Negative feedback mechanism suppresses interleukin-12 production by antigen-presenting cells interacting with T helper 2 cells
Negative feedback mechanism suppresses interleukin-12 production by antigen-presenting cells interacting with T helper 2 cells
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DOI:
10.1002/eji.1830260318
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发表时间:
1996-03-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Nariuchi, H
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作者:
Hino, A;Nariuchi, H
Interleukin-12 (IL-12) has been shown to be produced by monocytes by the ligation of CD40. In the present experiments, IL-12 is shown to be produced by murine spleen antigen-presenting cells (APC) by interaction with T helper 1 (Th1) 1 clones through CD40-CD40 ligand (CD40L) interaction, but not with Th2 clones. The IL-12 production induced by the Th1 clone interaction was inhibited by the addition of exogenous IL-10. Th2 clones were shown to produce a sufficient amount of IL-10 to inhibit the IL-12 production induced by Th1 clones. In the presence of anti-IL-10 monoclonal antibodies splenic APC interacting with Th2 clones produced IL-12. These results indicate that IL-10 produced by Th2 cells stimulated with antigen suppress IL-12 production of APC interacting with Th2 cells. IL-12 is composed of two subunits, p35 and p40. In our experiments, p40 mRNA accumulation was shown to be affected by IL-10 more severely than the accumulation of p35 mRNA, indicating that IL-10 regulates IL-12 production by APC mainly by affecting p40 mRNA accumulation.