期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 22, 期 5, 页码 373-381出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(99)00092-2
关键词
delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol; immunosuppression; antigen processing; cathepsin; macrophage function; T cell activation
资金
- NIDA NIH HHS [DA05274, DA05832] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES07199] Funding Source: Medline
Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) causes an antigen-dependent defect in the ability of macrophages to activate helper T cells, and this drug-induced impairment is mediated through the peripheral CB2 receptor. Various requirements for the processing of the antigen, lysozyme, were examined to determine where along the pathway THC exerts its influence. A THC-exposed macrophage hybridoma inefficiently stimulated interleukin-2 secretion by a helper T cell hybridoma in response to native lysozyme and its reduced form, suggesting that disulfide bond reduction was unaffected. Cell surface expression of major histocompatibility complex class II molecules was normal on THC-exposed macrophages. The drug-exposed macrophages also competently presented a lysozyme peptide to the T cells. indicating that the class II molecules were functional. The proteolytic activity of two thiol cathepsins was unaltered, but aspartyl cathepsin D activity was significantly increased in THC-exposed macrophages. Thus, selective up-regulation of aspartyl cathepsin activity accompanied the deficiency in lysozyme processing and may contribute, at least in part, to the antigen-dependent processing defect in THC-exposed macrophages. (C) 2000 International Society for Immunopharmacology. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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