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  • Title: An in vitro model for the induction of angiotensin-converting enzyme in sarcoidosis: possible parallels to the immune response.
    Author: Vuk-Pavlović Z, Rohrbach MS.
    Journal: Clin Exp Immunol; 1988 Jun; 72(3):499-504. PubMed ID: 2844453.
    Abstract:
    The T lymphocyte-dependent induction of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in cultured normal peripheral blood monocytes is a useful experimental model of the in vivo induction of ACE in monocyte-derived sarcoid granuloma epithelioid cells. Because of the possible parallels between ACE induction and immune activation in this model system, the ability of T lymphocytes to induce ACE was compared under a variety of conditions to their immune activation, as measured by 3H-thymidine incorporation. The ability of T cells to induce monocyte ACE was compared in the presence or absence of proliferation. The on-going autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction did not stimulate a further increase in ACE activity compared to the cultures where no proliferation occurred, showing that ACE induction does not depend on full immune T cell activation. Recognition of self though is crucial since in allogeneic monocyte/T lymphocyte co-cultures ACE was not induced above the levels found in monocytes alone. It was also shown that the immune cooperation between monocytes and T cells in reaction against monocyte-presented soluble antigen prevented T lymphocyte stimulated monocyte ACE induction, suggesting the possibility that self class II antigen recognition rather than foreign antigen recognition may be involved in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis. Reaction to T mitogens (PHA, ConA), known to stimulate the production of interleukins, decreased monocyte ACE synthesis, indicating that soluble ACE-inducing factor probably does not belong to the group of immune interleukins.
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