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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 155, Issue 10 4939-4947, Copyright © 1995 by American Association of Immunologists

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Identification of messenger RNA for IL-4 in human eosinophils with granule localization and release of the translated product

R Moqbel, S Ying, J Barkans, TM Newman, P Kimmitt, M Wakelin, L Taborda-Barata, Q Meng, CJ Corrigan and SR Durham
Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

Human eosinophils are cytokine-producing cells that are prominent in IgE-dependent allergic tissue reactions. IL-4 promotes the development of the Th2-type phenotype in T cells and is an essential cofactor for IgE production by B cells. We detected mRNA for IL-4 by reverse transcription-PCR in blood eosinophils from atopic asthmatics. By specific ELISA, 108 +/- 20 pg of IL-4 protein/10(6) cells could be extracted from whole cells, and approximately 30% of the IL-4 was released after incubation with serum-coated particles. Using immunocytochemistry, eosinophils from atopic asthmatics and nonatopic controls showed IL-4 immunoreactivity using an anti-IL-4 mAb. IL-4 was located predominantly in the eosinophil granules, as shown by both immunogold electron microscopy and a cell fractionation technique that dissociated cell granules from membrane and cytosolic components. IL-4 mRNA colocalized with eosinophils (using sequential immunocytochemistry with an eosinophil-specific (EG2) mAb and in situ hybridization using an IL-4-specific antisense riboprobe) in both cell cytospins from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from asthmatics as well as skin biopsies obtained from allergen-induced late phase (6-h) reactions in atopic subjects. Using double immunocytochemistry on skin biopsies with eosinophil- and IL-4-specific mAb, 83.5 +/- 3.5% of eosinophils were IL- 4+. Conversely, eosinophils accounted for 46.5 +/- 3.9% of the total cells expressing IL-4 immunoreactivity. Thus, human eosinophils express mRNA for IL-4, and the translated product is contained within the crystalloid granule from which it is released after stimulation with serum-coated particles. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that eosinophils contribute to the development of the Th2 phenotype by T cells infiltrating atopic allergic reactions as well as to IgE synthesis.


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