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The Journal of Immunology, 2004, 173: 5180-5188.
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Endogenous IL-15 Sustains Recruitment of IL-2R{beta} and Common {gamma} and IL-2-Mediated Chemokine Production in Normal and Inflamed Human Gingival Fibroblasts1

Akiko Ozawa*,{dagger},{ddagger}, Hiroyuki Tada{dagger}, Yumiko Sugawara§, Akiko Uehara*,{dagger}, Takashi Sasano§, Hidetoshi Shimauchi{ddagger}, Haruhiko Takada{dagger} and Shunji Sugawara2,*

* Division of Oral Immunology, {dagger} Division of Oral Microbiology, and {ddagger} Division of Periodontology and Endodontology, Department of Oral Biology, and § Division of Oral Diagnosis, Department of Oral Medicine and Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan

We recently reported that anti-IL-15 neutralizing mAb has been shown to inhibit production of MCP-1 in response to IL-2 from normal human gingival fibroblasts (HGF), the major constituent of gingival tissue. In the present study, we examined the expression of IL-2R and IL-15R subunits in HGF from normal and inflamed regions and the role of endogenous IL-15 in IL-2-mediated signaling. Normal HGF expressed IL-2R{beta} and common {gamma}-chain ({gamma}c) but not IL-2R{alpha} or IL-15R{alpha}, whereas inflamed HGF expressed IL-2R{alpha}, IL-15R{alpha}, IL-2R{beta}, and {gamma}c, as assessed by RT-PCR and flow cytometry. Exogenous IL-2 and IL-15 induced production of MCP-1 but not IL-8 in normal HGF, and induced the production of both chemokines in inflamed HGF. Both HGF constitutively transcribed the 48 aa-IL-15 isoform, and the isoform was not actively secreted but rather existed as a membrane-bound form. Pretreatment with anti-IL-15 neutralizing mAb for 24 h completely inhibited the production of MCP-1 induced by IL-2 and IL-15 and IL-2-induced phosphorylation of Jak 1 and 3 in HGF. The pretreatment and RNA interference targeted to IL-15 mRNA resulted in total inhibition of the IL-2R{beta} and {gamma}c expression at mRNA and protein levels. Furthermore, excess amounts of IL-2 restored the inhibitory effect of anti-IL-15, inhibition of NF-{kappa}B abrogated the expression of IL-2R{beta} and {gamma}c, and IL-2-induced-nuclear translocation of NF-{kappa}B was completely inhibited by the RNA interference in HGF. These results suggest that endogenous membrane-bound IL-15 sustains recruitment of IL-2R{beta} and {gamma}c through activation of NF-{kappa}B in HGF.




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