title: Impact of interleukin-13 responsiveness on the synthetic and proliferative properties of Th1- and Th2-type pulmonary granuloma fibroblasts.
abstract: Interleukin-13 (IL-13) has emerged as a major cytokine mediator of fibroblast activation and pulmonary fibrosis. Normal (from noninflamed lung), Th1-type (induced by the pulmonary embolization of purified peptide derivative-coated beads in mice sensitized to purified peptide derivative), and Th2-type (induced by the pulmonary embolization of Schistosoma mansoni egg antigen-coated beads in mice sensitized with S. mansoni eggs) primary fibroblast cell lines all exhibited constitutive gene expression of two receptor chains that bind and signal IL-13-mediated cellular events: IL-4Ralpha and IL-13Ralpha1. However, all three fibroblast cell lines exhibited divergent synthetic and proliferative responses to the exogenous addition of either recombinant IL-13 or a chimeric protein comprised of IL-13 and a truncated version of Pseudomonas exotoxin (IL13-PE), which targets and kills IL-13 receptor overexpressing cells. The exogenous addition of IL-13 to Th1-type and Th2-type fibroblast cultures significantly increased the cellular expression of IL-13Ralpha2, which may function as an IL-13 decoy receptor. After a 24-hour exposure to IL-13, the total collagen generation and cellular proliferation by Th2-type fibroblasts were significantly higher than that observed in similar numbers of normal and Th1-type fibroblasts. In addition IL13-PE, which binds with highest affinity to IL-13Ralpha2, exhibited down-regulatory effects on proliferation and matrix generation expression by Th1- and Th2-type, but not normal, fibroblasts. Thus, these data demonstrate that fibroblasts derived from murine pulmonary granulomas exhibit divergent expression of functional IL-13 receptor and this expression dictates the responsiveness and susceptibility to recombinant IL-13 and IL-13 immunotoxin, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jakubzick
authors.forename: Esther S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kunkel
authors.forename: Bharat H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Raj K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.forename: Cory M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hogaboam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D018793:Interleukin-13 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D053661:Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha1 Subunit; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D016726:Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D017471:Receptors, Interferon / Q000032:analysis; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000032:analysis; D053660:Receptors, Interleukin-13; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D000096743:Interferon gamma Receptor
chemical_list: D018793:Interleukin-13; D053661:Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha1 Subunit; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053660:Receptors, Interleukin-13; D000096743:Interferon gamma Receptor; C508183:Il13ra1 protein, mouse