Abstract
The effect of different amines on antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity of human mononuclear cells was tested. Whereas monocyte cytotoxic capacity was significantly stimulated in the presence of methylamine (MA), dansylcadaverine (DC) and glycine ethylester (GEE), lymphocyte ADCC was markedly suppressed by these agents. The pharmacological actions of these compounds in our system are not related to their ability to inhibit transglutaminase (TGase) enzymes, since tertiary amines such as sarcosine ethylester (SEE) and chloroquine (CQ) elicited identical responses to MA, DC and GEE. The calmodulin (CAM) inhibitors trifluoperazine (TFP) and the more specific N- (6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphtalene sulfonamide (W-7) [Hidaka, Sasaki, Tanaka, Endo, Ohno, Fujii & Nagata (1981) Proc. natn. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 78, 4353–4357] mimicked the effects of amines on ADCC, suggesting the possibility that a CAM-regulated process might be involved in the functional changes provoked by amines on ADCC. Finally, binding of 125I-immune complexes to the effector cells in the presence of amines showed lack of correlation between alterations in ADCC capacity and FcγR expression.
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