Affiliation:
1. From the Department of Clinical Viro-Immunology and Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service and the Laboratory of Experimental and Clinical Immunology of the University of Amsterdam, and Department of Human Retrovirology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract
Abstract
The role of interleukin-12 (IL-12) in Th1 cell differentiation is well established. The heterodimer p70, composed of a p40 and a p35 chain, is the biologically active form. IL-12 production by human monocytes is enhanced by interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and inhibited by IL-10 and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2 ). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals reportedly have impaired IL-12 p40 and p70 production on stimulation with Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I (SAC) in vitro. Both PGE2 and IL-10 previously were proposed to be instrumental in this defect in IL-12 production. Here, we studied IL-12 p40 and p70 production in relation to IL-10 and PGE2 production in whole blood cultures from HIV-infected individuals. On stimulation with lipopolysaccharide, IL-12 production was normal. However, on stimulation with SAC, IL-12 p40 and p70 production was decreased in HIV-infected individuals and correlated significantly with decreased peripheral blood CD4+ T-cell number and T-cell reactivity to CD3 monoclonal antibody in vitro. However, IL-10 and PGE2 production in cultures from HIV-infected individuals was normal and did not relate to IL-12 production. In conclusion, IL-12 production by cells from HIV-infected individuals is impaired under certain conditions in vitro and this decrease is independent of IL-10 or PGE2 production.
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Subject
Cell Biology,Hematology,Immunology,Biochemistry
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