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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 142, Issue 1 134-138, Copyright © 1989 by American Association of Immunologists
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G Delespesse, M Sarfati and R Peleman
University of Montreal-Notre-Dame Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
This study documents the influence of rIL-4, IFN-gamma, and IFN-alpha on the production of IgE-BF and the expression of lymphocyte receptor for IgE or CD23 Ag (Fc epsilon R II) by human mononuclear cells. IL-4 increases the secretion of IgE-binding factor (BF) by highly purified B lymphocytes, adherent cells, and U937 monoblastic cells. The effect of IL-4 on purified B cells is augmented by costimulating the cells with F(ab')2 anti-IgM. IFN-gamma, IL-2, IL-1-alpha, or IL-1 beta and the low m.w. B cell growth factor have no effect on IgE-BF production by purified B cells even when they are used in combination with anti-IgM. Stimulation of purified T cells with IL-4 or IL-4 plus PMA leads to the production of very small amounts of IgE-BF that might well be derived from the contaminating non-T cells. IFN-gamma increases IgE-BF synthesis by unfractionated PBMC, T cell-depleted PBMC, adherent cells, and U937 cells suggesting that it induces monocytes to release IgE-BF, IFN-gamma suppresses the IL-4-induced Fc epsilon R II expression and IgE-BF production by highly purified B cells but not by PBMC or their T cell-depleted fractions. IFN-alpha inhibits IgE-BF production by IFN- gamma-stimulated PBMC and by IL-4-stimulated cells suggesting that it exerts its effect on B cells and on monocytes. Moreover IFN-alpha suppresses the IL-4-induced expression of Fc epsilon R II on B cells. Both IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma suppress the synthesis of IgE by PBMC in response to IL-4. Taken collectively the results indicate that: 1) IL-4 induces IgE-BF production by both B cells and monocytes, 2) IFN-gamma stimulates IgE-BF synthesis by monocytes but suppresses its production by IL-4-stimulated B cells, and finally 3) IFN-alpha inhibits IgE-BF synthesis in response to either IFN-gamma or IL-4.
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