi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016264:Dextran Sulfate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D011817:Rabbits; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016264:Dextran Sulfate