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Production in Human NK and T Cells1

* Department of Microbiology, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and
Department of Cytokine Biology, ZymoGenetics, Seattle, WA 98102
NK and T cell-derived IFN-
is a key cytokine that stimulates innate immune responses and directs adaptive T cell response toward Th1 type. IL-15, IL-18, and IL-21 have significant roles as activators of NK and T cell functions. We have previously shown that IL-15 and IL-21 induce the expression of IFN-
, T-bet, IL-12R
2, and IL-18R genes both in NK and T cells. Now we have studied the effect of IL-15, IL-18, and IL-21 on IFN-
gene expression in more detail in human NK and T cells. IL-15 clearly activated IFN-
mRNA expression and protein production in both cell types. IL-18 and IL-21 enhanced IL-15-induced IFN-
gene expression. IL-18 or IL-21 alone induced a modest expression of the IFN-
gene but a combination of IL-21 and IL-18 efficiently up-regulated IFN-
production. We also show that IL-15 activated the binding of STAT1, STAT3, STAT4, and STAT5 to the regulatory sites of the IFN-
gene. Similarly, IL-21 induced the binding of STAT1, STAT3, and STAT4 to these elements. IL-15- and IL-21-induced STAT1 and STAT4 activation was verified by immunoprecipitation with anti-phosphotyrosine Abs followed by Western blotting with anti-STAT1 and anti-STAT4 Abs. IL-18 was not able to induce the binding of STATs to IFN-
gene regulatory sites. IL-18, however, activated the binding of NF-
B to the IFN-
promoter NF-
B site. Our results suggest that both IL-15 and IL-21 have an important role in activating the NK cell-associated innate immune response.
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