title: Interleukin-8 expression in AIDS-associated lymphoma B-cell lines.
abstract: Interleukin 8 (IL-8), a member of the CXC subfamily of chemokines, is a potent inflammatory cytokine produced by many cell types in response to several stimuli. In an attempt to determine whether human B-cell IL-8 functions as an autocrine growth factor, a wide panel of B-cell lines derived from patients with AIDS-associated B-cell lymphomas (AABCL) (n = 5) and from non-AABCLs (n = 8) was studied for expression of IL-8, IL-8 Receptor type A (IL-8R), and secretion of IL-8 protein. Using RT-PCR and Northern Blot analysis, we were able to observe IL-8 expression ubiquitously. However, IL-8R expression was seen only in EBV negative (4 out of 7) B-cell lines. EBV and HIV-1 activated B-cell line; HBL-1, was the major secretor of IL-8. Our results demonstrate that IL-8 is expressed in malignant B-cell phenotypes that correspond to a narrow window in the B-cell differentiation pathway (pre-B, early-B, and intermediate-B) as well as in normal CD19-enriched B-cells. Furthermore, IL-8 autocrine loops were not evident since IL-8R was detected only in cell lines that did not secrete IL-8 protein.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cytokine Research, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida 32514, USA. vsharma@uwf.edu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000235:genetics*; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D023062:Receptors, Interleukin-8A / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D016209:Interleukin-8; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D023062:Receptors, Interleukin-8A; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases