Nagel J E, Chrest F J, Adler W H
Clin Exp Immunol. 1982 Jul;49(1):217-24.
The effect of age on the proliferative response to 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) was examined using peripheral blood lymphocytes from 185 adults. TPA-induced DNA synthesis measured by cellular 3H-thymidine incorporation was found, like the responses of cells activated by PHA and Con A, to markedly diminish with advancing age. The presence of indomethacin (1 microgram/ml) or Ro 20-5720 (10 micrograms/ml) in TPA activated cell cultures, unlike PHA stimulated cultures, did not result in augmentation of 3H-thymidine incorporation by cells from elderly individuals. These results demonstrate that prostaglandin synthesizing suppressor cells are not responsible for the age-related depression of cellular immune function observed in TPA activated cells and confirm the observation that decreased production and/or utilization of soluble mediators, such as IL-2, may account for the diminished mitogen responsiveness of lymphocytes from elderly individuals.
利用185名成年人的外周血淋巴细胞,研究了年龄对12 - O - 十四烷酰佛波醇 - 13 - 乙酸酯(TPA)增殖反应的影响。通过细胞3H - 胸腺嘧啶核苷掺入法测定的TPA诱导的DNA合成,与PHA和Con A激活的细胞反应一样,随着年龄的增长而显著减少。在TPA激活的细胞培养物中加入消炎痛(1微克/毫升)或Ro 20 - 5720(10微克/毫升),与PHA刺激的培养物不同,并未导致老年个体细胞的3H - 胸腺嘧啶核苷掺入增加。这些结果表明,前列腺素合成抑制细胞与TPA激活细胞中观察到的与年龄相关的细胞免疫功能下降无关,并证实了以下观察结果:可溶性介质如IL - 2的产生和/或利用减少可能是老年个体淋巴细胞丝裂原反应性降低的原因。