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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 138, Issue 10 3235-3241, Copyright © 1987 by American Association of Immunologists
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MT Girard, S Hjaltadottir, AN Fejes-Toth and PM Guyre
At physiologic and therapeutic concentrations, glucocorticoids decrease the number of Fc receptors for IgG (Fc gamma R) on human monocyte-like cell lines. In comparison, gamma-interferon (IFN-gamma) increases Fc gamma R expression on both human monocytes and monocyte-like cell lines. In this study, we examined the combined effects of glucocorticoids and IFN-gamma on human monocyte expression of the high affinity (72 kDa) Fc gamma R. Mononuclear cells prepared from heparinized venous blood of normal donors were treated for up to 90 hr with or without recombinant IFN-gamma and/or steroids. Monocyte Fc gamma R were measured by Scatchard analysis of the binding of human monomeric 125I-IgG1; indirect immunofluorescence plus flow cytometry, utilizing a monoclonal antibody (MoAb 32) which is specific for the high affinity Fc gamma R; and direct immunofluorescence using fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled human monomeric IgG1 and flow cytometry quantitated using U-937 cells as a standard. Cultured monocytes incubated in the presence of both glucocorticoids and IFN- gamma for 18 hr had significantly higher (p less than 0.01) Fc gamma R levels than monocytes treated with IFN-gamma alone. The effect of combined treatment reached a plateau by 42 hr of incubation without increasing expression of other surface markers tested. Treatment with glucocorticoids alone did not consistently decrease monocyte Fc gamma R levels after either 18 or 42 hr of culture. Only glucocorticoids augmented the IFN-gamma increase in Fc gamma R; other steroids tested had no effect on IFN-gamma action. Furthermore, the effect was observed after treatment with only one type of interferon, IFN-gamma. These results describe a glucocorticoid immunoregulatory effect that may explain why combined IFN-gamma plus glucocorticoid treatment enhances mononuclear phagocyte Fc-mediated functions.
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