title: Human recombinant IL-4 suppresses the induction of human IL-2 induced lymphokine activated killer (LAK) activity.
abstract: The effect of recombinant human interleukin 4 (rhIL-4) on the induction in vitro of human lymphokine activated killer cell (LAK) activity was investigated. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from normal healthy donors were incubated for 4 days with or without recombinant human interleukin-2 (rhIL-2) in the presence or absence of rhIL-4. LAK activity was measured against the NK-resistant colon adenocarcinoma cell line SW742, and NK mediated cytotoxicity was determined using NK sensitive K562 cells. Unlike previous reports using mouse effector cells, rhIL-4 neither induced LAK activity nor augmented the cytotoxic response induced by rhIL-2. In four out of six experiments there was a significant reduction of rhIL-2 induced LAK in the presence of rhIL-4, accompanied by a reduction of Tac antigen expression by rhIL-2 activated cells. Recombinant hIL-4 failed to influence the effector phase of the activated PBMC against SW742 or K562 targets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, University of Sheffield Medical School, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rees
mesh_terms: D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007378:Interleukins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D007378:Interleukins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015847:Interleukin-4