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Chandra RK, Bhardwaj AK, Tripathi MK. Evaluation of triazophos induced immunotoxicity of spleen and head kidney in fresh water teleost, Channa punctata. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 245:109029. [PMID: 33722765 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2021.109029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The utilization of pesticides has increased for destroying pests and protecting crops in the agriculture field. Triazophos is a commonly used organophosphorous insecticide that causes alterations in haematological and histological parameters in fish. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of triazophos induced innate and cell mediated immunotoxicity in freshwater teleost, Channa punctata. Fishes were exposed to triazophos at concentrations 5 and 10% of LC50 value for 10 and 20 days. Splenic and head kidney macrophage phagocytosis, nitric oxide production and superoxide production were assayed to evaluate the innate immunity. Cell-mediated immunity was measured through splenic and head kidney lymphocyte proliferation in presence of T and B cell mitogens. Results of the present study revealed that macrophage phagocytosis was significantly reduced after in vivo triazophos treatment. Differential suppressive effect of triazophos was also observed where mitogen induced splenic and head kidney lymphocyte proliferations were reduced after 10 and 20 days treatment. Concentration dependent effect of triazophos was observed in in vivo studies where the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates were suppressed. This study describes the first investigation of the effect of triazophos on immune functions and will help to determine appropriate ecotoxicity and immunotoxicity in freshwater teleosts.
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- Rakesh Kumar Chandra
- Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India.
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Bhardwaj AK, Chandra RK, Tripathi MK. Analysis of suppressive effects of pesticide triazophos on leucocyte immune responses in a teleost, Channa Punctatus. Drug Chem Toxicol 2021; 45:1833-1839. [PMID: 33602036 DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2021.1886306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Triazophos is a commonly used organophosphate insecticide, which inhibits the acetylcholinesterase enzyme and causes paralysis and death of insects. Impact of the pesticides on immunity has scarcely been investigated, especially in fishes. The present study was designed to analyze the immunotoxic role of in vitro triazophos exposure to the leucocytes in freshwater teleost, Channa punctatus. Triazophos, at in vitro concentrations of 0.1, 0.5, and 1 µg ml-1, was used to study leucocyte phagocytosis, superoxide production, nitrite release, and lymphocyte proliferation. Dose-dependent suppression of various immune responses was observed. Nitrite release and superoxide production by leucocytes were reduced in cultures incubated with triazophos. Mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation was significantly reduced at 0.5 and 1 µg ml-1 but not at 0.1 µg ml-1 concentration of pesticide. The biphasic suppressive effect was also discovered while evaluating phagocytic response. These investigations describe the effects of pesticide on immune responses in C. punctatus, which are helpful in understanding the immunotoxicity in fish. Substantially more researches are required to help design the measures to combat ecotoxicity in freshwater bodies.
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- Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj
- Department of Zoology, School of Studies in Life Sciences, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, India
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- Department of Zoology, School of Studies in Life Sciences, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, India
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- Department of Zoology, School of Studies in Life Sciences, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, India
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Banajee KH, Verhoeve VI, Harris EK, Macaluso KR. Effect of Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) Saliva on the Acute Cutaneous Immune Response to Rickettsia parkeri Infection in a Murine Model. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2016; 53:1252-1260. [PMID: 27521760 PMCID: PMC5106825 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Rickettsia parkeri Luckman (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) is a pathogenic spotted fever group Rickettsia transmitted by Amblyomma maculatum Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States. The acute innate immune response to this pathogen and the effect of tick feeding or salivary components on this response is largely unknown. We hypothesized that A. maculatum saliva enhances R. parkeri infection via downregulation of the acute cellular and cytokine immune response. C3H/HeN mice were intradermally inoculated with R. parkeri both with and without A. maculatum saliva. Flow cytometry and microscopic evaluation of inoculation site skin suspensions revealed that neutrophils and macrophages predominated at 6 and 24 h post R. parkeri inoculation, respectively. This cellular influx was significantly downregulated when A. maculatum saliva was inoculated along with R. parkeri Inflammatory cytokines (interferon γ and interleukins 6 and 10) were significantly elevated after R. parkeri inoculation. However, cytokine concentration and rickettsial load were not significantly modified by A. maculatum saliva during the acute phase of infection. These results revealed that tick saliva inhibits the cutaneous cellular influx during the acute phase of rickettsial infection. Further study is needed to determine the overall impact of this effect on the establishment of rickettsiosis in the host and development of disease.
