title: Modulation of IL-2- and IL-4-dependent human B cell proliferation by cyclic AMP.
abstract: The second messenger cAMP is a modulator of cellular growth possessing both inhibitory and stimulatory properties. In this report, we show that IL-2- and IL-4-dependent DNA synthesis of anti-mu-activated human B cells is modulated in opposite ways by agents increasing intracellular levels of cAMP. Forskolin and 2'-O-dibutyriladenosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate had no proliferative effect by themselves. Nevertheless they decreased IL-2-driven proliferation and increased IL-4-mediated DNA synthesis. IL-4 and cAMP each inhibited the IL-2-dependent proliferation with similar patterns of reactivity. Both IL-4 and forskolin needed to be present during the first 48 h of culture to display inhibitory activity, and preactivation of B cells for 16 h with forskolin and IL-4 did not prevent further B cell response to IL-2. This suggests that cAMP and IL-4 directly interact with IL-2 signaling. In addition, we show that the cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor N-(2-methylamino-ethyl)-5-iso-quinoline-sulfamide reversed the IL-4-inhibitory effect on IL-2-driven proliferation. Our data suggest that the IL-4-inhibitory signal to IL-2-driven human B cell proliferation involves cAMP-dependent protein kinase activation.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 131, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vazquez
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Auffredou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Galanaud
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leca
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D005576:Colforsin; D015847:Interleukin-4; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP