title: Effects of interleukin-13 on cytokine secretion by human acute myelogenous leukemia blasts.
abstract: Blast cells derived from patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) were cultured in the presence of interleukin-13 (IL-13). IL-13 did not cause statistically significant alterations of AML blast proliferation when cells were cultured in medium alone or together with IL-4, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. In contrast, IL-13 inhibited constitutive AML blast secretion of IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. IL-4 caused a similar inhibition of constitutive cytokine secretion as IL-13, but IL-13 caused no additive inhibition in the presence of IL-4. In contrast to IL-4 which increased AML blast release of IL-1 receptor antagonist, IL-13 caused no significant alteration of blast release of the receptor antagonist. IL-13 inhibited cytokine secretion also in the presence of neutralizing IL-4 and IL-10 antibodies and when AML blasts were cultures in serum-free conditions. We conclude that IL-13 has a direct and nontoxic inhibitory effect on constitutive AML blast cytokine secretion.
authors: Medical Department B, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Norway.
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authors: Bruserud
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018793:Interleukin-13 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D018793:Interleukin-13; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015847:Interleukin-4