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- K H Banajee
- Vector-Borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (; ; ; )
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- Vector-Borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (; ; ; )
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- Vector-Borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (; ; ; )
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- Vector-Borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (; ; ; )
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Holtman L, van Vliet EA, Aronica E, Wouters D, Wadman WJ, Gorter JA. Blood plasma inflammation markers during epileptogenesis in post-status epilepticus rat model for temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2013; 54:589-95. [PMID: 23398413 DOI: 10.1111/epi.12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Brain inflammation occurs during epileptogenesis and may contribute to the development and progression of temporal lobe epilepsy. Recently, several studies have indicated that seizures may also increase specific blood plasma cytokine levels in animal models as well as in human patients with epilepsy, suggesting that peripheral inflammation may serve as a biomarker for epilepsy. Moreover, studies in epilepsy animal models have shown that peripheral inflammation may play either a pathogenic or neuroprotective role. METHODS We evaluated the inflammatory response in blood plasma after electrically induced status epilepticus (SE) in a rat model for temporal lobe epilepsy. We measured blood plasma levels of the inflammation markers interleukin 1β (IL-1β), interleukin 6 (IL-6), by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and C-reactive protein (CRP) by immunoturbidimetry, at 1 day after SE (acute period), at 1 week (during the latent period), and at 2 months after SE, which is the chronic epileptic phase when spontaneous seizures occur. Plasma levels were also measured during pilocarpine-induced SE. These were compared with plasma levels after lipopolysaccharide injection, which causes sepsis. KEY FINDINGS Although sepsis induced a huge surge in IL-1β and IL-6 levels, we did not detect a change in IL-1β, IL-6, or CRP plasma levels at any time point after electrically induced SE compared to control animals. SE induced by pilocarpine produced a rise in IL-6 and CRP but not IL-1β levels. SIGNIFICANCE These findings suggest that plasma levels of these inflammatory proteins cannot be used as biomarkers for temporal lobe epileptogenesis.
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- Linda Holtman
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Verbout NG, Jacoby DB. Muscarinic receptor agonists and antagonists: effects on inflammation and immunity. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2012:403-27. [PMID: 22222708 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23274-9_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In this chapter, we will review what is known about muscarinic regulation of immune cells and the contribution of immune cell muscarinic receptors to inflammatory disease and immunity. In particular, immune cell expression of cholinergic machinery, muscarinic receptor subtypes and functional consequences of agonist stimulation will be reviewed. Lastly, this chapter will discuss the potential therapeutic effects of selective antagonists on immune cell function and inflammatory disease in recent animal studies and human clinical trials.
