PMID: 6976953Dec 1, 1981Paper

Effect of levamisole on pokeweed mitogen stimulation of immunoglobulin production in vitro

Immunopharmacology
J L PasqualiJ H Vaughan

Abstract

The effects of levamisole (LMS) on immunoglobulin (Ig) production were studied in vitro using peripheral blood lymphocytes from normal subjects stimulated with pokeweed mitogen (PWM). Cells were cultured for 9 days with varying concentrations of LMS and PWM, and immunoglobulin secretion in the supernatants was quantified by solid phase radioimmunoassay. The results showed that 1) the effect of LMS in vitro depends upon the degree of lymphocyte stimulation by PWM. When PWM stimulation is optimal, typical pharmacologic concentrations of LMS (0.5 micro/ml) decrease both IgM and IgG production by 50%. However, at lower suboptimal doses of PWM, LMS, at similar concentrations, enhances immunoglobulin production by 24% (p less than 0.01). Unstimulated lymphocytes are not affected by LMS. 2) The target cell upon which LMS acts is present among a T subpopulation that lacks the Fc receptor for aggregated rabbit IgG (T gamma -negative). We suggest that the diverse effects of LMS on autoimmune disease in vivo may depend upon both the size and degree of activation of the T gamma -negative lymphocyte pool.

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