title: Interferon beta-1b reduces interferon gamma-induced antigen-presenting capacity of human glial and B cells.
abstract: Interferon (IFN) beta-1b has been shown to alter the course of multiple sclerosis and to inhibit MHC class II expression, but its effect on antigen presentation has not been examined in a functional assay (Neurology 43 (1993) 655-661). The effect of IFN beta-1b on alloantigen presentation by human antigen-presenting cells (APC) including human fetal astrocytes (HFA) and microglia was examined. The effect of IFN beta-1b on the ability of B cells to present tetanus toxoid (TT) to TT-specific T cell lines was also examined. APC were pre-treated with IFN gamma (100 units/ml), IFN beta-1b (10-2000 units/ml), or a combination of IFN gamma and IFN beta-1b for 3 days and washed thoroughly prior to culture with allogeneic peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) for a period of 6 days. Lymphocyte proliferation was then measured by tritiated thymidine uptake. Treatment of the APC with IFN beta-1b resulted in a reduction in the IFN gamma-enhanced alloantigen-induced T cell responses. This reduction ranged between 50 and 70%, was associated with a 30-50% reduction in HLA class II (DR) and 35-40% reduction in ICAM-1 expression on the HFA used as APC. IFN beta-1b pretreatment of B cells reduced their constitutive and IFN gamma enhanced capacity to present TT to TT-specific T cell lines by 50-80%. This was associated with a 30 +/- 11% mean reduction in class II (DR) expression and approximately 50 +/- 1% reduction in ICAM-1 expression in IFN beta-1b + IFN gamma-treated B cells compared to IFN gamma-treated B cells (mean of three experiments).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Maryland at Baltimore 21201, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Milo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Swoveland
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Panitch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhib-Jalbut
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D006681:HLA-D Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D000068556:Interferon beta-1a; D000068576:Interferon beta-1b; D016899:Interferon-beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013744:Tetanus Toxin / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D016207:Cytokines; D006681:HLA-D Antigens; D013744:Tetanus Toxin; D000068576:Interferon beta-1b; D016899:Interferon-beta; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D000068556:Interferon beta-1a