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- Norah G Verbout
- School of Public Health, Harvard University, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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The M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor third intracellular loop regulates receptor function and oligomerization. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1803:813-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2009] [Revised: 04/01/2010] [Accepted: 04/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Acute induction of epileptiform discharges by pilocarpine in the in vitro isolated guinea-pig brain requires enhancement of blood-brain barrier permeability. Neuroscience 2007; 151:303-12. [PMID: 18082973 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2007] [Revised: 09/24/2007] [Accepted: 10/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Systemic application of the muscarinic agonist, pilocarpine, is commonly utilized to induce an acute status epilepticus that evolves into a chronic epileptic condition characterized by spontaneous seizures. Recent findings suggest that the status epilepticus induced by pilocarpine may be triggered by changes in the blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. We tested the role of the BBB in an acute pilocarpine model by using the in vitro model brain preparation and compared our finding with in vivo data. Arterial perfusion of the in vitro isolated guinea-pig brain with <1 mM pilocarpine did not cause epileptiform activity, but rather reduced synaptic transmission and induced steady fast (20-25 Hz) oscillatory activity in limbic cortices. These effects were reversibly blocked by co-perfusion of the muscarinic antagonist atropine sulfate (5 microM). Brain pilocarpine measurements in vivo and in vitro suggested modest BBB penetration. Pilocarpine induced epileptiform discharges only when perfused with compounds that enhance BBB permeability, such as bradykinin (n=2) or histamine (n=10). This pro-epileptic effect was abolished when the BBB-impermeable muscarinic antagonist atropine methyl bromide (5 microM) was co-perfused with histamine and pilocarpine. In the absence of BBB permeability enhancing drugs, pilocarpine induced epileptiform activity only after arterial perfusion at concentrations >10 mM. Ictal discharges correlated with a high intracerebral pilocarpine concentration measured by high pressure liquid chromatography. We propose that acute epileptiform discharges induced by pilocarpine treatment in the in vitro isolated brain preparation are mediated by a dose-dependent, atropine-sensitive muscarinic effect promoted by an increase in BBB permeability. Pilocarpine accumulation secondary to BBB permeability changes may contribute to in vivo ictogenesis in the pilocarpine epilepsy model.
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Girón-Pérez MI, Santerre A, Gonzalez-Jaime F, Casas-Solis J, Hernández-Coronado M, Peregrina-Sandoval J, Takemura A, Zaitseva G. Immunotoxicity and hepatic function evaluation in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) exposed to diazinon. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 23:760-9. [PMID: 17478099 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2007.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2006] [Revised: 01/26/2007] [Accepted: 02/15/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The LC(50) of the organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) diazinon to Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was determined, thereafter, hepatic activity, phagocytic index, percentages of active cells, relative spleen weight, total IgM concentration and lymphoproliferation rates were compared between diazinon exposed groups (LC(50) and (1/2)LC(50)) and non-exposed control group. Experimental data show that diazinon is highly toxic for juvenile Nile tilapia (LC(50)=7.830 ppm) and presents immunotoxic properties which affect both the innate and cellular adaptive immune responses of this fish, as revealed by the fact that splenocyte proliferation and phagocytic indices were significantly decreased after acute exposure to the pesticide. However, the hepatic biochemical parameters and the total circulating IgM concentrations were not affected in this experimental model.
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- Manuel Iván Girón-Pérez
- University of Guadalajara, Cellular and Molecular Biology Department, Carretera a Nogales Km 15.5, Las Agujas, Zapopan, 45110, Jalisco, Mexico.
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Marchi N, Oby E, Batra A, Uva L, De Curtis M, Hernandez N, Van Boxel-Dezaire A, Najm I, Janigro D. In vivo and in vitro effects of pilocarpine: relevance to ictogenesis. Epilepsia 2007; 48:1934-46. [PMID: 17645533 PMCID: PMC3900294 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01185.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES A common experimental model of status epilepticus (SE) utilizes intraperitoneal administration of the cholinergic agonist pilocarpine preceded by methyl-scopolamine treatment. Currently, activation of cholinergic neurons is recognized as the only factor triggering pilocarpine SE. However, cholinergic receptors are also widely distributed systemically and pretreatment with methyl-scopolamine may not be sufficient to counteract the effects of systemically injected pilocarpine. The extent of such peripheral events and the contribution to SE are unknown and the possibility that pilocarpine also induces SE by peripheral actions is yet untested. METHODS We measured in vivo at onset of SE: brain and blood pilocarpine levels, blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, T-lymphocyte activation and serum levels of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha. The effects of pilocarpine on neuronal excitability was assessed in vitro on hippocampal slices or whole guinea pig brain preparations in presence of physiologic or elevated [K+](out). RESULTS Pilocarpine blood and brain levels at SE were 1400 +/- 200 microM and 200 +/- 80 microM, respectively. In vivo, after pilocarpine injection, increased serum IL-1beta, decreased CD4:CD8 T-lymphocyte ratios and focal BBB leakage were observed. In vitro, pilocarpine failed to exert significant synchronized epileptiform activity when applied at concentrations identical or higher to levels measured in vivo. Intense electrographic seizure-like events occurred only in the copresence of levels of K+ (6 mM) mimicking BBB leakage. CONCLUSIONS Early systemic events increasing BBB permeability may promote entry of cofactors (e. g. K+) into the brain leading to pilocarpine-induced SE. Disturbance of brain homeostasis represents an etiological factor contributing to pilocarpine seizures.
