title: Manipulation of the superantigen-induced lymphokine response. Selective induction of interleukin-10 or interferon-gamma synthesis in small resting CD4+ T cells.
abstract: The production of several lymphokines by freshly isolated CD4+ T cells has been analyzed at the single-cell level, after stimulation with staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB). High frequencies of cells producing interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) were induced, but very low frequencies of CD4+ T cells produced IL-4, IL-5 or IL-10 in response to SEB. Exogenously added IL-4 markedly altered the lymphokine profile induced during primary SEB stimulation. IFN-gamma production was reduced, while a high fraction of cells contained IL-10 and IL-4 after activation in the presence of IL-4. We further demonstrate that IL-4 and IL-10 or IFN-gamma production was selectively induced in resting, high-density CD4+ T cells during primary stimulation, by SEB + IL-4 or SEB. Under conditions where both IL-10 and IFN-gamma were produced, most cells contained only one of the two lymphokines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cardell
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Höidén
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Möller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D017252:CD3 Complex; D004768:Enterotoxins; D000939:Epitopes; D008222:Lymphokines; D016753:Interleukin-10; C031818:enterotoxin B, staphylococcal; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate