PMID- 3622379 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19870928 LR - 20131121 IS - 0013-7227 (Print) IS - 0013-7227 (Linking) VI - 121 IP - 3 DP - 1987 Sep TI - 17 Beta-estradiol inhibits the oxidative metabolism of U937 cells indirectly via lymphocytes. PG - 853-7 AB - The effect of 17 beta-estradiol (E) on the oxidative metabolism of U937 cells was studied. E had no direct effect on the proliferation, surface adherence, or luminol-enhanced luminescence (LEL) of the U937 cells. Exposure of U937 cells to lymphocyte-conditioned medium (LCM) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 allowed a maximal LEL response by cells stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate. In contrast, LCM from lymphocytes exposed to E (LCM-E) did not stimulate LEL to the same extent as did an equal volume of LCM. Increasing the E concentration in the lymphocyte medium was associated with a dose-dependent reduction in the LEL response of the U937 cells. Mixing equal quantities of LCM and LCM-E significantly decreased LEL levels. LEL stimulated by LCM, gamma-interferon, or differentiation-inducing factor was reduced by the presence of LCM-E. The inhibitory action of LCM-E was reversible and metabolite specific. 17 alpha-E produced an effect that was only one tenth the magnitude of the E effect. These findings indicate that E can modulate the differentiation of phagocytes indirectly by altering the synthesis and/or secretion of lymphokines. FAU - Sivam, G AU - Sivam G FAU - Cohen, M S AU - Cohen MS FAU - Dodd, R C AU - Dodd RC FAU - Gray, T K AU - Gray TK LA - eng GR - R01-AM-33320-03/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Endocrinology JT - Endocrinology JID - 0375040 RN - 0 (Culture Media) RN - 0 (Lymphokines) RN - 0 (Pyridazines) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) RN - 5EXP385Q4F (Luminol) RN - FXC9231JVH (Calcitriol) RN - NI40JAQ945 (Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate) SB - IM MH - Calcitriol/pharmacology MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Culture Media MH - Estradiol/*pharmacology MH - Humans MH - *Luminescent Measurements MH - Luminol/*pharmacology MH - Lymphocytes/drug effects/*physiology MH - Lymphokines/pharmacology MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Pyridazines/*pharmacology MH - Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate EDAT- 1987/09/01 00:00 MHDA- 1987/09/01 00:01 CRDT- 1987/09/01 00:00 PHST- 1987/09/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1987/09/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1987/09/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1210/endo-121-3-853 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Endocrinology. 1987 Sep;121(3):853-7. doi: 10.1210/endo-121-3-853.