title: Effects of resveratrol and ethanol on production of pro-inflammatory factors from endotoxin activated murine macrophages.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the interaction of resveratrol and ethanol on the production of pro-inflammatory factors from activated murine peritoneal macrophages (MPM).
  
  
  METHODS
  NO production was measured with Griess assay; IL-1 production was measured through thymocyte co-stimulating assay; IL-6 and TNF-alpha were detected by ELISA method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Resveratrol (6.25, 12.5, 25 micromol/L) and ethanol (0.2 %, 0.8 %) synergistically inhibited the 24 h production of NO from lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 1 mg/L) and IFN-gamma (5 kU/L) stimulated MPM; resveratrol at higher dose (25 micromol/L) also inhibited IL-6 production. Ethanol additively strengthened this effect. Ethanol had no significant influence on 24 h MPM IL-1 production, but it promoted the ability of resveratrol on enhancing the IL-1 release from activated MPM. Low doses of ethanol inhibited 24 h production of TNF-alpha, however, both dose of ethanol enhanced the promoting effect of resveratrol on TNF-alpha production.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Resveratrol and ethanol can interact to influence the production of macrophage function molecules, which is noteworthy in evaluating the health-care effect of wine consumption.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
authors.forename: Yong-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Jian-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Xiao-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D004731:Endotoxins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D013267:Stilbenes; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D000431:Ethanol; D000077185:Resveratrol