title: Allergenic sensitization prevents upregulation of haemopoiesis by cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors in mice.
abstract: 1. We evaluated whether immunization affects bone-marrow responses to indomethacin, because allergenic sensitization and challenge upregulate responses to haemopoietic cytokines (including IL-5-driven eosinopoiesis) in murine bone-marrow, while indomethacin upregulates haemopoiesis and protects bone-marrow from radiation damage. 2. Progenitor (semi-solid) and/or precursor (liquid) cultures were established from bone-marrow of: (a) normal mice; (b) ovalbumin-sensitized mice, with or without intranasal challenge. Cultures were established with GM-CSF (2 ng ml(-1)) or IL-5 (1 ng ml(-1)), respectively, alone or associated with indomethacin (10(-7) - 10(-11) M) or aspirin (10(-7) - 10(-8) M). Total myeloid colony numbers and numbers of eosinophil-peroxidase-positive cells were determined at day 7. 3. In naïve BALB/c mice, indomethacin (10(-7) - 10(-9) M) increased GM-CSF-stimulated myeloid colony formation (P=0.003 and P=0.009, respectively). In contrast, it had no effect on bone-marrow of ovalbumin-sensitized and challenged mice. Indomethacin (10(-7) - 10(-9) M) also increased eosinophil precursor responses to IL-5 in bone-marrow of naïve (P<0.001 and P=0.002 respectively), but not sensitized-challenged mice. Aspirin (10(-7) M) had similar effects, equally abolished by sensitization. Enhancement of haemopoiesis by indomethacin required adherent cells from naïve bone-marrow. Nonadherent cells responded to IL-5 but not to indomethacin. Indomethacin was effective on bone-marrow from sham-sensitized, ovalbumin-challenged, but not from sensitized, saline-challenged mice. Plasma transfer from immune mice abolished eosinophil precursor responses to indomethacin in bone-marrow of naïve recipients. This was not prevented by previous removal of antibody from immune plasma. 4. COX inhibitors enhance haemopoiesis in naïve but not allergic mice. Responsiveness to indomethacin can be abolished either by active sensitization or by immune plasma transfer. Specific antibody is not involved.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Pediatria, Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Fiocruz, Av. Rui Barbosa 716, CEP 22.250-020, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Letícia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lintomen
authors.forename: Maria Ignez C Gaspar
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Elsas
authors.forename: Elisabeth Santos
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Maximiano
authors.forename: Heitor Affonso
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: de Paula Neto
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: B Boris
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Vargaftig
authors.forename: P Xavier
authors.initials: PX
authors.lastname: Elsas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D007114:Immunization; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D015848:Interleukin-5; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D001241:Aspirin; D007213:Indomethacin