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BS Schwartz, MC Monroe and JD Bradshaw
Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMs) produce both tissue factor and
plasminogen activator inhibitor type 2 (PAI-2) in response to gram-
negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The cellular roles in the
tissue factor response have been previously elucidated, and we now report
those roles in PAI-2 production. Monocytes are the only cells among
LPS-stimulated PBMs that produce PAI-2 as assessed by measurement of PAI-2
activity and antigen. Concomitant immunohistochemistry demonstrated that
monocytes contain PAI-2, with a greater number staining positively and more
intensely after exposure to LPS. LPS- stimulated monocytes produced
increased amounts of PAI-2 with or without addition of lymphocytes.
Lymphocytes prestimulated with LPS and then washed did not induce PAI-2
production in monocytes to which they were added. Lipid X, a precursor in
the biosynthetic pathway of lipid A and LPS, was able to inhibit LPS
induction of monocyte PAI-2 in a dose- dependent manner. This inhibition
was not due to cellular toxicity, the phospholipidlike nature of lipid X,
interference with the PAI-2 assay, or monocyte production of a substance
interfering with PAI-2. Lipid X was an effective inhibitor of PAI-2
production even when added up to 30 minutes after LPS.
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