Affiliation:
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Shimane Medical University, Japan.
Abstract
Recent investigations have shown that some antibiotics also work as immunomodulators. We have recently reported that fosfomycin (FOM) has an immunomodulatory effect on human B-cell activation. FOM is a unique antibiotic which is chemically unrelated to any other known antibacterial agent. In the present study, we examined the effect of FOM on human T-cell function. FOM inhibited the proliferation of human lymphocytes induced by polyclonal T-cell mitogens in a dose-dependent manner. FOM also strongly suppressed mixed lymphocyte reaction and interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by T cells. Moreover, FOM inhibited the expressions of IL-2 receptor (CD25) and transferrin receptor (CD71) on the activated T-cell surfaces. These data suggest that FOM may block the T-cell division during the transition from G1 to S phase of the cell cycle. Combined treatment with FOM and low-dose cyclosporin A or FK506 caused additive or synergistic suppression of T-cell proliferation, but not on IL-2 receptor expression. It seems that the mode of action of FOM on T-cell function involves a specific suppression of IL-2 production.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
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