title: Differential effect of interleukin 10 on interleukin 12- and interleukin 2-mediated killer induction from blood mononuclear cells.
abstract: We investigated the regulatory effect of interleukin (IL) 10 on IL-12-inducible killer activity of blood mononuclear cells (MNC) of healthy subjects. IL-10 suppressed non-MHC-restricted killer activity induced by IL-12 in a dose-dependent manner. Cytotoxicity against Daudi cells of blood MNC activated with optimal dose (100 U/ml) of IL-12 was significantly suppressed from 36.6 +/- 6.8% (mean +/- SE) to 26.0 +/- 5.0% by 100 ng/ml of IL-10 (n = 5; P < 0.05) at an E/T ratio of 20. IL-10, however, did not suppress killer induction by IL-2 from blood MNC. On the other hand, IL-4, a known inhibitor of IL-2-mediated killer induction, had no effect on IL-12-mediated killer induction from blood MNC. Moreover, production of interferon-gamma by IL-12-stimulated MNC was suppressed by IL-10. Because the presence of IL-10 is reported in the tumor-growing site, these observations suggest that IL-10 acts as a key cytokine in the suppression of IL-12-mediated antitumor response in situ.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yanagawa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takauchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanibuchi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parajuli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sone
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000494:pharmacology; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007378:Interleukins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015979:Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008214:Lymphocytes
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D007378:Interleukins; D016753:Interleukin-10; D018664:Interleukin-12; D007371:Interferon-gamma