Modulating effects of nonselective and selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors on lymphocyte subsets and humoral immune response in mice.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2010, Vol 62, Issue 6
Abstract
Phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors can regulate the activity of immune cells by increasing intracellular levels of cyclic nucleotides. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of milrinone, a selective PDE3 inhibitor, sildenafil, a selective PDE5 inhibitor, and aminophylline, a nonselective PDE inhibitor, on lymphocyte subsets and humoral immune response in mice when administered in vivo. Aminophylline (20 mg/kg, im), milrinone (1 mg/kg, im) or sildenafil (1 mg/kg, po) were administered to mice either once or five times at 24 h intervals. Some mice were immunized with a sheep red blood cell (SRBC) suspension administered ip either 2 h after the single dose or 2 h after the second of the five doses. In non-immunized mice treated five times with PDE inhibitors, the subsets of T lymphocytes in the thymus and T and B lymphocytes in the spleen and mesenteric lymph nodes were determined 12, 24 or 72 h after the last dose. The humoral immune response was determined on days 4, 7 and 14 after SRBC injection in SRBC-immunized mice treated with PDE inhibitors. A modulating effect of the drugs on lymphocyte subpopulations was observed. The greatest impact was observed in splenocyte subpopulations, and resulted in decreased percentages of B cells (CD19(+)) and increased percentages of T cells (CD3(+), CD4(+), CD8(+)). No effect or slight influence of the drugs on anti-SRBC hemagglutinins was observed, but the number of plaque-forming splenocytes was increased. The drugs under investigation did not show a significant immunosuppressive effect.
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Marianna Szczypka, Bożena Obmińska-Mrukowicz
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