title: Antiproliferative effect of IFN-gamma on proliferation of mouse connective tissue-type mast cells.
abstract: Mouse rIFN-gamma suppressed clonal growth of tissue-type mast cells (CTMC) separated from mouse peritoneal cells (greater than or equal to 98% purity) in methylcellulose culture containing IL-3 + IL-4 in a dose-dependent fashion. The IFN-gamma-mediated suppression was also observed both in serum-free culture and in single-cell culture. In addition, mAb to mouse IFN-gamma neutralized the suppressive effect of IFN-gamma on CTMC proliferation supported by the combination of IL-3 + IL-4. These observations suggest a direct antiproliferative effect of IFN-gamma on CTMC. No suppression of CTMC proliferation was observed when CTMC were washed with alpha-medium after 24 h of preincubation with IL-3 + IFN-gamma and then cultured in methylcellulose medium containing IL-3 + IL-4. IFN-gamma had suppressive effects on CTMC after preincubation with IL-3 + IL-4. These preincubation studies suggest that IFN-gamma exerts a reversible inhibitory effect on CTMC which have entered into a proliferative state by IL-3 + IL-4, and has neither cytotoxic nor irreversible suppressive effects on resting CTMC in cultures containing IL-3 alone. CTMC proliferation after stimulation with the cross-linking of cell-bound IgE by specific Ag in the presence of IL-3 was also suppressed by IFN-gamma. By contrast, proliferation of CTMC induced by the combination of 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate + IL-3 was not affected by the addition of IFN-gamma to the culture. Based on these observations, we suggest that IFN-gamma antagonizes the colony inducing effect of IL-4 and IgE-Ag stimulation which act synergistically with IL-3 on CTMC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakahata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D003239:Connective Tissue Cells; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice; D011940:Receptor Aggregation; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D007377:Interleukin-3; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate