Signal transduction in LPS-activated aged and young monocytes

Aged monocytes, that is, monocytes purified from the blood of donors > or =65 years of age, when compared with young monocytes, that is, monocytes purified from the blood of young donors 25 years of age, display a decrease in interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production after a...

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Published inJournal of interferon & cytokine research Vol. 18; no. 6; p. 429
Main Authors Delpedro, A D, Barjavel, M J, Mamdouh, Z, Faure, S, Bakouche, O
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.1998
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Adult
Aged
Aging - immunology
Biological Transport
Cytokines - biosynthesis
Enzyme Activation
Humans
Lipopolysaccharides - metabolism
Lipopolysaccharides - pharmacology
Middle Aged
Monocytes - drug effects
Monocytes - enzymology
Monocytes - physiology
Protein Kinase C - metabolism
Signal Transduction
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Summary:Aged monocytes, that is, monocytes purified from the blood of donors > or =65 years of age, when compared with young monocytes, that is, monocytes purified from the blood of young donors 25 years of age, display a decrease in interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production after activation by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The LPS concentration required to obtain IL-6 and TNF production is much higher for aged monocytes than for young monocytes. Furthermore, the intensity of TNF and IL-6 production was much weaker for LPS-activated aged monocytes than for LPS-activated young monocytes. In addition, deficient protein kinase C (PKC)-alpha, PKC-/betaI, and PKC-betaII activation, deficient mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP-Kinase) activation, and deficient expression of c-Fos and c-Jun was observed in LPS-activated aged monocytes when compared with LPS-activated young monocytes. These data suggest that age induces human monocyte immune deficiencies that could be observed not only at the functional level but also in the signal transduction pathways.
ISSN:1079-9907
DOI:10.1089/jir.1998.18.429