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INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY

Histamine Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Tumor Necrosis Factor-{alpha} Production in an Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1- and B7.1-Dependent Manner

Toshihiko Morichika, Hideo Kohka Takahashi, Hiromi Iwagaki, Tadashi Yoshino, Ryuji Tamura, Minori Yokoyama, Shuji Mori, Tadaatsu Akagi, Masahiro Nishibori, and Noriaki Tanaka

Departments of Tumour Biology (T.M., H.K.T., H.I., R.T., N.T.), Pharmacology (H.K.T., M.Y., S.M., M.N.), and Pathology (T.Y., T.A.), Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan

Received August 6, 2002 ; accepted October 29, 2002.


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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is recognized as a key molecule in the pathogenesis of Gram negative sepsis and septic shock. In the present study, we demonstrate that LPS (1–1000 pg/ml) concentration dependently up-regulated the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, B7.1, and B7.2 on human monocytes using fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis, and that tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-{alpha} production induced by LPS in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) was inhibited by the addition of antibodies against these adhesion molecules, suggesting the dependence of TNF-{alpha} production on cell-cell interaction through these adhesion molecules. Moreover, we found that histamine (10-7–10-4 M) concentration dependently inhibited the expression of ICAM-1 and B7.1, but not B7.2 on monocytes induced by LPS. Histamine also inhibited the responses of TNF-{alpha} production induced by LPS. The modulatory effects of histamine on ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression and TNF-{alpha} production were all concentration dependently antagonized by famotidine but not by d-chlorpheniramine and thioperamide, and were mimicked by selective H2-receptor agonists but not by H1-, H3-, and H4-receptor agonists, indicating the involvement of H2-receptors in the histamine action. Dibutyryl cAMP down-regulated ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression on monocytes stimulated by LPS, suggesting the mediation by the cyclic adenosine monophosphate-protein kinase A pathway of H2-receptor activation. These results as a whole indicated that histamine via H2-receptor inhibited the LPS-induced TNF-{alpha} production through the regulation of ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression, leading to the reduction of innate immune response stimulated by LPS.


The release of LPS, a major component of the outer wall of Gram negative bacteria, is considered to be responsible for systemic reactions in severely infected patients and often causes septic shock. LPS exerts its effects through stimulating various types of cells, including monocytes/macrophages (Cavaillon et al., 1990Go), vascular endothelial cells (Loppnow and Libby, 1989Go), and granulocytes (Schade et al., 1987Go). Activated cells in turn release many kinds of inflammatory mediators such as interleukin (IL)-1{beta}, IL-6, interferon (IFN)-{gamma}, TNF-{alpha}, macrophage migration inhibitory factor, and chemokines (Bozza et al., 1999Go; Morelli et al., 2001Go). TNF-{alpha} and macrophage migration inhibitory factor seem to be very important for the development of endotoxin shock (Beutler et al., 1985Go; Roger et al., 2001Go). The myelomonocytic differentiation antigen CD14, a principal receptor for a complex of LPS and LPS-binding protein, lacks a transmembrane domain. Therefore, the presence of transmembrane signaling molecules has been suggested and explored. The recently discovered Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4, together with its accessory protein MD2, transmits LPS-CD14 binding signals intracellularly, resulting in the activation of several signaling pathways, the I{upsilon}B kinase-nuclear factor-B pathway and three mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways: extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, and p38 (Tapping et al., 2000Go; Guha et al., 2001Go).

Histamine is a well known bioactive amine in the granules of mast cells and basophils and plays an important role in inflammatory and allergic responses once these cells are activated by IgE-dependent and -independent stimuli. A different mode of the presence of histamine has been suggested, which was induced by LPS and some cytokines. LPS produced the induction of histidine decarboxylase, a histamine-synthesizing enzyme, in murine tissues (Endo, 1982Go), macrophages (Takamatsu et al., 1996Go), and T lymphocytes (Aoi et al., 1989Go). This induced histamine has been repeatedly suggested to have different kinetics from that in stored pools (Takeuchi et al., 1999Go) and may also have an immunomodulatory function. In addition to its inflammatory effects, histamine has immunomodulatory effects: regulation of cytotoxic T-cell activity (Khan et al., 1989Go), enhancement of natural killer (NK) cell activity (Hellstrand et al., 1994Go), and regulation of cytokine production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) (Elenkov et al., 1998Go; Takahashi et al., 2002bGo).

It was reported that long-term treatment with LPS can induce human T-lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production, which was strongly dependent on direct cell-to-cell contact of responding T lymphocytes with monocytes (Mattern et al., 1994Go). In addition to T-cell receptor-major histocompatibility complex recognition, the costimulatory signals from adhesion molecules are required for inducing T-cell response, including lymphocyte function-associated antigen (LFA)-1, (CD11a/CD18)/intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 (CD54), and CD28/B7 (B7.1, CD80, B7.2, and CD86) (Gollob et al., 1996Go; Greenfield et al., 1998Go). All these molecules are important participants in the activation of T cells, lowering the concentration of antigen required for stimulation and promoting more sustained signaling from the T-cell receptor. However, little is known about the roles of these adhesion molecules on the acute effects of LPS on the cytokine production.

In the present study, we examined the effect of LPS on the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 on human monocytes using fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis and their involvement in LPS-stimulated TNF-{alpha} production. Second, we investigated the effect of exogenous histamine on the LPS-induced changes in the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 and the production of TNF-{alpha} to evaluate the role of histamine on innate immune response induced by LPS.


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Reagents and Drugs. LPS from Escherichia coli (L8274, serotype 026:B6, purification more than 97%) was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). Pure water produced by Millipore (Millipore Japan, Tokyo, Japan) was the solvent solution for LPS. Recombinant human IL-18 was purchased from MBL (Nagoya, Japan). Recombinant human IL-12, TNF-{alpha}, and IFN-{gamma} were purchased from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN). Mouse IgG2a against human anti-TNF-{alpha} Ab was purchased from R&D Systems. IgG2a class-matched control (CMC) was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Histamine was purchased from Nakalai Tesque (Kyoto, Japan). Dimaprit, 4-methylhistamine, and 2-(2-pyridyl)ethylamine dihydrochloride were kindly donated by Drs. W.A.M. Duncan and D.-J. Durant (The Research Institute, Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK). R-({alpha})-Methylhistamine dihydrochloride [(R)-{alpha}-MH] was a gift from Dr. J.-C. Schwartz (Unite de Neurobiologie, Centre Paul Broca de l' Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France). d-Chlorpheniramine maleate, ranitidine, and famotidine were provided by Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), Glaxo Japan (Tokyo, Japan) and Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), respectively. Thioperamide hydrochloride was provided by Eisai Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan). dbcAMP was purchased from Wako Pure Chemicals (Tokyo, Japan). For flow cytometric analysis, fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated mouse IgG1 mAb against ICAM-1/CD54 (6.5B5) and phycoerythrin-conjugated anti-CD3, anti-CD14, or anti-CD19 mAb were purchased from DAKO (Glostrup, Denmark). FITC-conjugated mouse IgG1 mAb against B7.1/CD80 (MAB104) was purchased from Immunotech (France, Marseille). FITC-conjugated mouse IgG1 mAb against B7.2/CD86 (2331FUN-1) was purchased from BD PharMingen (San Diego, CA). FITC-conjugated IgG1 CMC was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich.

Isolation and Culture of PBMCs. Normal human PBMCs were obtained from human volunteers after oral informed consent. Twenty to fifty milliliters of peripheral blood was withdrawn from the vein of the forearm. PBMCs were isolated from buffy coat of 10 healthy volunteers by centrifugation on Ficoll-Paque (Pharmacia AB, Uppsala, Sweden), and then washed three times in RPMI 1640 medium (Nissui Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) supplemented with 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated fetal calf serum, 20 µg/ml kanamycin, and 100 µg/ml streptomycin and penicillin (Sigma-Aldrich). PBMCs were suspended at a final concentration of 5 x 105 cells/ml in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated fetal calf serum. Endotoxin concentrations of the medium described above were measured by the endospecy (Seikagaku Kogyo, Tokyo, Japan) kit with a lower limit of detection of 0.06 EU/ml.

