title: The regulation of gamma-interferon production by interleukins 1 and 2.
abstract: Purified interleukins 1 and 2 (IL-1 and IL-2) were used to investigate their role in the production of gamma-interferon (gamma-IFN). Macrophage depletion from human peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes (PBML) inhibited gamma-IFN production. Addition of purified IL-1 partially restored IFN production of macrophage-depleted PBML induced by three T cell mitogens (phytohemagglutinin, PHA; concanavalin A, con A; and staphylococcal enterotoxin A, SEA), but had no effect on induction of IFN production by undepleted PBML. Therefore endogenous IL-1 production by macrophages is probably one of the mechanisms by which they act as accessory cells for IFN production by lymphocytes. A monoclonal antibody 9.6 which binds to the sheep erythrocyte (E) receptor found on human T cells inhibited IFN production. Addition of IL-2, but not IL-1, was found to reverse this inhibition. Prostaglandin E2, a macrophage product, inhibited gamma-IFN production induced by PHA, Con A, and OKT3 but usually not SEA. This inhibitory effect was reversible by the addition of IL-2 but not IL-1. In the absence of mitogen IL-1 alone rarely induced any IFN production, although some IFN was produced by PBML from a small minority of donors. Without mitogen IL-2 induced IFN production only at very high concentrations and the added presence of IL-1 did not enhance this induction.
mesh_terms: D015232:Dinoprostone; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D037102:Lectins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2; D037102:Lectins; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D015232:Dinoprostone