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(Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2004;75:856-864.)
© 2004 by Society for Leukocyte Biology

Diesel exhaust particles increase LPS-stimulated COX-2 expression and PGE₂ production in human monocytes

Thomas P. J. Hofer^*,,1, Ellen Bitterle^*,, Ingrid Beck-Speier^*, Konrad L. Maier^*, Marion Frankenberger, Joachim Heyder^* and Löms Ziegler-Heitbrock^,

^* GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute for Inhalation Biology, Neuherberg, Germany;
GSF Focus-Network Aerosols and Health;
Clinical Cooperation Group Inflammatory Lung Diseases, GSF-Institute for Inhalation Biology and Asklepios Fachkliniken Muenchen-Gauting, Gauting, Germany; and
Division of Immunology, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

¹Correspondence: GSF National Resarch Center for Environment and Health, Insitute for Inhalation Biology, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. E-mail: hofer{at}gsf.de

Little is known about health effects of ultrafine particles (UFP) found in ambient air, but much of their action may be on cells of the lung, including cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage. We have analyzed the effects of diesel exhaust particles (DEP; SRM1650a) on human monocytes in vitro. DEP, on their own, had little effect on cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 gene expression in the Mono Mac 6 cell line. However, when cells were preincubated with DEP for 1 h, then stimulation with the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) ligand lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced an up-to fourfold-higher production of COX-2 mRNA with an average twofold increase. This costimulatory effect of DEP led to enhanced production of COX-2 protein and to increased release of prostaglandin E₂ (PGE₂). The effect was specific in that tumor necrosis factor gene expression was not enhanced by DEP costimulation. Furthermore, costimulation with the TLR2 ligand Pam3Cys also led to enhanced COX-2 mRNA. DEP and LPS showed similar effects on COX-2 mRNA in primary blood mononuclear cells, in highly purified CD14-positive monocytes, and in monocyte-derived macrophages. Our data suggest that UFP such as DEP may exert anti-inflammatory effects mediated by enhanced PGE₂ production.

Key Words: cyclooxygenase 2 • DEP • inflammation • LPS • Pam3Cys • Mono Mac 6

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