Flow Cytometric Analysis. PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were cultured at 37°C in a 5% CO2/air mixture under different conditions as indicated. The culture cells (5 x 105 cells/sample) were washed once with washing buffer (phosphate-buffered saline supplemented with 2.5% normal horse serum, 0.1% NaN3, and 0.01 M HEPES, pH 7.3). Then, the cells were incubated with 1 µg of FITC-conjugated anti-CD54 Ab, anti-CD80 Ab, anti-CD86 Ab, anti-CD40 Ab, anti-CD58 Ab, and CMC, or phycoerythrin-conjugated Abs (anti-CD3 Ab, anti-CD14 Ab, and anti-CD19) for 20 min at 4°C. After washing, the cells were fixed with 2% paraformaldehyde and analyzed with a FACS Calibur (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA), and data were processed using the CELL QUEST program (BD Biosciences). The data were expressed as the relative fluorescent intensities against CMC. The results are represented as the means ± S.E.M. of five donors.

Cytokine Assays. PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated under the same conditions as described under Flow Cytometric Analysis. The cells were incubated with LPS for 24 h. When the effects of histamine or Abs against adhesion molecules were examined, these were added to the media simultaneously with LPS at the start of the culture. After culture, the cell suspensions were transferred into Eppendorf tubes and centrifuged. The cell-free supernatant fractions were assayed for IL-18, IL-12 (p70), TNF-{alpha}, and IFN-{gamma} protein. The cytokines were measured using ELISA with the multiple Abs sandwich principle (Quantikine; R&D Systems). The detection limits of the ELISA for IL-18, IL-12, TNF-{alpha}, and IFN-{gamma} were 10 pg/ml. The results were expressed as the mean ± S.E.M. of five donors.

Statistical Analysis. The statistical significances were evaluated using analysis of variance, followed by the Student's two-tailed t test. A probability value less than 0.05 was considered to be significant.


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Effect of Histamine on LPS-Induced Expression of Leukocyte Antigens on Human PBMCs. The effects of LPS (1000 pg/ml) on the expression of human leukocyte antigens (ICAM-1/CD54, B7.1/CD80, and B7.2/CD86) on PBMCs were examined by double-stained flow cytometry using anti-CD14, anti-CD3, and anti-CD19 Abs 24 h after the start of incubation. The expression of ICAM-1 was detected on monocytes, B cells, and T cells under unstimulated condition, whereas that of B7.1 and B7.2 was detected solely on monocytes. LPS (1000 pg/ml) increased the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 molecules specifically on monocytes, but not on T and B cells (Figs. 1 and 2). The percentage of CD14 (+) and ICAM-1 (+) cell number before and after the treatment with LPS (1000 pg/ml) did not change. Histamine (10-4 M) significantly inhibited the expression of ICAM-1 and B7.1 induced by LPS (1000 pg/ml), whereas histamine at the same concentration had no effect on the expression of B7.2 induced by LPS (Figs. 1 and 2). Histamine alone (10-4 M) did not influence the expression of any of these antigens on monocytes 24 h after the incubation of PBMCs (Figs. 1 and 2).



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Fig. 1. Effects of histamine on LPS-induced ICAM-1 and B7 expression on the surface of PBMCs. PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were cultured in medium containing LPS (1000 pg/ml) and/or histamine (10-4 M) for 24 h. At the end of the culture, PBMCs (5 x 105 cells/ml) were double-stained for cell type-specific antigens (CD14, CD3, or CD19) and ICAM-1/CD54, B7.1/CD80, or B7.2/CD86 as described under Materials and Methods. The experiments were repeated 10 times using different donors. Typical results are shown.

 


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Fig. 2. Histamine prevented LPS-induced ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression on the surface of monocytes. PBMCs were cultured and double-stained as described in Fig. 1. The mean fluorescence intensity under different conditions is shown. The experiments were repeated 10 times using different donors. Typical results of the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 on monocytes are shown. Dotted lines represent the mean fluorescence intensity using CMC.

 

Effect of LPS on Expression of ICAM-1. The timecourse (2–48 h) changes in the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 on monocytes induced by LPS (1000 pg/ml) (Fig. 3, A–C) and the dose-response relationship for the effect of LPS (Fig. 3, D–F) were determined in detail. As shown in Fig. 3, A to C, LPS time dependently up-regulated ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 expression on monocytes. The expression of all three antigens was increased to significant levels 18 h after the start of the stimulation with LPS (1000 pg/ml) and reached an almost maximum level at 24 h. The effect of LPS on the changes in the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 was concentration-dependent (1–1000 pg/ml) when the effect was determined 24 h after the start of incubation. A spontaneous increase in the expressions of ICAM-1 and B7.2, but not B7.1 on monocytes was observed in untreated PBMCs. The effect of LPS on ICAM-1 expression was significant at 100 pg/ml and above, whereas that on B7.1 and B7.2 was significant at 10 pg/ml and above.



