title: Interleukin-2 production by T cells: a study of the immunoregulatory actions of interferon-alpha, interferon-gamma, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in phenotypically different T cell clones.
abstract: The production of interleukin 2 (IL-2) by phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leukemia T cell lines MOLT-13 and MOLT-14, the T cell receptor (TcR) gamma delta-bearing clones, was significantly increased by adding human natural interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) to the cell cultures. In addition, the IL-2 production by PHA-stimulated MOLT-13 and MOLT-14 cells was also augmented by human natural tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in a dose-dependent manner but was inhibited by IFN-alpha even at low concentrations (10 IU/ml). This pattern of reactivity is different from the responsiveness of the MOLT-16 cells, a TcR alpha beta-bearing cell line, which respond to IFN-alpha and TNF-alpha, but not to IFN-gamma, by augmentation of IL-2 production. These results suggest that (1) the addition of IFN-gamma has a direct effect on PHA-stimulated MOLT-13 and MOLT-14, resulting in an augmentation of IL-2 production; (2) phenotypically different T cell lines vary in their susceptibility to IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma regulation; and (3) the augmentation of IL-2 production by TNF-alpha appears to have no correlation with phenotypically different T cell clones.
authors.affiliation: Fujisaki Cell Center, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dao
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Holán
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Minowada
mesh_terms: D002999:Clone Cells; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000502:physiology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000502:physiology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000502:physiology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma