title: [Mechanisms of chorionic gonadotropin action on splenocytes, suppressed in their humoral immune response].
abstract: Chorionic gonadotropin (CG) used at 10 and 50 IU/ml concentrations was introduced into a short-term macroculture of splenocytes of CBA mice suppressors fractionated on a nylon wool column. Regulatory effects of CG were evaluated in a syngeneic transfer system by the degree of inhibition of a humoral immune response in recipients. It was found that CG (50 IU/ml) inhibits the functional activity of splenocyte suppressors. The observed effect of the hormone was blocked by introduction into the incubation medium of the inhibitor, inositol-1-monophosphatase (lithium), and did not depend on cyclooxygenase (voltaren) or potential-independent Ca(2+)-channel (verapamil) inhibitors. Determination of the intracellular cAMP level by radioimmunoassay revealed a reliable increase of this secondary messenger in splenocyte suppressors during their incubation with CG. The ability of CG (50 IU/ml) to inhibit the functional activity of intact T-lymphocytes (but not B-cells) was established. The suppressive hormone activity was also followed by cAMP level increase in target cells. These findings suggest that the mechanism of a transmembrane transfer of the CG signal in splenocyte suppressors is related to the adenylate cyclase system and, probably, to phosphoinositide metabolism products.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Shirshev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000187:drug effects; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004008:Diclofenac / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D015290:Second Messenger Systems; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D004008:Diclofenac; D014700:Verapamil; D000242:Cyclic AMP