Cytotoxic effects of cytokines on islet beta-cells: evidence for involvement of eicosanoids

Endocrinology
A RabinovitchW Sumoski

Abstract

Arachidonic acid metabolites (eicosanoids) have been implicated in mediating actions of cytokines in different tissues. In this study, we tested inhibitors of arachidonate metabolism for possible protection against the toxic effects of the cytokine combination of tumor necrosis factor (TNF, 100 U/ml) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma, 100 U/ml) in rat islet cell monolayer cultures, using a 51Cr release cytotoxicity assay to measure islet cell lysis (% 51Cr release). The toxic effect of TNF/IFN-gamma (26.6 +/- 3.7%) was inhibited partially by both a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin and a lipoxygenase inhibitor, nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), and combination of maximally effective concentrations of Indo and NDGA (30 microM) produced further protection against TNF/IFN-gamma-induced lysis (3.5 +/- 0.9%). Also, the combined cyclo/lipoxygenase inhibitors, oxyphenbutazone and eicosa 5,8,11,14 tetrynoic acid, as well as the phospholipase A2 inhibitor, bromophenacyl bromide, significantly inhibited the cytotoxic effect of TNF/IFN-gamma. Whereas indomethacin and NDGA did not prevent TNF/IFN-gamma-induced inhibition of insulin release, this recovered after cytokine removal from cultures protected by the cyclo/lipoxygenase inhibitor...Continue Reading

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