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标题：Effect of L-Cycloserine on Cellular Responses Mediated by Macrophages and T Cells
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作者：Jae Youl Cho
期刊名称：Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：0918-6158
电子版ISSN：1347-5215
出版年度：2007
卷号：30
期号：11
页码：2105-2112
DOI：10.1248/bpb.30.2105
出版社：The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
摘要：In this study, we examined the immunoregulatory roles of L -cycloserine ( L -CS), a sphingolipid metabolism regulator with inhibitory activity of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), on immune responses mediated by monocytes/macrophages and T cells. Mitogenic responses of splenic lymphocytes induced by LPS, PHA, and Con A were very strongly suppressed by L -CS with IC₅₀ values ranging from 0.5 to 1 μ M . In contrast, this compound less strongly blocked IL-2-induced CD8+ CTLL-2 cell proliferation with an IC₅₀ value of 540 μ M . Interestingly, L -CS enhanced the number of IL-4-producing helper T cells, indicating the favored induction of Th2 condition. Although tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and nitric oxide (NO) production was not altered under 10% FCS condition, U937 cell–cell adhesion as well as the surface level of adhesion molecules (CD29 and CD98) were significantly suppressed by L -CS. In particular, reduced serum level (5%) under L -CS treatment strongly enhanced the production of TNF-α and the inhibitory potency of NO production and cell adhesion. Finally, sphingolipids ( D -sphingosine and DL -dihydrosphingosine) did not remarkably abrogate L -CS-mediated T cell proliferation. Therefore our data suggest that de novo sphingolipid metabolism may represent an important aspect of immunomodulatory activities mediated by T cells and macrophages/monocytes, depending on serum level.
关键词：L -cycloserine;macrophages;T cells;Th1/Th2 differentiation;cell–cell adhesion