title: Lipoxygenase inhibitors counteract protein kinase C mediated events in human T lymphocyte proliferation.
abstract: Four structurally unrelated inhibitors of lipoxygenase (LO), i.e. nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), Esculetin, AA861 and 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA) suppressed mitogen induced proliferation of human peripheral blood lymphocytes in a dose-dependent manner. The degree of suppression was influenced by the type of the mitogenic stimulus. Receptor mediated stimulation, i.e. through phytohemagglutinin or the anti-CD3 antibody OKT3, was overall less susceptible, whereas proliferation initiated by direct activation of protein kinase C (PKC), i.e. through phorbol myristate acetate or indolactam V, was profoundly suppressed (up to 90%). The effect of the LO inhibitors was not due to non-specific interference with intracellular radical intermediates, because AA861 and ETYA showed no radical scavenging activity. Two PKC inhibitors, H-7 and H-8, similarly suppressed lymphocyte proliferation and showed essentially the same suppressive pattern as LO inhibitors. The results clearly indicate that LO product(s) participate in signal transduction mechanisms in T lymphocytes, possibly via stimulation of PKC activity and cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Pathology, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papadogiannakis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barbieri
mesh_terms: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000502:physiology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D008934:Mitogens; D011493:Protein Kinase C