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Studies on the production of endogenous pyrogen by rabbit monocytes: the role of calcium and cyclic nucleotides.

Rabbit monocytes stimulated with endotoxin produced endogenous pyrogen, even under conditions of high or low extracellular calcium concentrations. Maximal production occurred when the concentration was in the near-physiological range. Prolonged incubation of cells with a calcium chelator prevented s...

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Autores principales: Sigal, S. L., Duff, G. W., Atkins, E.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1985
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2589890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2994306
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description Rabbit monocytes stimulated with endotoxin produced endogenous pyrogen, even under conditions of high or low extracellular calcium concentrations. Maximal production occurred when the concentration was in the near-physiological range. Prolonged incubation of cells with a calcium chelator prevented subsequent activation with endotoxin, an effect which was rapidly reversible by re-addition of calcium but not other cations. Addition of small amounts of lanthanum, which acts as a calcium channel blocker, prevented the restoration of pyrogen production, indicating that entry of the added calcium into the monocyte was required. Incorporation of a calcium ionophore into the cell membrane did not stimulate pyrogen production, and no measurable influx or efflux of calcium occurred during stimulation with endotoxin. These observations suggest that a slowly exchangeable calcium pool is necessary for the production of endogenous pyrogen, but that a rise in intracellular calcium is not by itself a necessary or sufficient stimulus. This stands in contrast to other biological systems in which Ca2+ directly couples stimulus and hormone secretion. Incubation of cells with agents shown to increase cyclic 3',5' AMP or cyclic 3',5' GMP levels in monocytes similarly did not stimulate pyrogen production or modulate its production by endotoxin stimulation. Thus, cyclic nucleotides also did not play a detectable role as intracellular messengers in this system. Future work is required to define more clearly the mechanism for the production of endogenous pyrogen, given its marked effects on the immune system through lymphocyte activation and temperature regulation.
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spelling pubmed-25898902008-11-28 Studies on the production of endogenous pyrogen by rabbit monocytes: the role of calcium and cyclic nucleotides. Sigal, S. L. Duff, G. W. Atkins, E. Yale J Biol Med Research Article Rabbit monocytes stimulated with endotoxin produced endogenous pyrogen, even under conditions of high or low extracellular calcium concentrations. Maximal production occurred when the concentration was in the near-physiological range. Prolonged incubation of cells with a calcium chelator prevented subsequent activation with endotoxin, an effect which was rapidly reversible by re-addition of calcium but not other cations. Addition of small amounts of lanthanum, which acts as a calcium channel blocker, prevented the restoration of pyrogen production, indicating that entry of the added calcium into the monocyte was required. Incorporation of a calcium ionophore into the cell membrane did not stimulate pyrogen production, and no measurable influx or efflux of calcium occurred during stimulation with endotoxin. These observations suggest that a slowly exchangeable calcium pool is necessary for the production of endogenous pyrogen, but that a rise in intracellular calcium is not by itself a necessary or sufficient stimulus. This stands in contrast to other biological systems in which Ca2+ directly couples stimulus and hormone secretion. Incubation of cells with agents shown to increase cyclic 3',5' AMP or cyclic 3',5' GMP levels in monocytes similarly did not stimulate pyrogen production or modulate its production by endotoxin stimulation. Thus, cyclic nucleotides also did not play a detectable role as intracellular messengers in this system. Future work is required to define more clearly the mechanism for the production of endogenous pyrogen, given its marked effects on the immune system through lymphocyte activation and temperature regulation. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1985 /pmc/articles/PMC2589890/ /pubmed/2994306 Text en
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Studies on the production of endogenous pyrogen by rabbit monocytes: the role of calcium and cyclic nucleotides.
title Studies on the production of endogenous pyrogen by rabbit monocytes: the role of calcium and cyclic nucleotides.
title_full Studies on the production of endogenous pyrogen by rabbit monocytes: the role of calcium and cyclic nucleotides.
title_fullStr Studies on the production of endogenous pyrogen by rabbit monocytes: the role of calcium and cyclic nucleotides.
title_full_unstemmed Studies on the production of endogenous pyrogen by rabbit monocytes: the role of calcium and cyclic nucleotides.
title_short Studies on the production of endogenous pyrogen by rabbit monocytes: the role of calcium and cyclic nucleotides.
title_sort studies on the production of endogenous pyrogen by rabbit monocytes: the role of calcium and cyclic nucleotides.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2589890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2994306
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