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Fig. 3. Kinetics and dose-response relationship for the effect of LPS on ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 expression on monocytes. PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with LPS (1000 pg/ml) for 0, 2, 6, 12, 24, or 48 h. After treatment, PBMCs (5 x 105 cells/sample) were stained with antibodies (ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2) or CMC. ICAM-1 (A), B7.1 (B), and B7.2 (C) expressions on monocytes were analyzed by flow cytometry. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. **, P < 0.01 compared with the value at 0 h. Where error bars are not shown, they were smaller than the symbol. PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with different concentrations (0, 1, 10, 100, and 1000 pg/ml) of LPS for 24 h. After the treatment, PBMCs (5 x 105 cells/sample) were stained with antibodies (ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2) or CMC and the expression of ICAM-1 (D), B7.1 (E), or B7.2 (F) on monocytes was analyzed. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. **, P < 0.01 compared with the corresponding value in the absence of LPS. When an error bar was within a symbol, the bar was omitted.

 

Inhibitory Effect of Histamine on LPS-Induced ICAM-1 and B7.1 Expressions on Human Monocytes. The effect of histamine (10-7–10-4 M) on LPS (1000 pg/ml)-induced expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 was determined at 24 h after the start of incubation (Fig. 4). Histamine prevented LPS-induced ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression on monocytes in a concentration-dependent manner (Fig. 4). The maximal inhibition of histamine on ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression was 60%. However, in the same concentration range, histamine had no effect on LPS-induced B7.2 expression at all. IC50 values for the inhibitory effect of histamine on the expression of ICAM-1 or B7.1 induced by LPS were estimated to be both 1.0 µM.



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Fig. 4. Inhibitory effect of histamine on LPS-induced ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 expressions on human monocytes. PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with LPS (1000 pg/ml) and different concentrations (0, 10-7, 10-6, 10-5, and 10-4 M) of histamine for 24 h. After the treatment, PBMCs (5 x 105 cells/sample) were stained with antibodies (ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2) or CMC, and the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, or B7.2 on monocytes was analyzed. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01 compared with the corresponding value in the absence of histamine. When an error bar was within a symbol, the bar was omitted.

 

Effects of Histamine Receptor Antagonists and Selective Histamine Receptor Agonists on LPS-Induced ICAM-1 and B7.1 Expressions. To determine the histamine receptor subtypes involved in the effects of histamine on LPS-induced ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression, one of four classes of receptor antagonists, d-chlorpheniramine (H1-receptor antagonist), famotidine (H2-receptor antagonist), or thioperamide (H3- and H4-receptor antagonist), was added to the culture medium at the concentration of 10-6 Mor10-4 M in the presence (10-4 M) or the absence of histamine. These antagonists alone had no effect on the LPS-induced ICAM-1 and B7 expression without histamine (Fig. 5, A and C). Famotidine concentration dependently antagonized the effects of histamine on ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression (Fig. 5, A and C). In contrast, the same concentrations of d-chlorpheniramine and thioperamide had no antagonizing effect. Another H2-receptor antagonist, ranitidine, also exerted a similar effect to famotidine (data not shown). Consistent with the effect of H2-antagonists on histamine action, selective H2-receptor agonists dimaprit and 4-methylhistamine (Black et al., 1972Go; Parsons et al., 1977Go) mimicked the effects of histamine on ICAM-1 and B7.1 responses induced by LPS (Fig. 5, B and D). On the contrary, both selective H1-receptor agonist 2-(2-pyridyl) ethylamine (Durant et al., 1975Go; Levi et al., 1976Go) and H3/H4-receptor agonist R-({alpha})-methylhistamine (Arrang et al., 1987Go; Nakamura et al., 2001Go) had no effect on LPS-induced ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression (Fig. 5, B and D).



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Fig. 5. Effects of histamine receptor antagonists and selective histamine receptor agonists on LPS-induced ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression. A and C, PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with LPS (1000 pg/ml) and histamine (10-4 M) in the presence of 10-6 or 10-4 M of different classes of histamine receptor antagonist for 24 h; d-chlorpheniramine (CHL) (H1-antagonist), famotidine (FAM) (H2-antagonist), or thioperamide (THIO) (H3-antagonist). After the treatment, PBMCs (5 x 105 cells/sample) were stained with anti-ICAM-1 Ab, anti-B7.1 Ab, or CMC, and the expression of ICAM-1 (A) and B7.1 (C) on monocytes was analyzed. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01 compared with the value in the presence of LPS and histamine. B and D, PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with LPS (1000 pg/ml) in the presence of 10-6 or 10-4 M histamine or different classes of histamine receptor agonist 2-PEA (H1-agonist), dimaprit (H2-agonist), 4-methylhistamine (4-MH) (H2-agonist), or R-({alpha})-MH (H3-agonist) for 24 h. After the treatment, PBMCs (5 x 105 cells/sample) were stained with anti-ICAM-1 Ab, anti-B7.1 Ab, or CMC, and the expression of ICAM-1 (B) and B7.1 (D) on monocytes was analyzed. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01 compared with the value in the presence of LPS alone.

 

Effect of Dibutyryl cAMP on LPS-Induced ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 Expression on Human Monocytes. To explore the mechanism by which histamine inhibited the LPS-elicited expression of ICAM-1 and B7.1, the effect of a cAMP analog, dbcAMP (10-7–10-4 M) on the LPS (1000 pg/ml)-induced expression of ICAM-1 and B7.1 on monocytes was examined (Fig. 6). dbcAMP concentration dependently inhibited LPS-induced ICAM-1 and B7.1 expression, but did not exhibit any effect on B7.2 expression. IC50 values for the inhibitory effect of dbcAMP on the expression of ICAM-1 or B7.1 induced by LPS were estimated to be both 2 µM. Thus, the effect of dbcAMP mimicked that of histamine.



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Fig. 6. Effect of dibutyryl cAMP on LPS-induced ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 expression on human monocytes. PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with increasing concentrations of a cAMP analog, dbcAMP, for 24 h in the presence or absence of LPS (1000 pg/ml) and stained with antibodies (ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2) or CMC. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. **, P < 0.01 compared with the corresponding value in the absence of dibutyryl cAMP. Where error bars are not shown, they were smaller than the symbol.

 

Dose-Response Relationship for Effect of Histamine on LPS-Induced TNF-{alpha} Production in PBMCs. The effect of histamine (10-7–10-4 M) on LPS (1000 pg/ml)-induced production of TNF-{alpha} was determined at 24 h after the start of culture (Fig. 7A). Histamine inhibited LPS-induced TNF-{alpha} production in PBMCs in a concentration-dependent manner (Fig. 7A). At 10-4 M, histamine completely abolished the LPS-induced production of TNF-{alpha}. The IC50 value for the inhibitory effect of histamine on TNF-{alpha} production was estimated to be 500 nM. As in the case of the regulation of the expression of adhesion molecules, we determined the receptor subtypes involved in histamine action. PBMCs were stimulated with histamine (10-4 M) in the presence of antagonists (10-6 or 10-4 M), d-chlorpheniramine (H1), famotidine (H2), or thioperamide (H3 or H4). Among the antagonists used, famotidine concentration dependently antagonized the inhibitory effect of histamine on TNF-{alpha} production (Fig. 7B). Another H2-receptor antagonist, ranitidine, also exerted a substantially similar effect to famotidine (data not shown). Selective H2-receptor agonists dimaprit and 4-methylhistamine mimicked the effects of histamine on TNF-{alpha} production induced by LPS; however, H1-selective agonist 2-pyridyl-ethylamine (2-PEA) and H3/H4-agonist R-({alpha})-methylhistamine had no effect (Fig. 7C). DbcAMP also concentration dependently inhibited LPS-induced TNF-{alpha} production (Fig. 7D). At 10-4 M, the inhibition by dbcAMP was complete. These results strongly suggested that the effect of histamine on TNF-{alpha} production induced by LPS was mediated by the stimulation of typical H2-receptors.



