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. 1996 Nov;89(3):463–467. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1996.d01-757.x

The strain difference in the effect of mercuric chloride on antigen-triggered serotonin release from rat mast cells is not mediated via interferon-gamma.

D Hodson 1, D B Oliveira 1
PMCID: PMC1456562  PMID: 8958063

Abstract

Previous work has shown that in vitro exposure of Brown-Norway (BN) rat peritoneal mast cells to mercuric chloride (HgCl2) causes enhancement of subsequent mediator release induced by cross-linking of surface immunoglobulin E (IgE). This enhancing effect is seen significantly less often with peritoneal cells from Lewis rats. In addition HgCl2 has been shown to suppress interferon (IFN)-gamma production by BN but not Lewis splenocytes. Given that IFN-gamma is known to inhibit mediator release by mast cells, we hypothesized that the strain difference in the effect of HgCl2 on mediator release was mediated via a differential effect on IFN-gamma release from T cells in the mixed peritoneal cell population: IFN-gamma release would be suppressed in the case of the BN rat, releasing the mast cells from inhibition and resulting in the enhancing effect of HgCl2. The aim of the study was to test two predictions of this hypothesis. Exposure of BN rat mast cells to IFN-gamma inhibited subsequent antigen-induced mediator release but did not significantly reduce HgCl2-mediated enhancement of this release. Exposure of Lewis rat mast cells to blocking concentrations of anti-IFN-gamma did not reveal any HgCl2-mediated enhancement of mediator release. These observations provide strong evidence against the hypothesis that the differential effects of HgCl2 on BN and Lewis rat mast cells are mediated via IFN-gamma. In addition the results revealed that BN rat mast cells are significantly more sensitive than Lewis rat mast cells to the inhibitory effects of IFN-gamma on antigen-induced mediator release.

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