The Journal of Immunology, Vol 150, Issue 7 2584-2590, Copyright © 1993 by American Association of Immunologists

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IL-7 enhances the expression of IL-3 and granulocyte-macrophage-CSF mRNA in activated human T cells by post-transcriptional mechanisms

WH Dokter, SJ Sierdsema, MT Esselink, MR Halie and E Vellenga
Department of Medicine, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

The stromal derived growth factor IL-7 was studied for its ability to modulate cytokine expression in human T cells. IL-7 alone did not induce IL-3 or granulocyte-macrophage-CSF (GM-CSF) mRNA. However, IL-7 enhanced the Con A-induced IL-3 and GM-CSF mRNA accumulation in a dose- dependent way. mRNA stability studies revealed that the effect of IL-7 was caused by post-transcriptional stabilization of the IL-3 and GM-CSF transcripts. Upon Con A treatment, the IL-3 and GM-CSF mRNA decayed with a t1/2 of approximately 90 and 50 min, respectively. Costimulation with Con A plus IL-7 stabilized both transcripts to t1/2 of greater than 2 h for IL-3 mRNA and 90 min for GM-CSF mRNA. Using nuclear run-on assays, we showed that the transcription rate of both genes was not affected by IL-7. Furthermore, it appeared that the effect of IL-7 was independent on protein synthesis, because cycloheximide did not abolish the promotive effect of IL-7. Finally, it was shown that in accordance with the mRNA results IL-7 enhanced the secretion of GM-CSF protein in Con A-activated T cells. After 12 h of stimulation T cells cultured in the presence of Con A secreted 575 +/- 309 pg GM-CSF/ml (x +/- SD, n = 5), which increased to 1425 +/- 758 pg/ml in the presence of Con A plus IL-7 (p < 0.01). In summary, these data demonstrate that IL-7 augments the expression and secretion of CSF in activated human T cells.

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