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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 139, Issue 5 1532-1540, Copyright © 1987 by American Association of Immunologists

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Interleukin 1-mediated activation of interleukin 4 (IL 4)-producing T lymphocytes. Proliferation by IL 4-dependent and IL 4-independent mechanisms

SN Ho, RT Abraham, A Nilson, BS Handwerger and DJ McKean

The role of IL 1 in the activation of IL 4-producing murine T cell clones was investigated by using a calcium ionophore (ionomycin) or a phorbol ester (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate; TPA) as T cell receptor-independent costimuli. The use of these pharmacologic agents to investigate IL 1-mediated T cell activation revealed two distinct mechanisms of activation. IL 1 in combination with ionomycin (iono/rIL 1) stimulated a proliferative response that was associated with the production of IL 4 as measured by lymphokine bioassay and mRNA studies. Furthermore, inhibition of this proliferative response with an anti-IL 4 monoclonal antibody or cyclosporine indicated that IL 4 functions as an autocrine growth factor. In contrast, IL 1 synergized with TPA (TPA/rIL 1) to induce proliferation in the absence of either IL 4 or IL 2 gene transcription or lymphokine secretion. The IL 4-independence of this activation mechanism was further supported by the failure of both anti-IL 4 antibodies and cyclosporine to inhibit the response. In addition, activation by TPA/rIL 1 caused no detectable alteration in cytoplasmic calcium levels. Both IL 4-dependent and IL 4-independent activation responses were associated with the expression of functional receptors for IL 2 as well as IL 4. Characterization of these activation responses suggests that the synergistic activity of IL 1 during T cell activation is multipotential. The nature of an IL 1- dependent T cell growth response, therefore, may vary depending on the balance of intracellular signals generated concurrently through the T cell receptor complex and other regulatory surface molecules.


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