title: Enhancement of interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by 6 different cytokines: heterogeneity among IL-2 producing T cell clones.
abstract: The production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) by phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leukemia T cell lines was significantly increased by 6 different cytokines. The most effective cytokines were interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) and IL-1 beta; less effective were interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), IFN-beta and TNF-beta. The combinations of two cytokines had synergistic or additive effects and increased IL-2 production to a greater extent than either cytokine alone. Other cytokines tested, such as IL-3, IL-4, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8 and IFN-gamma, had no effect on IL-2 production. However, a remarkable heterogeneity in sensitivity to the enhancing effects of the active cytokines was found among the IL-2-producing T cell lines studied. While IL-2 production in the most sensitive cell line, MOLT-16, was increased by all 6 active cytokines, other cell lines responded by increasing IL-2 production to stimulation with only some of the cytokines tested. The production of IL-2 in T cell line H9 was not enhanced by any of the cytokines used. These results show that several cytokines can increase IL-2 production by having a direct effect on the activated IL-2-producing T cells, but also that the outcome of the regulatory effects of individual cytokines depends considerably upon the individual IL-2-producing T cell clone.
authors.affiliation: Fujisaki Cell Center, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Okayama.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Holán
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Minowada
mesh_terms: D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007376:Interleukin-2; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins