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  • Title: Influence of CD28 co-stimulation on cytokine production is mainly regulated via interleukin-2.
    Author: Kuiper HM, de Jong R, Brouwer M, Lammers K, Wijdenes J, van Lier RA.
    Journal: Immunology; 1994 Sep; 83(1):38-44. PubMed ID: 7821964.
    Abstract:
    Interaction of CD28 with its ligand B7 plays an important role in the initiation of immune responses. The co-stimulatory signal generated by cross-linking of CD28 molecules results in enhanced T-cell proliferation and augmentation of cytokine production. In particular, mRNA levels of T-helper 1 (Th1)-type cytokines, such as interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) are reported to be strongly increased. We investigated the effect of CD28 co-stimulation on the production of Th2-type cytokines. CD28 mAb induced a strong augmentation of IL-2 secretion in activated T-cell clones. Production of IFN-gamma was also enhanced, but the increase in IL-4 secretion was generally moderate. Augmentation of IL-4 production by CD28 was most pronounced in clones that produced low amounts of IL-2, compared to clones producing high levels of IL-2. It was found that the up-regulation of IL-4 by CD28 co-stimulation was mainly controlled indirectly via an increase of IL-2. Some clones could produce IL-4 in an IL-2-independent manner; in these situations CD28 co-stimulation had no augmenting effect on the production of IL-4. The secretion of IL-4 by peripheral blood CD4+ T cells, that were activated with B7-expressing transfectants, was also found to be dependent on IL-2. Finally, Northern blot analysis confirmed that co-stimulation of CD28 primarily affected IL-2 production, and that inhibition of IL-2/IL-2 receptor interaction abolished the augmenting action of CD28 monoclonal antibody on the production of the Th2-type cytokines IL-4, IL-5 and IL-10 and of the Th1 cytokine IFN-gamma.
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