title: Regulation of IL-17, IFN-gamma and IL-10 in human CD8(+) T cells by cyclic AMP-dependent signal transduction pathway.
abstract: In the present study, the expression of interleukin 17 (IL-17) by human CD8(+) T lymphocytes and its regulation following PKA activation was determined and compared with that of interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) and IL-10. IL-17 mRNA was highly expressed in human CD8(+) T lymphocytes at least at the same level than in CD4(+) T cells that were isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Expression of IL-17 mRNA in CD8(+) T cell was induced by prior activation of PBMC for 18 h with Ca2+ ionophore and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). Furthermore, our results clearly showed that CD8(+) T cells are sensitive to elevation of cAMP and PKA activation pathway. Data demonstrated a significant inhibition of IL-17 as well as of IFN-gamma mRNA expression in CD8(+) T cells isolated from activated PBMC cultured in the presence of either dibutyryl cAMP (db-cAMP) or PGE2. In contrast, IL-10 mRNA expression was strongly enhanced in the same experimental conditions. The differential expression of IL-10 and IFN-gamma production in CD8(+) T cells was also observed at the protein level as it was measured by a double immunofluorescence technique and flow cytometry analysis. Taken together, these results provide evidence that human CD8(+) T cells are also the source of massive expression of IL-17, and that PKA plays a prominent role in the switch of CD8(+) T cells to a Th2 like profile and an inhibition of IL-17 expression, thus suggesting that the activation of cAMP signal transduction pathway may have consequences for the relative role of CD8(+) T cells in the immune and inflammatory process.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Faculté de Pharmacie de Reims, France.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benbernou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fekkar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esnault
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guenounou
mesh_terms: D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D020381:Interleukin-17 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D020381:Interleukin-17; D016753:Interleukin-10; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D000242:Cyclic AMP