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The Journal of Immunology, 2003, 170: 5464-5469.
Copyright © 2003 by The American Association of Immunologists

IL-21 in Synergy with IL-15 or IL-18 Enhances IFN-{gamma} Production in Human NK and T Cells1

Mari Strengell2,*, Sampsa Matikainen*, Jukka Sirén*, Anne Lehtonen*, Don Foster{dagger}, Ilkka Julkunen* and Timo Sareneva*

* Department of Microbiology, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and {dagger} Department of Cytokine Biology, ZymoGenetics, Seattle, WA 98102

NK and T cell-derived IFN-{gamma} 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-{gamma}, T-bet, IL-12R{beta}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-{gamma} gene expression in more detail in human NK and T cells. IL-15 clearly activated IFN-{gamma} mRNA expression and protein production in both cell types. IL-18 and IL-21 enhanced IL-15-induced IFN-{gamma} gene expression. IL-18 or IL-21 alone induced a modest expression of the IFN-{gamma} gene but a combination of IL-21 and IL-18 efficiently up-regulated IFN-{gamma} production. We also show that IL-15 activated the binding of STAT1, STAT3, STAT4, and STAT5 to the regulatory sites of the IFN-{gamma} 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-{gamma} gene regulatory sites. IL-18, however, activated the binding of NF-{kappa}B to the IFN-{gamma} promoter NF-{kappa}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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