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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 170, Issue 2, Pages 757-764Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.2.757
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PGE(2) has been known to suppress Th1 responses. We studied the difference in strains of mice in PGE(2) production by macrophages and its relation to Th1 activation. Macrophages from BALB/c mice produced greater amounts of PGE2 than those from any other strains of mice, including C57BL/6, after LPS stimulation. In accordance with the amount of PGE2 produced, macrophage-derived IL-12 and T cell-derived IFN-gamma production were more strongly suppressed in BALB/c macrophages than in C57BL/6 macrophages. When macrophages were treated with indomethacin or EP4 antagonist, Th1 cytokines were more markedly increased in cells from BALB/c mice than in those from C57BL/6 mice. Although cyclooxygenase-2 was expressed similarly after LPS stimulation in these mouse strains, the release of arachidonic acid and the expression of type V secretory phospholipase A(2) mRNA were greater in BALB/c macrophages. However, exogenous addition of arachidonic acid did not reverse the lower production of PGE2 by C57BL/6 macrophages. The expression of microsomal PGE synthase, a final enzyme of PGE, synthesis, was also greater in BALB/c macrophages. These results indicate that the greater production of PGE2 by macrophages, which is regulated by secretory phospholipase A2 and microsomal PGE synthase but not by cyclooxygenase-2, is related to the suppression of Th1 cytokine production in BALB/c mice.
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