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Query: UNIPROT:P14784 (IL-2 receptor)
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Septic complications have been major problems in the management of patients with obstructive jaundice and neonatal jaundice. This study investigates effects of unconjugated bilirubin on lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity against human tumor target cells. In vitro exposure of human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) with bilirubin IX alpha in bovine albumin solution resulted in a dose-dependent decrease of both natural killer activity and antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity. Inhibition of both activities correlated with the amounts of intracellular bilirubin. Expression of cell surface CD16, CD56 antigen, and IL-2 receptor beta chain was unchanged in bilirubin-treated PBL as compared to bilirubin-untreated PBL. When bilirubin-treated PBL were cultured with interleukin-2 (IL-2), a dose-dependent decrease of lymphokine-activated killing activity, ADCC activity, and DNA synthesis was observed. Expression of CD56 antigen and IL-2 receptor alpha chain was unchanged in bilirubin-treated PBL following IL-2 stimulation as compared to bilirubin free control. These results suggest that bilirubin inhibits major histocompatibility complex-unrestricted cytotoxicity in both unstimulated and IL-2 stimulated lymphocytes. These observations may help explain the increased susceptibility to infection observed in hyperbilirubinemic patients.
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PMID:Unconjugated bilirubin inhibits in vitro major histocompatibility complex-unrestricted cytotoxicity of human lymphocytes. 863 40

The roles of protein kinase C (PKC) signal pathway in the pathogenesis of obstructive jaundice were studied. PKC from cytosolic and membrane fractions of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) in 51 patients with obstructive jaundice and 16 cases of normal controls was isolated and purified. The activities of PKC were determined by radioactive isotope gamma-32P-ATP-catalyzing assay. The results showed that the total PKC activities in PBL in the patients with obstructive jaundice were significantly increased as compared with those in the normal controls (P < 0.01). Moreover, the membrane PKC activities and their percentages of the total PKC activities were higher in obstructive jaundice group than in those in the normal controls (P < 0.05). The total PKC activities in PBL in the patients with obstructive jaundice were significantly positively correlated with the levels of soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R) (r = 0.58, P < 0.01) and the degree of jaundice (T-BIL) (r = 0.67, P < 0.01) in serum. It was concluded that the activities of PKC signal pathway was related with the degree of T-BIL. PKC signal pathway might took part in the activation of T-lymphocytes in the patients with obstructive jaundice and play an important role in the immune regulation and the assessment of pathosis in the patients with obstructive jaundice.
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PMID:The changes of protein kinase C activity in peripheral blood lymphocytes in the patients with obstructive jaundice and the implication. 1152 14