The Journal of Immunology, Vol 138, Issue 12 4298-4302, Copyright © 1987 by American Association of Immunologists

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Disparate effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha/cachectin and tumor necrosis factor-beta/lymphotoxin on hematopoietic growth factor production and neutrophil adhesion molecule expression by cultured human endothelial cells

VC Broudy, JM Harlan and JW Adamson

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha/cachectin (TNF-alpha) and tumor necrosis factor-beta/lymphotoxin (TNF-beta) are inflammatory mediators with similar spectrums of cytotoxic activity against tumors in vitro and in vivo. We compared the effect of purified recombinant human TNF-alpha and TNF-beta on neutrophil adhesion molecule expression and hematopoietic growth factor production by cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Endothelial cells acquired adhesive properties for neutrophils after a 4-hr incubation with as little as 5 U/ml TNF-alpha. TNF-alpha stimulated a dose-dependent increase in endothelial cell adhesiveness for neutrophils, with a maximal effect at 250 U/ml. In contrast, TNF-beta did not enhance endothelial-dependent neutrophil adherence until a concentration of 600 to 1200 U/ml was reached. Endothelial cells cultured for 24 hr with TNF-alpha, 10 to 1,000 U/ml, released hematopoietic colony-stimulating activity. TNF-beta failed to augment growth factor production by endothelial cells at any concentration tested. Inhibitor assays showed that the absence of detectable colony-stimulating activity was not due to direct inhibition of colony growth by TNF-beta or to release of hematopoietic inhibitors by the TNF-beta-stimulated endothelial cells. Purified natural TNF-beta was similar to recombinant TNF-beta in its effect on neutrophil adhesion molecule expression and growth factor production by endothelial cells. These results indicate that the two immunomodulatory proteins TNF-alpha and TNF-beta differ in their effects on a common target tissue. TNF-beta, which retains tumoricidal properties, shows fewer proinflammatory activities on cultured endothelial cells than TNF- alpha in vitro.

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