Interleukin-4 inhibits secretion of interleukin-1beta in the response of human cells to mycobacterial heat shock proteins.
AUTOR(ES)
Méndez-Samperio, P
RESUMO
Cellular activation induced by Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and heat shock proteins (HSP) leads to the production of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and IL-6. In this study, we found that IL-4 significantly suppressed IL-1beta secretion induced by BCG and the 70- and 65-kDa HSP. When exogenous recombinant human IL-4 was added to human mononuclear cells, a dose- and time-related inhibition of the 70-kDa HSP- and BCG-induced IL-1beta secretion was observed. IL-1beta secretion was maximally inhibited at 24 h of culture, and this inhibitory effect was sustained at a later time point of culture (120 h). In addition, IL-2, another T-cell-derived cytokine acting on monocytes, had no effect on IL-1beta secretion induced by either BCG or the 70-kDa HSP, indicating that in these experiments not all cytokines could immunoregulate IL-1beta secretion. This inhibitory effect was not due to a cytotoxic effect of IL-4, since the viabilities of human mononuclear cells were comparable in the presence and absence of IL-4. IL-4 was also able to inhibit the secretion of IL-1beta by mycobacterium-stimulated cells from three rheumatoid arthritis patients. This inhibitory effect of IL-4 was reversed with a blocking anti-IL-4 antibody. Finally, IL-4 inhibited IL-6 secretion by mycobacterium-activated human cells. These results suggest that IL-4 may be important in the regulation of the immune response to mycobacterial antigens.
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