title: Enhanced IL-4-mediated D10.G4.1 proliferation with suboptimal concentrations of anti-IL-4 receptor monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: Suboptimal concentrations of the anti-IL-4 receptor mAb M1 or M2 gave, in combination with IL-4, an enhanced proliferative response to the IL-4-responsive cell line D10.G4.1, compared to IL-4 alone. Increasing amounts of the M1 antibody inhibited the IL-4-dependent proliferation in a normal fashion. The enhanced IL-4-induced proliferation was only inhibited with the anti-IL-4 mAb 11B11, whereas the anti-IL-2 receptor antibodies had no effect. Addition of M1 or M2 antibodies to the IL-2-dependent cell line CTLL, known to express small amounts of IL-4 receptors and thereby also slightly responsive to IL-4, gave no enhanced IL-4-induced proliferation. Instead these antibodies were found to inhibit both the IL-4 as well as the IL-2-mediated CTLL proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biotechnology, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lindqvist
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lundström
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oker-Blom
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Akerman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen / Q000276:immunology*; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007376:Interleukin-2; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen; D015847:Interleukin-4