Induction of tumoricidal macrophages and production of cytokines by synthetic muramyl dipeptide analogues |
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Authors: | I Saiki S Saito C Fujita H Ishida J Iida J Murata A Hasegawa I Azuma |
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Institution: | Institute of Immunological Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The ability of various synthetic muramyl dipeptide (MDP) derivatives to induce the production of interleukin-1 (IL-1) and colony stimulating factor (CSF) in vitro and in vivo and to induce cytotoxic macrophages was studied. 6-O-L18-MDP(Me) and MDP-Lys(L18), which were potent inducers of IL-1 and CSF production and of cytotoxic macrophages, had protective activity against Sendai virus infection in mice. In contrast, 1-O-L18-(6-O-P)-MDP(Me) and 2-N-L18-MDP exhibited weak or no ability to induce IL-1 and CSF production and no induction of tumoricidal macrophages, and did not protect against infection of Sendai virus. MDP derivatives, except 2-N-L18-MDP, efficiently rendered macrophages cytotoxic against target cells in the presence of murine recombinant interferon-gamma in vitro. The derivatives that induced cytokines and cytotoxic macrophages appeared to produce anti-viral activity. |
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