title: Analysis of biological activities of recombinant rat interleukin-5.
abstract: We analyzed the biological activities of recombinant rat interleukin-5 (IL-5). Purified recombinant rat IL-5 promoted the proliferation of T88-M cells in a concentration-dependent manner, and its effect was inhibited by an anti-murine IL-5-neutralizing polyclonal antibody. When bone marrow cells from normal rats were incubated with recombinant rat IL-5 in medium containing methylcellulose, the colony formation by eosinophilic cells was induced. Furthermore, when rat peritoneal eosinophils were incubated with recombinant rat IL-5, the spontaneous decrease in eosinophil viability was inhibited in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. In addition, the recombinant rat IL-5-induced eosinophil survival was inhibited by an anti-murine IL-5-neutralizing polyclonal antibody. These findings suggest that rat IL-5 acts as B cell growth factor II, eosinophil differentiation factor, and eosinophil survival-enhancing factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiological Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nittoh
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015848:Interleukin-5; D011994:Recombinant Proteins