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  • Title: In vivo IL-12 administration induces profound but transient commitment to T helper cell type 1-associated patterns of cytokine and antibody production.
    Author: Rempel JD, Wang M, HayGlass KT.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1997 Aug 01; 159(3):1490-6. PubMed ID: 9233648.
    Abstract:
    There is much interest in the utility of exogenous IL-12 as a biologic adjuvant in immediate hypersensitivity and infectious or parasitic diseases where the induction of Th1 responses is strongly associated with protective immunity. Using an immediate hypersensitivity model in which C57Bl/6 mice immunized with OVA (alum) normally generate Th2-dominated responses, we examined the ability of rIL-12 to direct and maintain OVA-specific cytokine and Ab responses in a Th1 direction. Exogenous IL-12 administered coincident with OVA immunization stimulated elevated serum IFN-gamma levels, enhanced IFN-gamma synthesis, and inhibited IL-4 synthesis in bulk culture; 80 to 99% inhibited primary Ag-specific serum IgE and IgG1 responses; and 15- to 20-fold enhanced IgG2a synthesis. However, each of these effects was highly transient, as exogenous IL-12, given at levels up to those associated with serious toxicity, failed to have a lasting impact on the OVA-specific T or B cell response. This transience was evident in primary bulk culture cytokine synthesis; in limiting dilution analysis of the frequency of OVA-specific IFN-gamma-, IL-4-, or IL-10-producing CD4 T cells; and, most importantly, in vivo effector responses such as IgE production to secondary and tertiary OVA immunization. The finding that the intense Th1-like phenomena seen following in vivo administration of rIL-12 with this exogenous Ag are highly transient and are not associated with alterations in the allergen-specific CD4 T cell repertoire to Th1-like patterns suggests a need for caution in the enthusiasm for the use of this cytokine as a biologic adjuvant.
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