title: Interleukin 2 stimulates the T-cells from patients with eosinophilia to produce CFU-Eo growth stimulating factor.
abstract: To explore the mechanism of eosinophilopoiesis in patients with reactive eosinophilia, we studied the effect of interleukin 2 (IL-2) on the production of CSFs, especially CFU-eosinophil growth stimulating factor (CFU-Eo GSF) from T-lymphocytes in patients with reactive eosinophilia. Conditioned media (CM) prepared from patients' E rosette forming cells (ERFC) with or without IL-2 was assayed for CFU-Eo, CFU-monocyte, macrophage (CFU-M) and CFU-neutrophil (CFU-N) GSF. The addition of IL-2 to the ERFC significantly stimulated the production of CFU-Eo and CFU-M GSF while only CFU-M GSF increased in normals. Serial testing of the CFU-Eo GSF in ERFC-CM demonstrated that the ability of ERFC to produce CFU-Eo GSF with IL-2 stimulation was retained even when the eosinophilia had disappeared. These results suggest that CFU-Eo GSF is produced from T-cells with IL-2 stimulation and that the T-cells from patients produce IL-2 stimulation and that the T-cells from patients produce CFU-Eo GSF with IL-2 stimulation after the disappearance of eosinophilia.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Enokihara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furusawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kajitani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamaguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shishido
mesh_terms: D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000378:metabolism*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000473:pathology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D007376:Interleukin-2