Y. Nozaki et al., TUMOR-CYTOTOXICITY OF NITRIC-OXIDE PRODUCED FROM ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGESDIRECTLY STIMULATED WITH TUMOR-CELLS, International journal of oncology, 2(6), 1993, pp. 1053-1057
Macrophages activated by lipopolysaccharide or interferon-gamma have b
een shown to be cytotoxic to tumor cells by releasing nitric oxide. He
re, we report that unstimulated rat alveolar macrophages cultured with
certain tumor cells produce nitric oxide and are cytotoxic to these t
umor cells. Alveolar macrophages were taken from BUF/Mna rats, which w
ere known to produce spontaneous thymoma, and cultured with syngeneic
BUF/Mna-derived thymoma cells. They were killed by syngeneic or alloge
neic alveolar macrophages and this killing was partially abolished by
addition of N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine. X-ray irradiated, mitomycin C-
treated or membranous fragments of BUF/Mna-derived thymoma cells direc
tly stimulated rat alveolar macrophages to produce nitric oxide.