• 1.Department of General Surgery, Changzhou No.2 Hospital Affiliated of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, Jiangsu Province, China;;
  • 2.Liver Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China;
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Objective To study the effects of adenosine 2A receptor activation on activation, proliferation, and toxicity of T lymphocytes stimulated by phytohemagglutinin (PHA) in vitro. Methods A model of activated T cells was established by stimulating the cells with PHA. Those T cells were treated with different concentrations of adenosine 2A receptors agonist (0.01 μmol/L, 0.1 μmol/L, 1 μmol/L, and 10 μmol/L CGS21680). The expressions of CD69, CD25 and proliferation of T cells were measured by fluorescent antibody stain and flow cytometry. ELISA method was used to detect IL-2 and INF-γ levels. Results All concentrations of CGS21680 significantly inhibited the expressions of CD25 and CD69 on PHA-stimulated T cells surface and proliferation of T cells (P lt;0.05, P lt;0.01). IL-2 and INF-γ secreted by T cells were significantly suppressed, too (P lt;0.01). Conclusion Activation of adenosine 2A receptor can effectively inhibit the activation, proliferation, and toxicity of T cells in vitro.

Citation: ZHU Jianfei,TANG Liming,WANG Feng,LU Huahu,REN Jun.. Activation of Adenosine 2A Receptor Inhibiting Rat T Cell Function in Vitro. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2010, 17(11): 1136-1140. doi: Copy