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Fig. 7. Effect of histamine on LPS-induced TNF-{alpha} production. A, PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with increasing concentrations of histamine (0, 10-7, 10-6, 10-5, and 10-4 M) in the presence of LPS (1000 pg/ml) for 24 h and the levels of TNF-{alpha} in the conditioned media were determined by ELISA as described under Materials and Methods. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. **, P < 0.01 compared with the corresponding value in the absence of histamine in each dose-response curve. B, PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with LPS (1000 pg/ml) and histamine (10-4 M) in the presence of 10-6 or 10-4 M of a different class of histamine receptor antagonist for 24 h; d-chlorpheniramine (CHL) (H1-antagonist), famotidine (FAM) (H2-antagonist), or thioperamide (THIO) (H3-antagonist). After the treatment, the levels of TNF-{alpha} in the conditioned media were determined by ELISA. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. **, P < 0.01 compared with the value in the presence of LPS and histamine. C, PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with LPS (1000 pg/ml) in the presence of 10-6 or 10-4 M histamine or different classes of histamine receptor agonist; 2-PEA (H1-agonist), dimaprit (H2-agonist), 4-methylhistamine (4-MH) (H2-agonist), or (R)-{alpha}-methylhistamine [(R)-{alpha}-MH] (H3-agonist) for 24 h. After the treatment, the levels of TNF-{alpha} in the conditioned media were determined by ELISA. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01 compared with the value in the presence of LPS alone. When an error bar was within a symbol, the bar was omitted. D, PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with increasing concentrations of dibutyryl cAMP for 24 h in the presence or absence of LPS (1000 pg/ml). After the treatment, the levels of TNF-{alpha} in the conditioned media were determined by ELISA. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. **, P < 0.01 compared with the absence of dibutyryl cAMP.

 

Inhibition of LPS-Induced TNF-{alpha} Production in PBMCs by Anti-ICAM-1Ab, Anti-LFA-1 Ab, Anti-B7.1 Ab, or Anti-B7.2 Ab. We investigated the effect of the addition of anti-ICAM-1, anti-LFA-1, anti-B7.1, or anti-B7.2 Ab on LPS (1000 pg/ml)-induced TNF-{alpha} production to evaluate the possible involvement of ICAM-1, B7.1, or B7.2 in the response (Fig. 8). These Abs themselves had no effect on TNF-{alpha} production (data not shown). Figure 8 shows that all four Abs inhibited LPS-induced TNF-{alpha} production in a concentration-dependent manner. The maximal effects obtained with anti-ICAM-1, anti-LFA-1, anti-B7.1, or anti-B7.2 Ab were 60, 29, 33, and 38%, respectively. Although the combination of anti-ICAM-1 Ab, anti-B7.1 Ab, and anti-B7.2 Ab produced about 90% inhibition of the cytokine responses induced by LPS, the combination of anti-ICAM-1 Ab and anti-B7.1 Ab also produced about 85% inhibition (Fig. 8). The class-matched non-relevant Ab at the concentration of 100 µg/ml had no effect on LPS-induced cytokine response.



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Fig. 8. Inhibitory effect of anti-ICAM-1 Ab, anti-LFA-1 Ab, anti-B7.1 Ab, or anti-B7.2 Ab on LPS-induced TNF-{alpha} production in PBMCs. PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with LPS (1000 pg/ml) in the presence of different concentrations of anti-ICAM-1, anti-LFA-1, anti-B7.1, and anti-B7.2 Ab for 24 h. At the end of the culture, the concentrations of TNF-{alpha} in the conditioned media were determined by ELISA as described under Materials and Methods. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01 compared with the value in the presence of LPS and CMC.

 

Involvement of Endogenous TNF-{alpha} on LPS-Induced Changes in ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 Expression on Monocytes. To examine whether the endogenously produced TNF-{alpha} was involved in the effect of LPS on ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 expression, we added different concentrations (1–1000 ng/ml) of anti-TNF-{alpha} Ab to the culture with LPS (1000 pg/ml). We found that anti-TNF-{alpha} Ab blocked only the expression of ICAM-1 (Fig. 9). The CMCs (IgG2a) of anti-TNF-{alpha} had no effect on the expression of these adhesion molecules (Fig. 9).



