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  • Title: Interleukin-2 production by T cells: a study of the immunoregulatory actions of interferon-alpha, interferon-gamma, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in phenotypically different T cell clones.
    Author: Dao T, Holán V, Minowada J.
    Journal: Cell Immunol; 1993 Oct 15; 151(2):451-9. PubMed ID: 8402948.
    Abstract:
    The production of interleukin 2 (IL-2) by phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leukemia T cell lines MOLT-13 and MOLT-14, the T cell receptor (TcR) gamma delta-bearing clones, was significantly increased by adding human natural interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) to the cell cultures. In addition, the IL-2 production by PHA-stimulated MOLT-13 and MOLT-14 cells was also augmented by human natural tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in a dose-dependent manner but was inhibited by IFN-alpha even at low concentrations (10 IU/ml). This pattern of reactivity is different from the responsiveness of the MOLT-16 cells, a TcR alpha beta-bearing cell line, which respond to IFN-alpha and TNF-alpha, but not to IFN-gamma, by augmentation of IL-2 production. These results suggest that (1) the addition of IFN-gamma has a direct effect on PHA-stimulated MOLT-13 and MOLT-14, resulting in an augmentation of IL-2 production; (2) phenotypically different T cell lines vary in their susceptibility to IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma regulation; and (3) the augmentation of IL-2 production by TNF-alpha appears to have no correlation with phenotypically different T cell clones.
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