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. 1997 Oct;92(2):259–266. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00338.x

Involvement of the membrane form of tumour necrosis factor-alpha in lipopolysaccharide-induced priming of mouse peritoneal macrophages for enhanced nitric oxide response to lipopolysaccharide.

P Ancuta 1, H Fahmi 1, J F Pons 1, K Le Blay 1, R Chaby 1
PMCID: PMC1364067  PMID: 9415035

Abstract

We studied the pathways of macrophage response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). When mouse macrophages pre-exposed to LPS were restimulated with this agent, reduced tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) responses (desensitization/endotoxin tolerance) were accompanied by increased (priming) nitric oxide (NO) responses. Priming was also inducible with recombinant interferon-beta (IFN-beta). The requirement of TNF-alpha biosynthesis in the LPS-induced priming was also suggested by the observation that both anti-TNF-alpha serum and pentoxifylline inhibited this effect. However, addition of mouse recombinant TNF-alpha (mrTNF-alpha) did not enhance the priming induced by LPS or IFN-beta, and preincubation with mrTNF-alpha alone, or in association with other cytokines produced by macrophages (interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6, or leukaemia inhibitory factor), did not induce a priming effect. We found however, that pentoxifylline, which blocked the priming, also decreased the level of membrane-bound TNF-alpha. Furthermore, exposure to compound BB-3103 (a metalloproteinase inhibitor that blocks the processing of membrane-bound TNF-alpha yielding to the secreted cytokine) enhanced the priming effect, the expression of membrane TNF-alpha and the specific binding of LPS. These observations suggest that the membrane form of TNF-alpha is involved in the interaction of LPS with a receptor required for LPS-induced priming.

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