title: Interleukin-4 downregulates interleukin-6 production in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
abstract: We report that recombinant human interleukin-4 (IL-4) downregulates interleukin-6 (IL-6) production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). PBMC were preincubated for up to 24 hr in the presence of IL-4 (100 U/ml) and then activated with lipopolysaccharide B Escherichia coli 026:B6 (LPS, 10 micrograms/ml), recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha, 200 U/ml), or Concanavalin A (Con A, 10 micrograms/ml). Although all these signals induced IL-6 production, IL-4-treated cells produced significantly reduced levels of IL-6 protein. This effect was dose and time dependent. We conclude that IL-4 is a potent downregulatory modulator of IL-6 expression in human PBMC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Swisher
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Minehart
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Economou
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D003208:Concanavalin A; D015847:Interleukin-4