title: Interleukin-4 inhibits the production of interleukin-1 by adult T-cell leukemia cells.
abstract: Freshly isolated leukemic cells from patients with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) produce high levels of interleukin-1 (IL-1), which is believed to play an important role in neutrophilia, elevation of C-reactive protein, osteolytic bone lesions, hypercalcemia, and fever in ATL. However, relatively little is known regarding the regulatory mechanism of IL-1 production in ATL. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) affects the monocytes- and neoplastic cells-mediated cytokine production. In this study, we investigated the effect of IL-4 on IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta production by ATL cells in vitro. IL-4 was found to markedly inhibit the release of IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta into the conditioned medium in a dose-dependent manner. Northern blot analysis of steady-state IL-1 mRNA demonstrated that IL-4 treatment of ATL cells resulted in a reduction of IL-1 mRNA. These results support the notion that ATL cells spontaneously produce IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta; however, such production can be inhibited by the immunomodulating agent, IL-4. IL-4 may play an important regulatory role in the production of IL-1 in ATL.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015847:Interleukin-4