Abstract
Platelet-activating factor (PAF) stimulated mouse spleen cells to release soluble factors (termed S2 factors) which were capable of inducing increased rosette inhibition titres when applied to fresh mouse spleen cells in the rosette inhibition assay. In this ability the S2 factors mimic that of pregnancy serum, an action previously ascribed to 'early pregnancy factor'. The PAF-stimulated production of these S2 factors was not influenced by inhibitors of cyclooxygenase metabolism, but was completely inhibited by the lipoxygenase inhibitors, diethyl carbamazine and nordihydroguaiaretic acid. The S2 factors had a lipid-like character in that they were extractable in organic solvents. The calcium ionophore A23187 also stimulated the production of these factors which may well be products of the lipoxygenase pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism.
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