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K Nishiya

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PubMed1994

[Detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in sera from patients with rheumatoid arthritis by indirect immunofluorescence technique].

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) in sera from 52 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including 9 patients with malignant RA (MRA) and 20 healthy controls were examined by indirect immunofluorescence technique (IIF). Nine out of 52 RA patients showed positive ANCA staining. None of MRA patients had, however, ANCA in sera. The staining pattern for ANCA was either perinuclear for 4 sera or non-specific for 5 sera, but not cytoplasmic. Furthermore, anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) in 9 ANCA positive RA sera were tested by IIF, using Hep-2 cells. Six sera had positive ANA. Three sera showed as nucleolar and 1 serum as centromere in ANA staining pattern. The incidence of these ANA staining pattern in ANCA positive sera (4 out of 9) was higher than in ANCA negative sera (1 out of 19). The clinical profiles and laboratory findings of 9 RA patients with positive ANCA revealed that they had suffered and treated for more than 10 years and had still active joint inflammation, like intractable RA. These results indicate that ANCA in RA are not associated with vasculitis.

Adult↗
PubMed1993

Stimulation by interleukin-7 of mononuclear cells in peripheral blood, synovial fluid and synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

To determine how interleukin-7 (IL-7) affects the proliferation of T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we evaluated the response of mononuclear cells (MNC) obtained from their peripheral blood (PB), synovial fluid (SF) and synovial tissue (ST) to stimulation by recombinant IL-7 and interleukin-2 (IL-2). Each cytokine was administered alone or combined with phytohemagglutinin (PHA). Cellular DNA synthesis was assayed by the [3H]-thymidine incorporation method. The stimulatory effect of 500 u/ml IL-7 on PBMNC obtained from 19 patients with RA was significantly lower than on PBMNC from 19 healthy controls. However, the same degree of stimulatory activity of 500 u/ml IL-2 was observed on the PBMNC from both RA patients and control subjects. The response of PBMNC to a suboptimal dose of PHA (0.2 micrograms/ml) was enhanced by adding either IL-7 or IL-2 (100 or 500 u/ml) to the cultures. The enhanced synthesis of DNA by both RA and control PBMNC on exposure to IL-7 following stimulation by a suboptimal dose of PHA was higher than that of IL-2. The effect of IL-7 on RA PBMNC was significantly greater than that of IL-2 at the concentration of 100 u/ml on PBMNC from the same RA patients. The stimulatory activity of IL-2 at the concentrations of 100 and 500 u/ml on SF MNC and ST MNC exceeded that of IL-7. In particular, an IL-2 dose of 500 u/ml had a marked effect on SF MNC. The PHA response of SF MNC was the lowest seen among the MNC from three different compartments.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adult↗
PubMed1992

Frequency of gamma delta T cells in peripheral blood, synovial fluid, synovial membrane and lungs from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

The percentages and absolute numbers of gamma delta T cells per CD3 positive cells (T cells) in four different compartments, namely peripheral blood, synovial fluid, synovial membrane and lungs from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in peripheral blood from healthy controls were studied by two color flow-cytometric analysis. The percentages (mean +/- SEM = 6.3 +/- 0.8%, n = 22) and absolute numbers (70 +/- 11/microliters, n = 22) of gamma delta T cells in peripheral blood from RA patients were not different from those of 22 age-matched healthy controls (7.5 +/- 0.9%, 81 +/- 17/microliters, respectively). The gamma delta T cells in peripheral blood from 50 RA patients were, however, significantly decreased in negative correlation with the value of CRP as a marker for inflammation, although they had no correlation with the titer of rheumatoid factor as an autoantibody. The percentages of gamma delta T cells in synovial fluid from 10 patients (3.3 +/- 0.5%, n = 10) or in synovial membrane from 5 patients (4.2 +/- 1.9%, n = 5) and in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from 6 patients (3.6 +/- 0.8%, n = 6) were not different from those in peripheral blood from the same patients. Thus, gamma delta T cells are not the dominant infiltrating T cell subset in the inflammatory sites of RA patients.

Adult↗
PubMed1990

Increased ability of peripheral blood B cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis to produce interleukin 1 in vitro.

