title: The effect of ether lipid 1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methoxy-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine and its analogues platelet activating factor and carbamyl-platelet activating factor on the biosynthesis of interleukin-6 in human thymic epithelial cells cultivated in vitro.
abstract: The effect of ether lipid 1-O-Octadecyl-2-O-methoxy-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (ET-18-OCH3), platelet activating factor (PAF) and carbamyl activating factor (CPAF) on the release of IL-6 in human thymic epithelium cultivated in vitro was studied. ET-18-OCH3 significantly increased the release of IL-6, giving the greatest effect at the dose of 2 micrograms/ml. PAF had no effect. The non-metabolizable CPAF was less effective than ET-18-OCH3 and showed the greatest release of IL-6 at the dose of 1 microgram/ml. Ether lipid ET-18-OCH3 has a thymotrophic effect as has also been demonstrated by other results obtained in our previous work.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cardile
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mascarucci
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: De Simoni
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bindoni
mesh_terms: D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010742:Phospholipid Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D058924:Thienopyridines; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D014230:Triazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001381:Azepines; D015850:Interleukin-6; D010742:Phospholipid Ethers; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D058924:Thienopyridines; D014230:Triazoles; C039351:platelet activating factor receptor; C066686:BN 50730; C026659:edelfosine; C083283:1-O-hexadecyl-2-N-methylcarbamol -sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine