title: Resistance to PGE2 inhibition of PWM-stimulated lymphocytes from neoplastic patients.
abstract: PGE2 treatment of mononuclear cells from patients with different types of neoplasias was unable to decrease either the number of plaque-forming cells or the expression of CD71 and CD25 in PWM-driven cultures. In contrast, in previous studies, PGE2 inhibited these parameters in cultured mononuclear cells from normal volunteers. Surgical treatment of cancer patients did not modify the lymphocyte sensitivity to PGE2 after 1 week, but at 2 and 6 months after therapeutical treatment, the inhibition values of the parameters studied were almost similar or very similar to those of normal lymphocytes. The reduction of PGE2 sensitivity in cancer patients was related to the increase of PGE2 levels and, probably, to a PGE2 receptor saturation. A restoration of PGE2-induced inhibition some months after therapy could be due to the decrease in PGE2 levels and to receptor unsaturation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of General Pathology, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nicocia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garipoli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venza
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Venza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sottile
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pitini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Teti
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; C068126:CD71 antigen; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin; D015232:Dinoprostone