Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine whether Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans lipopolysaccharide (LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans) could induce murine spleen cells to produce nitric oxide (NO). Spleen cells derived from Balb/c mice were stimulated with LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans or LPS from Eschericia coli for 4 days. The effects of N G-monomethyl- l-arginine (NMMA), polymyxin B, and cytokines (IFN- γ and IL-4) on the production of NO were also assessed. The NO production from the carrageenan-treated spleen cells stimulated with LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans or both LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans and IFN- γ was determined. The carrageenan-treated mice were transferred with splenic macrophages and the NO production was assessed from the spleen cells stimulated with LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans or LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans and IFN- γ. The results showed that NO production was detectable in the cultures of spleen cells stimulated with LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans in a dose-dependent fashion, but was lower than in the cells stimulated with LPS from E. coli. The NO production was blocked by NMMA and polymyxin B. IFN- γ up-regulated but IL-4 suppressed the production of NO by the spleen cells stimulated with LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans. The carrageenan-treated spleen cells failed to produce NO after stimulation with LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans or both LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans and IFN- γ. Adoptive transfer of splenic macrophages to the carrageenan-treated mice could restore the ability of the spleen cells to produce NO. The results of the present study suggest that LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans under the regulatory control of cytokines induces murine spleen cells to produce NO and that splenic macrophages are the cellular source of the NO production. Therefore, these results may support the view that NO production by LPS- A. actinomycetemcomitans-stimulated macrophages may play a role in the course of periodontal diseases.
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