title: Interleukin 10 and interleukin 13 synergize to inhibit vascular permeability factor release by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with lipoid nephrosis.
abstract: It has been proposed that a vascular permeability factor (VPF) is involved in the pathogenesis of lipoid nephrosis (LN). There is now increasing evidence that interleukin 10 (IL-10) and interleukin 13 (IL-13) have regulatory effects on cytokine production by activated macrophages. These results prompted us to study the effects of recombinant human IL-10 and IL-13 on VPF secretion in LN. In the present study, we demonstrate that the regulatory cytokines IL-10 and IL-13 are potent inhibitors of the VPF activity of activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Each cytokine was found to suppress VPF secretion in a dose-dependent fashion. More importantly, the combination of the cytokines was found to give a potent synergistic suppression of VPF by concanavalin A activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with LN. When both anti-IL-10 and anti-IL-13 antibodies were added together to the peripheral blood mononuclear cells, a further increase of concanavalin A enhanced secretion of VPF occurred. These data establish IL-10 and IL-13 as potent inhibitors of VPF activity and suggest their utility in controlling deleterious VPF-mediated responses such as occur in LN patients with nephrotic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanmatsuse
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004357:Drug Synergism; D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018793:Interleukin-13 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009402:Nephrosis, Lipoid / Q000378:metabolism*; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
chemical_list: D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors; D018793:Interleukin-13; D008222:Lymphokines; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors; D016753:Interleukin-10