title: Murine recombinant IL-4 is a bifunctional regulator of macrophage growth induced by colony-stimulating factors.
abstract: Murine peritoneal exudate macrophage (PEM) coexpress receptors for both granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF) and macrophage CSF (M-CSF) and can be induced by both factors, either alone or in combination, to undergo extensive proliferation in vitro. In this study the effect of murine rIL-4 (MurIL-4) on the proliferation of PEM was examined. MurIL-4 alone did not support macrophage proliferation but prolonged their survival in vitro. When MurIL-4 was combined with human (Hu)rM-CSF, it enhanced the proliferative response of PEM to rHuM-CSF in a dose-dependent manner, reaching a maximum at approximately 10 ng/ml. Contrarily, MurIL-4 suppressed the proliferative response of PEM to MurGM-CSF. Receptor binding assays using radiolabeled ligands showed that MurIL-4 selectively enhanced the expression of M-CSF receptors; suggesting that at least part of the synergistic effect of MurIL-4 is mediated at the receptor level. Of relevance to this effect is the finding that MurIL-4 greatly promoted the responsiveness of PEM to low concentrations of HurM-CSF. Unlike M-CSF receptors, however, MurIL-4 treatment failed to modulate the levels of GM-CSF receptors in PEM. The proliferative responses of PEM to both MurGM-CSF and HurM-CSF could be inhibited by MurIFN-gamma with similar sensitivity. This inhibitory effect of MurIFN-gamma was partially neutralized by MurIL-4 in cultures containing HurM-CSF but not those containing MurGM-CSF. This study demonstrates that IL-4 is involved directly in the regulation of macrophage production by modulating their responsiveness to various cytokines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48202.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sensenbrenner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Run
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000235:genetics; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015847:Interleukin-4; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor