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Infect. Immun., 05 1995, 1863-1869, Vol 63, No. 5
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology

Endotoxin-induced desensitization of mouse macrophages is mediated in part by nitric oxide production

H Fahmi, D Charon, M Mondange and R Chaby
Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Science, Universite Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fes, Morocco.

Refractoriness (tolerance) to endotoxin effects, such as induction of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) secretion, can be elicited in vitro in macrophages by preexposure of cells to endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) itself. The aim of this study was to determine whether this phenomenon is due to negative feedback mediated by the free radical nitric oxide (NO) produced by cells when they are activated by LPS. Among several efficient inhibitors of NO production, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine did not induce concomitant inhibition of TNF- alpha secretion. Mouse macrophages that were exposed to LPS in the presence of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine partially maintained the ability to secrete TNF-alpha in response to a second LPS stimulation, compared with cells preexposed to LPS alone, thus suggesting that NO is involved in part in LPS-induced desensitization of cells. Furthermore, direct exposure of cells to the NO-generating compounds sodium nitroprusside and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine mimicked LPS-induced desensitization. However, low concentrations of a synthetic lipid (lipid M4) that is structurally analogous to the reducing end of the lipid A moiety of LPS induced desensitization of mouse macrophages without concomitant production of NO. Taken together, these data suggest that although NO actually takes part in LPS-induced desensitization of mouse macrophages, additional and yet unknown mechanisms must also exist.

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