title: Interleukin-4 and interleukin-10 increase endotoxin-stimulated human umbilical vein endothelial cell interleukin-8 release.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) on interleukin-8 (IL-8) release from endothelial cells. Confluent monolayers of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were incubated in the absence or presence of 10 ng/ml of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), with 5% human AB serum and recombinant human IL-4 or IL-10 over a dose range from 50 fg/ml to 50 ng/ml (final concentration). IL-4 and IL-10 had no effect on HUVEC IL-8 release in the absence of LPS. In the presence of LPS, IL-4 and IL-10 enhanced IL-8 release by approximately 300% compared with LPS-stimulated cells alone, IL-8 release increasing from 2594 +/- 493 pg/ml (no IL-4 or IL-10) to 7892 +/- 320 pg/ml (IL-4, 5 pg/ml; p = 0.001) and 8359 +/- 712 pg/ml (IL-10, 50 pg/ml; p = 0.002). IL-8 release in response to IL-4 or IL-10 plateaued above 5 and 50 pg/ml, respectively. This study suggests that IL-4 and IL-10 may be involved in the complex regulation of endothelial cell cytokine production during the response to endotoxin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: De Beaux
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Maingay
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Fearon
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016753:Interleukin-10; D015847:Interleukin-4