Inhibition of Yeast Phagocytosis by Dexamethasone in Macrophage Cultures: Reversibility of the Effect and Enhanced Suppression in Cultures of Stimulated Macrophages

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This investigation was initiated to characterize further the ability of 1μM dexamethasone to suppress the ingestion of heat-killed Saccharomyces cerevisiae particles in cultures of murine resident peritoneal macrophages. Time course studies revealed that the inhibitory response required the continual presence of the steroid in the culture medium. In addition, increased inhibitory responses occurred after dexamethasone was supplied to previously untreated cultures of resident macrophages that became stimulated by differentiating in vitro. These findings indicate that glucocorticoids act directly on macrophages to decrease their phagocytic capacity, which in vivo would reduce host resistance.

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