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Fig. 9. Involvement of TNF-{alpha} in ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 expression induced by LPS. PBMCs (1 x 106 cells/ml) were incubated with increasing concentrations of anti-TNF-{alpha} Ab (0, 1, 10, 100, and 1000 ng/ml) and CMCs (1000 ng/ml) of anti-TNF-{alpha} (IgG2a) in the presence of LPS (1000 pg/ml) for 24 h. After the treatment, PBMCs (5 x 105 cells/sample) were stained with anti-ICAM-1 Ab, anti-B7.1 Ab, anti-B7.2 Ab, or CMC, and the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 on monocytes was analyzed. The results are the means ± S.E.M. of five donors. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01 compared with the corresponding value in the absence of anti-TNF-{alpha} Ab. When an error bar was within a symbol, the bar was omitted.

 


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As observed in previous studies (Kodaira et al., 2000Go; Zou et al., 2000Go), we confirmed the time-dependent up-regulation of the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 induced by LPS (Fig. 3). The inhibition of TNF-{alpha} production by anti-ICAM-1 Ab and anti-LFA-1 Ab clearly indicated the involvement of ICAM-1/LFA-1 interaction in LPS-induced production of TNF-{alpha} (Fig. 8). This finding was similar to a previous result that IL-18-induced production of IL-12, TNF-{alpha}, and IFN-{gamma} in human PBMCs was dependent on the interaction between ICAM-1 and LFA-1 on monocytes and T/NK cells (Yoshida et al., 2001Go; Takahashi et al., 2002aGo). Thus, the interaction of ICAM-1/LFA-1 plays important roles in inducing TNF-{alpha} production in LPS-stimulated human PBMCs as in the case of IL-18-stimulated TNF-{alpha} production. Moreover, anti-B7.1 Ab and anti-B7.2 Ab also inhibited the production of TNF-{alpha} induced by LPS (Fig. 8), suggesting the involvement of B7/CD28 interaction in LPS action.

The activation of NF-{upsilon}B in monocytes/macrophages has been repeatedly demonstrated to mediate LPS-CD14-TLR4 signaling for increased transcription of TNF-{alpha} (Ardeshna et al., 2000Go). Moreover, the promotor/enhancer regions of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 genes contains binding sites for NF-{upsilon}B (van de Stolpe and van der Saag, 1996Go; Roebuck and Finnegan, 1999Go; Lim et al., 2002Go). Therefore, it might be possible that both ICAM-1 and B7 expression as well as TNF-{alpha} production in monocytes is stimulated by the same signaling pathway, NF-{upsilon}B activation. In this case, endogenously produced TNF-{alpha} in turn stimulated ICAM-1 expression in an autocrine manner because anti-TNF-{alpha} Ab inhibited the LPS-induced ICAM-1 expression on monocytes to some extent in the present study (Fig. 9). Moreover, it might be possible that an intracellular signaling through ICAM-1 associated with LFA-1 plays a permissive role in TNF-{alpha} production in addition to TLR4-NF-{upsilon}B activation. The relationship between LPS-induced expression of costimulatory adhesion molecules and the production of TNF-{alpha} in PBMCs might be more complex if the production of TNF-{alpha} occurs in T/NK cells in addition to monocytes. LPS-induced proliferative response in T cells provided another example of cell-to-cell interaction between monocytes and T cells initiated by LPS (Mattern et al., 1994Go); however, the underlying mechanism has not been explored. Further studies are necessary to clarify this matter. Recent studies demonstrated that TLR2 was essential for the responses to peptidoglycans and lipopeptide, whereas TLR4 was essential for the responses to lipoteichoic acid as well as to LPS (Takeuchi et al., 2000Go). Because it has been known that commercial available preparations of LPS contain additional TLR2-stimulating bacterial contaminations (Tapping et al., 2000Go), our data might be affected by TLR2-dependent pathway.

