Modulation of fibroblast proliferation by sulfidopeptide leukotrienes: effect of indomethacin
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Modulation of fibroblast proliferation by sulfidopeptide leukotrienes: effect of indomethacin
Abstract
Because infiltration of mononuclear cells and fibroblast proliferation are associated in chronic inflammatory lesions, we tested the hypothesis that leukotrienes (LT), a product of activated mononuclear cells, may modulate fibroblast growth. Proliferation of cultured human skin fibroblasts was estimated by [3H]thymidine incorporation and cell count at increasing concentrations (0.1 nM to 0.1 microM) of LTC4 or LTD4. LTC4 and LTD4 stimulated cell growth in a dose-dependent manner only in the presence of 50 microM indomethacin. Under similar conditions, LTE4 but not LTB4 (0.1 microM) was active. Both asynchronous, growing cells and synchronous, quiescent cells were sensitive to LT when prostaglandin (PG) synthesis was suppressed by indomethacin. Other blockers of cyclooxygenase such as ibuprofen and aspirin exhibited identical permissive activity, and the effect of indomethacin was totally abolished by addition of PGE2. LTC4 modified neither [3H]arachidonic acid release from prelabeled fibroblasts nor PGE2 production by fibroblasts. These results demonstrate that the sulfidopeptide LT stimulate fibroblast proliferation only when the endogenous synthesis of PG is blocked, but they do not enhance the synthesis of PG in their target cells showing no evidence for a negative feed-back loop. Nevertheless, it seems likely that the initiation and development of the fibrotic process in the different tissues depends in part on the local balance between PG and LT productions.
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