Monocyte factors modulate in vitro T-lymphocyte mitogenesis in protein malnutrition.

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      This study investigated changes in T-lymphocyte mitogenesis and immunoregulatory cytokines during protein malnutrition. In vitro T cell response to concanavalin A was compared among protein deprived (PD), energy restricted pair fed control (PF), and ad libitum control (C) rabbits, Cell cultures were supplemented with crude monocyte supernatants (CMS) from PD, PF or C animals at either 1% or 8% final concentration in culture, Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) concentration of unstimulated or stimulated lymphocyte culture supernatants and CMS was determined. Lymphocyte cultures from PD, PF and C animals had enhanced 3H-thymidine incorporation when supplemented with C and/or PF derived CMS, Addition of 8% CMS from PD rabbits inhibited proliferation below levels observed in mitogen-only stimulated groups in all cultures. At the 1% concentration, inhibition was seen in PD and C derived cells cultures and modest enhancement was seen in PF cultures, PGE2 concentration in supernatants from stimulated and unstimulated lymphocyte cultures from PD rabbits was higher than in C and PF cell cultures. These results suggest (a) that under appropriate culture conditions lymphocytes from PD donors are capable of enhanced proliferation and (b) that depressed T cell mitogenesis observed in protein malnutrition may reflect alterations in immunoregulatory signals. The rote of interleukin I (IL-1) and PGE2 in the modulation of this response is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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