title: IL-10 enhances IL-2-induced proliferation and cytotoxicity by human intestinal lymphocytes.
abstract: IL-10 modulation of human intestinal T lymphocyte functions was studied for the first time. Lymphocyte proliferation was determined by 3H-thymidine incorporation; cytokine production, by ELISA; expression of surface markers, by immunofluorescence and flow cytometric analysis; and cytotoxicity, by lysis of 51Cr-labelled target cells. IL-10 blocked phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-induced activation and proliferation of CD8+ T cells from the epithelium and lamina propria. It was a greater inhibitor of IL-2, interferon-gamma, and tumour necrosis factor-alpha production than were IL-4 or transforming growth factor-beta. In contrast, IL-10 enhanced IL-2-stimulated proliferation of both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells by increasing cell division after activation. It also augmented IL-2- but not IL-15-induced cytotoxicity of intestinal lymphocytes against colon cancer by a mechanism independent of natural killer cells. In conclusion, IL-10 blocking of proinflammatory cytokine secretion probably reduces intestinal inflammation. IL-10 augmentation of IL-2-induced cytotoxicity may help to maintain host defence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Ebert
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D018928:Immunity, Mucosal; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D016753:Interleukin-10