The effects of histamine on the production of TNF-{alpha} as well as the expression of ICAM-1 and B7.1 were mimicked by selective H2-receptor agonists dimaprit and 4-methylhistamine and antagonized by H2-antagonists famotidine and ranitidine (Figs. 5 and 7), indicating the mediation of histamine effects by H2-receptors. Recently discovered H4-receptor was found in database that has homology to H3-receptors. In contrast to the exclusive expression of H3-receptors in the brain, H4-receptors were demonstrated to be expressed in peripheral tissues, including leukocytes (Oda et al., 2000Go; Nakamura et al., 2001Go). In the present study, R-({alpha})-methylhistamine and thioperamide, which were reported to be H4-agonist and antagonist as well as H3-agonist and antagonist (Oda et al., 2000Go), had no effects (Figs. 5 and 7). Therefore, H1-, H3-, and H4-receptors were concluded not to be involved in histamine action. Because dbcAMP mimicked the effects of histamine on the expression of adhesion molecules and TNF-{alpha} production (Figs. 6 and 7) and H2-receptor has been demonstrated to couple with adenylate cyclase (Del Valle and Gantz, 1997Go), it is likely that H2-receptor-stimulated cAMP mediated the histamine response. It has also been reported that cAMP inhibits the activation of NF-{upsilon}B (Parry and Mackman, 1997Go). Therefore, these results as a whole implied that the effect of histamine might be through inhibiting signal transduction via NF-{upsilon}B in monocytes. LPS-induced B7.2 expression was not inhibited by either dbcAMP or histamine, strongly indicating that B7.2 expression was not regulated by a sole cAMP-dependent pathway under the present conditions. The fact that histamine was able to inhibit TNF-{alpha} production completely without influencing B7.2 was consistent with the result that the inhibitory effect of combination of anti-ICAM-1 Ab and anti-B7.1 Ab on TNF-{alpha} production was almost the same (85%) as that obtained by anti-ICAM-1 Ab, anti-B7.1 Ab, and anti-B7.2 Ab (90%) (Fig. 8).

In the previous study (Takahashi et al., 2002bGo), we observed similar modulatory effects of histamine on the IL-18-activated cytokine network in PBMCs through the regulation of ICAM-1 expression on monocytes. These findings as a whole indicate that histamine exerts profound effects on the innate immune response through the regulation of the expression levels of adhesion molecules resulting in a strong modulation of the cytokine production profile (Takahashi et al., 2002aGo). A very interesting aspect concerning the LPS-induced response and the histamine effect is the fact that systemic injection of LPS can induce histidine decarboxylase activity in several tissues, including immune tissues (Endo, 1982Go). The kinetics of the histamine produced was different from storage types of histamine in the granules of mast cells and basophils (Endo, 1982Go). The newly formed histamine seemed to have a rapid turnover and has been suggested to be produced in monocytes/macrophages' T lymphocytes and vascular endothelial cells (Aoi et al., 1989Go; Takamatsu et al., 1996Go). Therefore, in vivo LPS-induced production of histamine may take place close to the primary action site of LPS, monocytes/macrophages. If histamine then acts on monocytes, it produces inhibitory effects on the LPS-induced response of monocytes as demonstrated in the present study. Thus, inducible histamine may play a role of negative regulator on LPS-induced response.

In conclusion, we found adhesion molecule-dependent effects of LPS on TNF-{alpha} production. Histamine exerted profound effects on the expression of ICAM-1 and B7.1 on monocytes via H2-receptors, leading to a reduction of TNF-{alpha} production. These modulatory effects of histamine on LPS-induced TNF-{alpha} production as well as IL-18-induced cytokine production through the regulation of expression of adhesion molecules play a negative regulatory role in the innate immune response.


    Acknowledgements
 
We thank Drs. W. A. M. Duncan and D.-J. Durant (The Research Institute, SmithKline and French Laboratories) for generously donating 2-(2-pyridyl) ethylamine, dimaprit and 4-methylhistamine. We also thank Miyuki Shiotani for excellent technical assistance.


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This study was supported in part by a grant from Japan Society for Promotion of Science (BSAR-521/0003815; to M.N.) and grants for promotion of research from Okayama University (26, to T.A.; 21, to M.N.).

DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.042515.

ABBREVIATIONS: LPS, lipopolysaccharide; IL, interleukin; IFN, interferon; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; TLR, Toll-like receptor; NK, natural killer; PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cell; LFA, lymphocyte function-associated antigen; ICAM, intercellular adhesion molecule; CMC, class-matched control; dbcAMP, dibutyryl cAMP; FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate; mAb, monoclonal antibody; Ab, antibody; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; 2-PEA, 2-(2-pyridyl) ethylamine; R-({alpha})-MH, R-({alpha})-methylhistamine.

Address correspondence to: Dr. Masahiro Nishibori, Department of Pharmacology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. E-mail: mbori{at}md.okayama-u.ac.jp


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