ROLE OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR AND INTERLEUKIN-1 IN GAMMA-INTERFERON-PROMOTED ACTIVATION OF MOUSE TUMORICIDAL MACROPHAGES

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  • 15 May 1989
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 49  (10) , 2606-2614
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine if recombinant murine interleukin 1.beta. (rMu-IL-1.beta.) alone or in combination with recombinant murine .gamma.-interferon (rMu-IFN-.gamma.) could activate murine macrophages to be tumoricidal against tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-insensitive target cells and to evaluate the possible role of interleukin 1 (IL-1) in murine macrophage activation by recombinant murine tumor necrosis factor (rMu-TNF) plus rMu-IFN-.gamma.. rMu-IL-1.beta. and rMu-TNF alone or in combination could neither directly lyse the TNF-insensitive P815 mastocytoma nor activate resident peritoneal macrophages to be tumoricidal for this target. A synergistic induction of tumoricidal macrophage activity against P815 occurred, however, when either of these monokines was combined with rMu-IFN-.gamma.. The tumoricidal activity obtained was transitory, and the level of activity was dependent upon the monokine concentration and the length of induction period. Murine macrophages stimulated under the same conditions used to induce tumoricial activity with rMu-TNF plus rMu-IFN-.gamma. or with rMu-IL-1 plus rMu-IFN-.gamma. were shown to produce low concentrations of IL-1 or TNF, respectively. Thus, a bidirectional cross-induction of the production of the two monokines occurred. The monokine production was also quite transitory, and the time of peak production of the monokines (12 h) was found to precede the time of peak tumoricidal activation (24 h). Using neurtralizing antisera specific for rMu-IL-1s and rMu-TNF, the cross-induced production of TNF was shown to be required for macrophage tumoricidal activation by rMu-IL-1.beta. alone (TNF-sensitive targets) or in combination with rMu-IFN-.gamma. (TNF-insensitive targets). There was no evidence, however, that the production of IL-1 was required for marcophage activation by rMu-TNF in combination with rMu-IFN-.gamma.

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