title: IL-8 inhibits histamine release from human basophils induced by histamine-releasing factors, connective tissue activating peptide III, and IL-3.
abstract: We have previously purified and partially characterized histamine releasing factors (HRF), which were derived from a mixture of human mononuclear cells and platelets. We now report the effect of IL-8 upon HRF-, connective tissue activating peptide III (CTAP III)-, and IL-3-induced histamine release from human basophils. We determined that IL-8 itself, at concentrations between 10(-7) to 10(-11) M, does not release histamine from basophils, although positive results are observed in two of 26 subjects at 10(-7) M. Unfractionated (crude) HRF released histamine in 25 of 26 donors, in the range of 6.7% to 100% of total basophil histamine stores. When basophils were preincubated with IL-8 (10(-7) to 10(-11) M) for 5 min, followed by a 40-min incubation with HRF, histamine release was significantly inhibited in 20 of 25 donors. Inhibition was observed at as little as 10(-11) M IL-8, with maximal inhibition being attained at 10(-9) M. HRF-containing supernatants contain a mixture of different histamine-releasing moieties. To better define which factor(s) may be inhibited by IL-8, fractionated supernatants, purified CTAP III, and IL-3 were studied. Histamine release produced by two different HRF-containing chromatographic fractions (HRFvoid and HRFpeak 2) and purified CTAP-III (5 micrograms/ml) was inhibited by IL-8 in 10 of 12 donors, three of three donors, and seven of 10 donors, respectively. IL-3 (5000 U/ml)-dependent histamine release was inhibited by IL-8 in all subjects tested. In contrast, histamine release by anti-IgE and FMLP was not affected by IL-8. Thus, IL-8 appears to be an inhibitor of cytokine-like molecules that induce histamine release and may represent the previously described 8-kDa histamine release inhibitory factor present in mononuclear cell supernatants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, SUNY-Stony Brook 11794-8161.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kuna
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Reddigari
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kornfeld
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D001491:Basophils / Q000187:drug effects*; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010455:Peptides
chemical_list: D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors; D016207:Cytokines; D007377:Interleukin-3; D016209:Interleukin-8; D010455:Peptides; C009862:connective tissue-activating peptide; C018329:low affinity platelet factor 4