NE strengthens the immunosuppression induced by AlCl₃ through β₂-AR/cAMP pathway in cultured rat peritoneal macrophages

Biol Trace Elem Res. 2015 Apr;164(2):234-41. doi: 10.1007/s12011-014-0217-z. Epub 2015 Jan 6.

Abstract

To investigate the effect of noradrenaline (NE) on the immunosuppression induced by aluminum trichloride (AlCl3), the peritoneal macrophages were cultured with RPMI-1640 medium containing 0.97 mM AlCl3 (1/10 IC50). NE was added to the medium at the final concentrations of 0 (control group, N-C), 0.1 (low-dose group, N-L), 1 (mid-dose group, N-M), and 10 (high-dose group, N-H) nM, respectively. No addition of both AlCl3 and NE serviced as blank group (D-C). Chemotaxis, adhesion, phagocytosis, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) secretion, cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) content, β2 adrenergic receptors (β2-AR) density, and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of macrophages were detected. The results showed that AlCl3 reduced the chemotaxis, adhesion, phagocytosis, and TNF-α secretion and increased the cAMP content, β2-AR density, and mRNA expression of peritoneal macrophages. Meanwhile, the chemotaxis, adhesion, phagocytosis, TNF-α secretion, β2-AR density, and mRNA expression were reduced while the cAMP content was increased in NE-treated groups than those in N-C group. The results indicated that NE strengthens the immunosuppression induced by AlCl3 in cultured rat peritoneal macrophages through the β2-AR/cAMP pathway.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / pharmacology
  • Aluminum Chloride
  • Aluminum Compounds / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chemotaxis / drug effects
  • Chemotaxis / immunology
  • Chlorides / pharmacology*
  • Cyclic AMP / immunology*
  • Cyclic AMP / metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Gene Expression / drug effects
  • Gene Expression / immunology
  • Immune Tolerance / drug effects*
  • Macrophages, Peritoneal / drug effects*
  • Macrophages, Peritoneal / immunology
  • Macrophages, Peritoneal / metabolism
  • Norepinephrine / pharmacology*
  • Phagocytosis / drug effects
  • Phagocytosis / immunology
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / genetics
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / immunology*
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / metabolism
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction / immunology
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / immunology
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism

Substances

  • Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
  • Aluminum Compounds
  • Chlorides
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Aluminum Chloride
  • Cyclic AMP
  • Norepinephrine