title: Interleukin-8 induces its own production in CD4+ T lymphocytes: a process regulated by interleukin 10.
abstract: The neutrophil and T cell chemotactic factor interleukin 8 (IL-8) is believed to play a pathophysiological role in the development of various inflammatory disorders. So far no other effects of IL-8 on T cells have been observed. We observed that purified CD4+ T cells in particular, but also CD8+ T cells, spontaneously synthesize IL-8 mRNA and secrete IL-8 protein. The culture supernatants of CD4+ T cells contained T cell chemotactic activity as well as IL-8 protein. In addition, we confirmed the ability of CD4+ T cells to produce IL-8 by double immunofluorescence staining and by the demonstration of IL-8 mRNA expression. Further, IL-8 induced its own production in CD4+ T cells, while its synthesis by CD8+ T cells was low and not always auto-stimulatory. Both the spontaneous, as well as the IL-8 induced IL-8 production, could be inhibited in the presence of human interleukin 10 (100 ng/ml). This observation suggests that IL-10 plays a homeostatic role in regulating the IL-8 circuit in CD4+ T cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Marselisborg Hospital, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gesser
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Deleuran
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vestergård
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lohse
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deleuran
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thestrup-Pedersen
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D001345:Autoradiography; D001483:Base Sequence; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D017931:DNA Primers; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D016209:Interleukin-8; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D016753:Interleukin-10; D008715:Methionine