title: In vitro impairment of interleukin-5 production in HLA-B8, DR3-positive individuals implications for immunoglobulin A synthesis dysfunction.
abstract: Healthy subjects carrying the HLA-B8,DR3 haplotype may show a large number of immune dysfunctions. Concerning T-cell dysfunctions, the most intriguing is a defect of the early phases of T-cell activation, responsible for the impairment of in vitro mitogen-stimulated cytokine production. Regarding B-cell dysfunctions, one the most fascinating topics is the association between this haplotype and IgA deficiency in healthy blood donors. Accordingly, HLA-B8,DR3-positive healthy subjects show significantly lower values of serum IgA than HLA-B8,DR3-negative ones. Because IL-5 is a stimulating factor for the secretion of IgA by committed B cells, we have analyzed the in vitro mitogen-stimulated IL-5 production by MNCs from healthy HLA-B8,DR3-positive individuals to study whether they display an impaired production of IL-5. The results clearly demonstrate that MNCs from HLA-B8,DR3-positive individuals display significant reduction of IL-5 production, suggesting that IgA synthesis dysregulation observed in HLA-B8,DR3-positive subjects could be due to an impairment of IL-5 production.
authors.affiliation: Institute of General Pathology, University of Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Anna
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gervasi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cigna
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Modica
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Candore
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caruso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015795:HLA-B8 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D015803:HLA-DR3 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D017098:IgA Deficiency / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D015795:HLA-B8 Antigen; D015803:HLA-DR3 Antigen; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D015848:Interleukin-5