Is the IFN-gamma-induced enhancement of superoxide production in CGD-phagocytes caused by increased expression of the p47-phox cytosolic protein?
Abstract
Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) had been shown to increase superoxide production of cultured monocytes from patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). To elucidate the mechanism of the IFN-gamma-induced improvement of superoxide production of cultured monocytes from patients with CGD we examined the influence of IFN-gamma on the expression and the activity of the NADPH-oxidase in the monocytic cell-line Mono Mac 6. After cultivation of Mono Mac 6-cells in the presence of 500 U/ml IFN-gamma the superoxide production was found to be increased as well as the expression of the p47-phox cytosolic protein of the phagocytic NADPH-oxidase.
| Authors: | Jendrossek, V., Damm, U., Liese, J., Belohradsky, B.H., Gahr, M. |
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| Journal: | Immunodeficiency, 4: 187-190 |
| Year: | 1993 |
| PubMed: | Find in PubMed |