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- Nicola Marchi
- Department of Cerebrovascular Research, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
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- Department of Cerebrovascular Research, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
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- Department of Cerebrovascular Research, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
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- Department of Experimental Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute “C. Besta,” Milano, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute “C. Besta,” Milano, Italy
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- Department of Cerebrovascular Research, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
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- Department of Neurology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
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- Department of Cerebrovascular Research, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
- Department of Neurology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
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Ribeiro JMC, Zeidner NS, Ledin K, Dolan MC, Mather TN. How much pilocarpine contaminates pilocarpine-induced tick saliva? MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY 2004; 18:20-24. [PMID: 15009442 DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283x.2003.0469.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Pilocarpine is often applied or injected into ticks to induce salivation, and the resulting saliva used to test for various pharmacological, biochemical and immunological activities. To measure the amount of pilocarpine in pilocarpine-induced tick saliva, an HPLC-MS/MS method, based on capillary strong cation exchange chromatography online with an ion trap mass spectrometer, was used to measure pilocarpine in the pg to ng range. Results indicate large concentrations of pilocarpine in Ixodes scapularis Say and Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus) (Acari: Ixodidae) saliva, ranging from 3 to 50 mm. Due to the known effects of pilocarpine on smooth muscle and immune cells, appropriate controls are proposed and discussed for proper interpretation of results using this saliva preparation.
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- J M C Ribeiro
- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, Section of Vector Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA.
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Schauenstein K, Felsner P, Rinner I, Liebmann PM, Stevenson JR, Westermann J, Haas HS, Cohen RL, Chambers DA. In vivo immunomodulation by peripheral adrenergic and cholinergic agonists/antagonists in rat and mouse models. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2001; 917:618-27. [PMID: 11268390 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05427.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Our work is devoted to defining relationships between the immune system and the adrenergic and cholinergic systems in vivo. In the rat model, we have shown that the cells of different immune compartments express the genes of a defined set of adrenergic/cholinergic receptors, and it was shown that lymphocytes are a site of non-neuronal production of norepinephrine and acetylcholine. Furthermore, using implantable slow-release tablets containing adrenergic or cholinergic agonists/antagonists, distinct and partly opposite effects were observed on peripheral immune functions. Concerning sympathetic immunoregulation, our data--in contrast to those of other studies--suggest that an enhanced adrenergic tonus leads to immunosuppression primarily via alpha 2-receptor-mediated mechanisms. Beta-blockade strongly enhances this effect, most likely by inhibition of pineal melatonin synthesis. In recent experiments on the kinetics it was found that the continuous alpha-adrenergic treatment entails a strong suppression of cellular responsiveness during the first few hours, which is increasingly followed by a general loss of lymphocytes in blood and lymphoid organs most likely due to enhanced apoptosis. More recently, we have extended our studies to the mouse model. First data obtained with RNAse protection assays suggest a biphasic effect on the gene expression of several cytokines in spleen cells due to adrenergic in vivo treatment.
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- K Schauenstein
- Department of General and Experimental Pathology, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31A, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
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