title: Inhibition of immune cell proliferation with haloperidol and relationship of tyrosine hydroxylase expression to immune cell growth.
abstract: Previous studies indicated that exogenous dopamine and its agonists directly regulated mitogen-induced immune cell proliferation. In this study, we further investigated role of endogenous dopamine in immune cell growth. Haloperidol, a general antagonist for dopamine receptors, could reduce the cell growth rate of T cell hybridoma (10I) and rat nervous pheochromocytoma cells (PC12). Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) catalyzes the initial rate-limiting step of catecholamine biosynthesis in the nervous system. Flow cytometric analysis indicated the expression of TH in various immune cells. The presence of TH in PC12 cells was used as a control. Temporal studies indicated that the expression of TH increased during 10I cell growth. Both alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine reduced TH expression and cell growth in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that immune T cells express TH which is correlated to cell growth, and that dopamine released from these cells may bind to the receptors to act in an autocrine or paracrine way.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D015259:Dopamine Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas; D051379:Mice; D016716:PC12 Cells / Q000166:cytology; D051381:Rats; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D019805:alpha-Methyltyrosine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015259:Dopamine Agents; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D019805:alpha-Methyltyrosine; D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D006220:Haloperidol