title: The effects of various cytokines on interleukin-6 and interferon-alpha synthesis in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
abstract: The effect of various recombinant cytokines on the induction of interleukin-6 (IL-6) synthesis induced in adherent and nonadherent cells of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC) by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or concanavalin A (CA) was studied. The results showed that human interferon-(HuIFN)-alpha, -beta, and gamma at a concentration of 100-10,000 IU/ml enhanced the LPS-induced IL-6 production in the adherent cell fraction of PBMNC. However, in nonadherent cells, treatment with HuIFN-alpha or -beta inhibited the CA-stimulated IL-6 production in a dose-dependent manner. Recombinant (r) IL-2 enhanced the IL-6 production of the adherent cells, while rIL-1 alone in the absence of other inducer induced IL-6 production in the nonadherent cell fraction. Other cytokines such as the recombinant tumor necrosis factor-alpha (rTNF-alpha) or rIL-6 itself did not modulate IL-6 production in human PBMNC. TNF and the interleukins studied did not affect the Sendai virus-induced IFN production in the adherent cells. In contrast, the different IFNs exerted a significant priming effect.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, A. Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rosztoczy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Content
mesh_terms: D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000097:blood*; D007372:Interferons / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood*; D007378:Interleukins / Q000494:pharmacology; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007370:Interferon Type I; D015850:Interleukin-6; D007378:Interleukins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007372:Interferons