IGE PRODUCTION BY NORMAL HUMAN-LYMPHOCYTES IS INDUCED BY INTERLEUKIN-4 AND SUPPRESSED BY INTERFERON-GAMMA AND INTERFERON-ALPHA AND PROSTAGLANDIN-E2
IGE PRODUCTION BY NORMAL HUMAN-LYMPHOCYTES IS INDUCED BY INTERLEUKIN-4 AND SUPPRESSED BY INTERFERON-GAMMA AND INTERFERON-ALPHA AND PROSTAGLANDIN-E2
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.85.18.6880
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发表时间:
1988-09-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
DEVRIES, JE
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作者:
PENE, J;ROUSSET, F;DEVRIES, JE
The effect of human recombinant interleukin 4 (IL-4) on antibody production by normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells enriched for B cells was investigated. IL-4 preferentially induced IgE synthesis in vitro. In addition, a low induction of IgG production was observed, whereas IL-4 had no effect on IgA and IgM synthesis. The IL-4-induced IgE production by B cells required T cells and monocytes but was specifically inhibited by an anti-IL-4 antiserum indicating that, although IL-4 acts indirectly, it is responsible for the induction of IgE synthesis. IL-4-induced IgE production was blocked in a dose-dependent way by interferon .gamma. (IFN-.gamma.), interferon .alpha. (IFN-.alpha.), and prostaglandin E2. IFN-.gamma. also inhibited IL-4-induced IgG production. These inhibitory effects of IFN-.gamma. and IFN-.alpha. an IgE production cannot be attributed to toxic effects since IFN-.alpha. induced IgM production in the presence of IL-4, whereas IFN-.gamma. was ineffective in inhibiting IgG production induced by IL-2, IFN-.gamma., IFN-.alpha., and prostaglandin E2 also inhibited IL-4-induced expression of the low-affinity receptor for the Fc production of IgE (CD23) on B cells, indicating that there is an association between CD23 expression and IL-4-induced IgE production. This theory was supported by the finding that IL-4-induced IgE production was inhibited by F (ab'')2 fragments of an anti-CD23 monoclonal antibody.