PMID: 8977184Jan 1, 1997Paper

Functional interaction between TGF-beta and IL-12 in human primary allogeneic cytotoxicity and proliferative response

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
C PardouxS Chouaib

Abstract

IL-12 is an important cytokine in the control of cell-mediated immunity. We have investigated the functional interaction of IL-12 with TGF-beta1, a cytokine involved in the regulation of growth and differentiation of immunocompetent cells, during human allogeneic response development. Using primary MLR, our data show that addition of exogenous TGF-beta at the sensitizing phase of the primary MLR resulted in the inhibition of both allogeneic cytotoxic and proliferative responses. The inhibitory effect of TGF-beta on allogeneic response involves an abrogation of IL-12/p70 production upon allostimulation. In contrast to its effect on IL-12 production, TGF-beta did not alter the expression of IL-12R beta1-chain (IL-12R beta) in T cells induced upon allogeneic activation. Addition of exogenous IL-12 or IFN-gamma in the MLR cultures in the presence of TGF-beta did not result in reversal of CTL generation and T cell proliferation. Interestingly, TGF-beta was efficient in down-regulating IL-12 responsiveness of alloactivated T cells as well as TCR-alphabeta or TCR-gammadelta alloreactive T cell clones. These studies suggest that the inhibitory effect of TGF-beta on the development of human allogeneic proliferation and cytotoxic respons...Continue Reading

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