Estrogenic xenobiotics affect the intracellular activation signal in mitogen-induced human peripheral blood lymphocytes: Immunotoxicological impact

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1998

Abstract

The present study was an attempt to elucidate the effect of estrogenic xenobiotics on the proliferation of mitogen-stimulated human peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL). Our findings follow: (a) the proliferation of PBL in response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) was mediated by protein kinase C activity, but estrogenic xenobiotics had a strong inhibitory effect on protein kinase C activity of PHA-stimulated PBL; (b) cytoplasmic extracts from PHA-stimulated PBL greatly activated DNA replication, but estrogenic xenobiotics had a strong inhibitory effect on these activities. The results suggest that the cytoplasmic signal-generating system in mitogen-treated PBL is inhibited by estrogenic xenobiotics, and that the defect occurs at all stages in the sequence of events leading to DNA synthesis and cell proliferation.

Publication Title

International journal of immunopharmacology

Volume

20

Issue

42099

First Page

205

Last Page

212

Comments

This article was published in International journal of immunopharmacology, Volume 20, Issue 42099, Pages 205-212.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0192-0561(98)00030-7.

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