Effect of moxifloxacin on secretion of cytokines by human monocytes stimulated with lipopolysaccharide.

摘要

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of moxifloxacin on secretion of cytokines by human monocytes stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or Pansorbin. METHODS: Monocytes obtained from 10 healthy volunteer donors were stimulated with LPS or Pansorbin and exposed or not to different concentrations of the fluoroquinolone antibiotic moxifloxacin. At 3, 6 and 24 h, the amounts of interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha), IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12 (p70) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were measured in the supernatants of the monocyte cultures using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: Stimulation of human monocytes with either LPS or Pansorbin resulted in a significant increase in secretion of each of the cytokines examined. Treatment of LPS-stimulated monocytes with moxifloxacin significantly inhibited (P < 0.01) secretion of IL-1alpha by monocytes of each of 10 human donors; the secretion of TNF-alpha was significantly inhibited (P < 0.01) in monocytes from six of 10 donors. In general there was a trend towards inhibition of secretion of IL-6, IL-10 and IL-12 (p70), but the inhibitory effect was not statistically significant. Secretion of cytokines by Pansorbin-stimulated monocytes was not significantly inhibited by moxifloxacin. CONCLUSIONS: Moxifloxacin has immunomodulatory activity through its capacity to alter the secretion of IL-1alpha and TNF-alpha by human monocytes.