title: Augmentation of lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide production by alpha-galactosylceramide in mouse peritoneal cells.
abstract: The effect of alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) production in mouse peritoneal cells was studied. alpha-GalCer augmented LPS-induced NO production in mouse peritoneal cells, but not in RAW 264.7 macrophage cells. alpha-GalCer augmented NO production, but not tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production in LPS-stimulated peritoneal cells. Peritoneal cells produced a significant level of interferon (IFN)-gamma in response to alpha-GalCer and anti-IFN-gamma antibody abolished the augmentation of LPS-induced NO production by alpha-GalCer. Moreover, anti-IFN-gamma antibody prevented the enhanced expression of an inducible type of NO synthase mRNA by alpha-GalCer. alpha-GalCer did not augment LPS-induced NO production in peritoneal cells from natural killer T (NKT)-deficient mice. Therefore, it was suggested that alpha-GalCer might augment LPS-induced NO production in peritoneal cells through release of IFN-gamma from NKT cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan. hito@aichi-med-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koide
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Ferdaus
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Shamima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: Gantsetseg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tumurkhuu
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kakumu
authors.forename: Hisataka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moriwaki
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokochi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate; D019085:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005699:Galactosylceramides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009573:Nitrites / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005699:Galactosylceramides; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009573:Nitrites; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate