title: Modulation of human leukocyte antigenDR expression in glioblastoma cells by interferon gamma and other cytokines.
abstract: To study the regulation of major histocompatibility complex class II antigen by central nervous system cells, the expression of one of these antigens, human leukocyte antigenDR (HLADR) in three human glioblastoma cell lines (HTB14, 16 and 17) and a neuroblastoma cell line (HTB11) was determined. Interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) induced HTB16 and HTB17 cells to express HLADR, and enhanced the antigen expression in HTB14 cells, but it failed to induce HLADR expression in HTB11 cells. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha amplified and accelerated the expression of HLADR induced by IFN gamma in HTB16 cells. Interleukin-1 beta, prostaglandin E2 and transforming growth factor-beta suppressed IFN gamma-induced HLADR expression in HTB16 cells. Several other substances tested did not affect HLADR expression or IFN gamma-induced HLADR. These findings confirm that IFN gamma plays a role in the regulation of HLADR expression in cells derived from the brain and that some other cytokines modify IFN gamma-HLADR interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Johannsen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Krueger
mesh_terms: D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005910:Glioma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D007375:Interleukin-1; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D015232:Dinoprostone