Twenty-four patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 20 normal controls were examined for the ability of their peripheral blood B cells to produce interleukin 1 (IL-1) with or without lipopolysaccharide (LPS). B cells were purified from peripheral blood by negative selection methods (i.e., removal of adherent cells and sheep red blood cell rosette-forming cells, followed by treatment with monoclonal antibodies (OKT3 and OKM1) and complement). The amount of IL-1 in B cell culture supernatants (SN) was measured by thymocyte and fibroblast proliferation assays and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for IL-1 alpha and beta. As a group, cultured B cells from patients with RA, both spontaneously and when stimulated with LPS, produced higher levels of IL-1 than those from normal controls. IL-1 production by RA B cells with LPS had a weak but positive correlation with disease activity. Moreover, RA B cell culture SN with elevated levels of IL-1 had a synergistic effect on the growth of anti-human IgM (anti-mu) stimulated B cells. In separate experiments, the growth of RA B cells was significantly promoted by IL-1 beta both with and without anti-mu stimulation. These results suggest that B cell-derived IL-1 may be involved in the B cell clonal expansion of RA through its own activity as a B cell stimulatory factor.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Role of endogenous prostaglandin E2 in interleukin 1 production by peripheral blood monocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

We studied the effect of endogenous prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on interleukin 1 (IL-1) production by peripheral blood monocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). IL-1 production by RA monocytes was not different from that of monocytes from normal controls, when the cells were either unstimulated or stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 20 micrograms/ml), as measured by two different bioassays (thymocyte or fibroblast proliferation assay) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. However, IL-1 production by LPS-stimulated monocytes from RA patients cultured in medium containing indomethacin, an inhibitor of PGE2 synthesis, was significantly greater than that of monocytes from normal controls. In addition, the levels of PGE2 in culture supernatants of unstimulated or LPS-stimulated monocytes from RA patients were higher than in culture supernatants of monocytes from normal controls. Moreover, the increase of in vitro IL-2 production by RA T cells stimulated by phytohemagglutinin (PHA) was observed when monocytes were removed from peripheral blood mononuclear cells. These results indicated that peripheral blood monocytes from RA patients could produce IL-1 in excess in vitro, but that in vivo IL-1 production by RA monocytes and IL-2 induction by RA T cells might be negatively regulated by endogenous PGE2.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

Studies on the constituents of Japanese mistletoes from different host trees, and their antimicrobial and hypotensive properties.

The chemical constituents of Japanese mistletoes, Taxillus yadoriki Danser, Taxillus kaempferi Danser, and Korthalsella japonica Engler, epiphyting to different host trees were compared, and the antimicrobial and hypotensive properties of some isolated flavonoids were examined. Two known flavonoid glycosides, hyperin and quercitrin, were isolated from Taxillus yadoriki Danser, together with fatty acids, phytosterol, and phytosterol-glucoside. There was remarkable variation of contents of quercitrin among the plants on different host trees. From Taxillus kaempferi Danser, fatty acids, phytosterol, phytosterol-glucoside, quercetin, avicularin, and taxillusin were isolated, and quercitrin and hyperin were also identified. There was no remarkable variation of compositions of flavonoid glycosides among the plants on different host trees. A known flavone glycoside, chrysoeriol-4'-O-glucoside, was isolated from Korthalsella japonica Engler, together with fatty acids, phytosterol, oleanolic acid, and phytosterol-glucoside. Chrysoeriol-4'-O-glucoside is contained in this plant irrespective of the host trees.

Animals↗
PubMed1987

Dog erythrocyte rosette-forming lymphocyte: blockage by OKT11 monoclonal antibody.

Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) were separated into sheep erythrocyte rosette-forming (Es+) and non Es+ cells by the Ficoll-Hypaque gradient sedimentation method. Thirty-eight percent of the Es+ cells formed rosettes with dog erythrocytes and were designated as Es+Ed+ cells. The remaining Es+ cells were designated as Es+Ed- cells. Only a few non Es+ cells formed rosettes with dog erythrocytes. Among Es+Ed+ cells, T4 antigen-positive cells were observed approximately 1.7 times as often as T8 antigen-positive cells, when measured by staining with OKT4 or OKT8 monoclonal antibody. Among Es+Ed- cells, however, T4 and T8 antigen-positive cells were observed in almost equal proportion. Preincubation of PBM with OKT11 monoclonal antibody, but not with OKT4 monoclonal antibody, inhibited the rosette formation with dog as well as sheep erythrocytes. These results indicated that Es+Ed+ cells were a subpopulation of T-cells in which a majority of the cells were T4 antigen-positive, and that the binding sites of dog erythrocytes on human T-cells was closely linked with that of sheep erythrocytes.

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PubMed1985

Serum and urinary ferritin levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

The serum and urinary ferritin levels in 52 RA patients were measured by the 2-site immunoradiometric assay method. Serum ferritin levels in RA patients correlated with C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) but not with serum iron levels and hemoglobin concentrations, although they were within the normal range. High serum ferritin levels were associated with sera with hyper gamma-globulin and rheumatoid factors. In sequential studies, serum ferritin changed in parallel with ESR, CRP and disease activity in a majority of the patients. The urinary ferritin levels and u/s ratios in some RA patients were higher than control values. Higher values were found particularly in the group of patients under gold therapy but not in groups under other treatments.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1984

Monocyte and NK cell cytotoxic activity in human adherent cell preparations: discriminating effects of interferon and lactoferrin.

The comparative cytotoxic specificities of freshly isolated human adherent and nonadherent blood mononuclear cells were examined against seven established target cell lines in 4 and 18 hr chromium release assays. The relative sensitivity of each target cell line to the cytotoxic effects of both adherent and nonadherent effector cells in cultures was identical. Moreover, the relative enhancing effects of interferon on cytotoxicity by both effector cell types were also identical. These adherent cell preparations were contaminated with up to 6% NK cells, as demonstrated by OKM1 staining and flow microfluorometry. These NK cells were loosely adherent and could be removed by vigorous wash procedures. The remaining tightly adherent monocytes also had the capacity to kill K562 cells and Chang cells, but these cytotoxic effects could not be increased by interferon. Enhancement by lactoferrin, however, was consistently observed. Treatment of mononuclear cells with Leu-lla, a monoclonal antibody that reacts with all NK cells, also abolished the enhancing effects of interferon, but not lactoferrin. These studies suggest that caution must be exercised in attributing all cytotoxic activities in adherent cell preparations to monocytes, and that lactoferrin and interferon can be used as functional probes to detect two distinct blood mononuclear cell subsets with natural cytotoxicity.

Cell Adhesion↗
PubMed1982

Contrasting effects of lactoferrin on human lymphocyte and monocyte natural killer activity and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity.

Iron and the iron-binding protein lactoferrin (LF) have significant effects on natural killer (NK) and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). Human adherent and nonadherent blood mononuclear cells were incubated with K562 cells and antibody-sensitized Chang cells in short-term chromium-release assays. Ferric citrate (10(-3) M) inhibited both adherent and nonadherent NK cell activity, but had no effect upon ADCC. LF markedly affected adherent monocyte cytotoxicity, but had no effect on nonadherent lymphocytes. LF enhanced NK in a dose-dependent manner, but similar concentrations paradoxically inhibited ADCC. LF acted directly upon the adherent effector cell because pretreatment of cells for 30 min was sufficient for enhancement. Fe-saturated LF as well as the unsaturated protein enhanced adherent cell NK. Transferrin in all concentrations tested did not alter NK activity. These studies show inhibitory effects of iron on immune function in addition to those previously described and reveal a new regulatory role for LF. The selective effect of LF on adherent cells provides further evidence that monocytes, at least in the adherent state, can have potent NK activity. The opposite effects of LF on NK and ADCC are unexplained and may serve as a probe to define the mechanisms involved.

Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity↗
PubMed1981

Differential inhibition of the MLR by iron: association with HLA phenotype.

The effect of iron on the MLR was examined by pretreating peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 77 unrelated Caucasians with five concentrations of Ferric-citrate (10.0 mM, 1.0 mM, 0.1 mM, 0.01 mM and 0.005 mM). After incubation with the metal, the cells were washed and cultured in a one-way MLR with a pool of stimulator cells. Cell viability remained unchanged (greater than 90 percent) during the 6-day culture period. Citrate per se had no effect on either the responder or the stimulator population. Iron treatment influenced the MLR in the following ways: (1) a variable degree of inhibition was observed which related to the dose of Ferric-citrate used and to HLA phenotype, (2) the responder but not the stimulator cells were affected, (3) no statistically significant differences were seen between female and male donor cells and (4) the mean percent response of cells from HLA-A2 donors were significantly (0.005 less than P less than 0.01) less susceptible to iron exposure than those from non-HLA-A2 individuals. The present results indicate that iron can interact with lymphoid cells and influence some immunological functions in vitro. The possibility is discussed that similar interactions take place in vivo which could contribute to the prognosis of certain diseases associated with particular HLA phenotypes.

Adult↗
PubMed1980

Ferritin synthesis by human T lymphocytes.

Mononuclear cells from peripheral blood of normal humans, unselected spleen cells from patients with Hodgkin's disease, and selected T and non-T lymphoid cells from normal peripheral blood and from the spleens of Hodgkin's disease patients were examined for de novo synthesis and secretion of ferritin. After precipitation of labeled lysates and supernatants from unseparated and selected T cells with antiserum to human liver ferritin, two bands were visible on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylimide gel analysis. The two bands were detected in molecular weight regions 19,000 and 21,000, which are thought to represent the L and H subunits of the ferritin molecule, respectively. The slower band (subunit H) was more radioactive than the faster band (subunit L). The H subunit is found in greater amounts in the serum of some tumor patients, but its cellular origin has not been established. The present findings indicate that cells of the immune system contribute to the synthesis and secretion of a ferritin molecule with a high proportion of H subunits.

Cell Separation↗