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The Journal of Immunology, 1999, 162: 6433-6441.
Copyright © 1999 by The American Association of Immunologists

Effective Stimulation for IL-12 p35 mRNA Accumulation and Bioactive IL-12 Production of Antigen-Presenting Cells Interacted with Th Cells1

Hidehiro Yamane, Takuma Kato and Hideo Nariuchi2

Department of Allergology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Bioactive IL-12 is composed of two subunits, p35 and p40. In the APC-Th cell interaction, p40 mRNA accumulation in APC was shown to be up-regulated by stimulation with CD40 ligand (CD40L) on Th cells. However, the CD40-CD40L interaction scarcely induced p35 mRNA accumulation in APC. In the present experiments, p35 mRNA accumulation was induced in splenic macrophages/dendritic cells by the interaction with paraformaldehyde-fixed Th1 cells in the presence of Ag, and the p35 mRNA accumulation was abrogated by the inclusion of anti-I-A in cultures to block TCR/MHC class II interaction. The accumulation was also induced by the stimulation with agonistic anti-I-A. These results indicate that the interaction of the MHC class II molecule with TCR evokes an activation signal for p35 mRNA accumulation in APC. Furthermore, the production of bioactive IL-12 in macrophages/dendritic cells stimulated with CD40L was enhanced by the inclusion of agonistic anti-I-A. The p35 mRNA accumulation and IL-12 production of macrophages/dendritic cells induced by stimulation with OVA-specific fixed Th1 clone expressing CD40L were also enhanced by adding OVA in cultures. These results indicate that the p35 mRNA accumulation induced by MHC class II stimulation plays a role in bioactive IL-12 production.




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