Alterations in peripheral blood mononuclear cell cytokine production in response to phytohemagglutinin in multiple sclerosis patients.
AUTOR(ES)
Crucian, B
RESUMO
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). The disease is characterized by inflammatory lesions in the white matter of the CNS, consisting of a specific immune response to the myelin sheath. We investigated peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cytokine production by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays of 21 MS patients and 19 age-matched normal controls in response to the T-cell mitogen phytohemagglutinin (PHA). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were cultured in medium alone or in medium with 5 micrograms of PHA per ml for 48 h, and culture supernatants were collected for analysis. Cytokines selected for study were interleukin-10 (IL-10), gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), IL-2, and IL-4. All cytokine activities described were expressed as concentrations per 500,000 cells. We found that 48% (10 of 21) of the MS patients produced small but detectable levels of IL-10 in medium alone, compared with 26% (5 of 18) of the controls. We found that the MS patients produced significantly higher quantities of IL-10 protein than the controls in response to PHA (mean supernatant concentrations of IL-10 for patients and controls, 421 and 204 pg/ml, respectively [P < 0.05]). No significant differences were detected in the production of IL-2, IFN-gamma, and IL-4 between patients and controls in response to PHA, although patients appeared to display a trend toward decreased production of IFN-gamma.
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