Skip to main content
The Journal of Experimental Medicine logoLink to The Journal of Experimental Medicine
. 1978 Mar 1;147(3):952–957. doi: 10.1084/jem.147.3.952

Prostaglandin E production by human blood monocytes and mouse peritoneal macrophages

PMCID: PMC2184186  PMID: 632752

Abstract

Purified populations of both human peripheral blood monocytes and murine peritoneal macrophages synthesize and release Prostaglandin E in vitro. In contrast, prostaglandin E was detected in neither the supernate fluids from cultures of highly enriched human lymphocytes and granulocytes, nor in nonadherent murine peritoneal cells. Macrophage prostaglandin E production was markedly enhanced by endotoxin, and completely suppressed by indomethacin. All neoplastic monocyte- macrophage cell lines examined elaborated prostaglandin E in vitro, either constitutively or after induction with endotoxin. In contrast, prostaglandin E production could not be detected from either a T- or B- cell lymphoma, whether or not they were treated with endotoxin. These findings thus indicate that the blood monocyte and tissue macrophage represent an important source of prostaglandin E, a function shared by both normal and neoplastic mononuclear phagocytes.

Full Text

The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (384.2 KB).

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Andersen N. H. Dehydration of prostaglandins: study by spectroscopic method. J Lipid Res. 1969 May;10(3):320–325. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Beller D. I., Unanue E. R. Thymic maturation in vitro by a secretory product from macrophages. J Immunol. 1977 May;118(5):1780–1787. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Bray M. A., Gordon D., Morley J. Proceedings: Role of prostaglandins in reactions of cellular immunity. Br J Pharmacol. 1974 Nov;52(3):453P–453P. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Calderon J., Unanue E. R. Two biological activities regulating cell proliferation found in cultures of peritoneal exudate cells. Nature. 1975 Jan 31;253(5490):359–361. doi: 10.1038/253359a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Dukes P. P., Shore N. A., Hammond D., Ortega J. A., Datta M. C. Enhancement of erythropoiesis by prostaglandins. J Lab Clin Med. 1973 Nov;82(5):704–712. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Ferraris V. A., DeRubertis F. R. Release of prostaglandin by mitogen- and antigen-stimulated leukocytes in culture. J Clin Invest. 1974 Aug;54(2):378–386. doi: 10.1172/JCI107773. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Flower R., Gryglewski R., Herbaczyńska-Cedro K., Vane J. R. Effects of anti-inflammatory drugs on prostaglandin biosynthesis. Nat New Biol. 1972 Jul 26;238(82):104–106. doi: 10.1038/newbio238104a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Gailani S., McLimans W. F., Nussbaum A., Robinson F., Roholt O. Studies on normal human bone marrow cultures in controlled environment thin-film culture systems. In Vitro. 1976 May;12(5):363–372. doi: 10.1007/BF02796314. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Gery I., Waksman B. H. Potentiation of the T-lymphocyte response to mitogens. II. The cellular source of potentiating mediator(s). J Exp Med. 1972 Jul 1;136(1):143–155. doi: 10.1084/jem.136.1.143. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Higgs G. A., Youlten L. J. Proceedings: Prostaglandin production by rabbit peritoneal polymorphonuclear leukocytes in vitro. Br J Pharmacol. 1972 Feb;44(2):330P–330P. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Humes J. L., Bonney R. J., Pelus L., Dahlgren M. E., Sadowski S. J., Kuehl F. A., Jr, Davies P. Macrophages synthesis and release prostaglandins in response to inflammatory stimuli. Nature. 1977 Sep 8;269(5624):149–151. doi: 10.1038/269149a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Kurland J. I., Kincade P. W., Moore M. A. Regulation of B-lymphocyte clonal proliferation by stimulatory and inhibitory macrophage-derived factors. J Exp Med. 1977 Nov 1;146(5):1420–1435. doi: 10.1084/jem.146.5.1420. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Kurland J., Moore M. A. Modulation of hemopoiesis by prostaglandins. Exp Hematol. 1977 Sep;5(5):357–373. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Levine L., Gjtierrez Cernosek R. M., Van Vunakis H. Specificities of prostaglandins B 1 , F 1 , and F 2 antigen-antibody reactions. J Biol Chem. 1971 Nov 25;246(22):6782–6785. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Nelson D. S. Production by stimulated macrophages of factors depressing lymphocyte transformation. Nature. 1973 Nov 30;246(5431):306–307. doi: 10.1038/246306a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Ralph P., Moore M. A., Nilsson K. Lysozyme synthesis by established human and murine histiocytic lymphoma cell lines. J Exp Med. 1976 Jun 1;143(6):1528–1533. doi: 10.1084/jem.143.6.1528. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Ralph P., Nakoinz I. Antibody-dependent killing of erythrocyte and tumor targets by macrophage-related cell lines: enhancement by PPD and LPS. J Immunol. 1977 Sep;119(3):950–954. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Shevach E. M., Stobo J. D., Green I. Immunoglobulin and theta-bearing murine leukemias and lymphomas. J Immunol. 1972 May;108(5):1146–1151. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. Singh U., Owen J. J. Studies on the effect of various agents on the maturation of thymus stem cells. Eur J Immunol. 1975 Apr;5(4):286–288. doi: 10.1002/eji.1830050414. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. Smith J. W., Steiner A. L., Parker C. W. Human lymphocytic metabolism. Effects of cyclic and noncyclic nucleotides on stimulation by phytohemagglutinin. J Clin Invest. 1971 Feb;50(2):442–448. doi: 10.1172/JCI106511. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  21. Webb D. R., Stites D. P., Perlman J. D., Luong D., Fudenberg H. H. Lymphocyte activation: the dualistic effect of cAMP. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1973 Aug 6;53(3):1002–1008. doi: 10.1016/0006-291x(73)90191-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  22. Yam L. T., Li C. Y., Crosby W. H. Cytochemical identification of monocytes and granulocytes. Am J Clin Pathol. 1971 Mar;55(3):283–290. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/55.3.283. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from The Journal of Experimental Medicine are provided here courtesy of The Rockefeller University Press

RESOURCES