title: Interleukin-5 is necessary for eosinophilia induced by cyclophosphamide in immunized mice.
abstract: Interleukin-5 (IL-5) has an important role in the induction of eosinophilia, which is associated with parasitic infestations and with allergic conditions, and which can be induced in a number of experimental systems. One of these model systems involves the administration of cyclophosphamide (CY) to immunized animals. In order to assess the role of IL-5 in this model, eosinophilia was induced in vivo and cell suspensions of spleens or lymph nodes were stimulated in vitro. IL-5 protein secretion was detected by bioassay using an IL-5-dependent cell line (T88-m), and mRNA was assessed by reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The production of IL-5 protein and mRNA were greatly enhanced in the cells from mice given CY with ovalbumin (OVA), compared with mice given either agent alone. IL-5 protein and mRNA were increased both in spleen and in lymph node cells, and in response either to OVA or to polyclonal stimuli. Further evidence for the importance of IL-5 in this model of eosinophilia was provided by experiments with monoclonal antibodies (mAb) in vivo. A single injection of an IL-5-specific mAb at the time of immunization completely abolished the eosinophilia. By contrast, a monoclonal antibody to IL-4 had no effect. These experiments indicate that IL-5 is required for the eosinophilia induced by CY in immunized mice.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Immunology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Penny
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Sewell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015848:Interleukin-5; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003520:Cyclophosphamide