Interleukin-4 enhances interferon-gamma synthesis but inhibits development of interferon-gamma-producing cells.
Interleukin-4 enhances interferon-gamma synthesis but inhibits development of interferon-gamma-producing cells.
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Interleukin-4 增强干扰素 γ 合成,但抑制干扰素 γ 产生细胞的发育。
作者:
A. Noble;D. Kemeny
Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is antagonistic for many of the activities of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and, as well as suppressing the development of T-helper type-1 (Th1) cells, has been reported to block directly the synthesis of IFN-gamma in human lymphocytes. However, IL-4 transgenic mice produce increased amounts of IFN-gamma as well as IL-4. We have compared the ability of rat IL-4 to regulate IFN-gamma secretion in short-term cultures of spleen cells with its effect on the differentiation of T lymphocytes into IFN-gamma-producing, or Th1-type, cells. Normal rat spleen cells were stimulated using a variety of mitogens and ovalbumin antigen, with or without IL-4, for 12-24 hr and the levels of IFN-gamma in the supernatants measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The results show that when normal rat splenocytes were stimulated with phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) or concavalin A (Con A), IL-4 enhanced secretion of IFN-gamma after 12-24 hr. This enhancement was also apparent when splenocytes from animals immunized 10 days previously with alum-precipitated ovalbumin were stimulated with ovalbumin in vitro, and appeared to be mediated primarily via CD+ T cells. In contrast, when spleen cells were maximally stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and ionomycin, addition of IL-4 had no effect on the amount of IFN-gamma secreted. When splenocytes were stimulated with Con A for 4 days in the presence of IL-4, and restimulated with PMA and ionomycin, IFN-gamma secretion was greatly suppressed. Our results indicate that IL-4 exerts differential effects on IFN-gamma secretion and on the development of IFN-gamma-producing lymphocytes.
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影响因子:
4.4
作者:
T. Gajewski;F. Fitch
通讯作者:
T. Gajewski;F. Fitch
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
S. Swain;A. Weinberg;M. English;G. Huston
通讯作者:
S. Swain;A. Weinberg;M. English;G. Huston
DOI:
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发表时间:
1990
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
影响因子:
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作者:
Betz,M;Fox,BS
通讯作者:
Fox,BS
DOI:
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发表时间:
1989
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
影响因子:
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作者:
Lehn,M;Weiser,WY;Engelhorn,S;Gillis,S;Remold,HG
通讯作者:
Remold,HG