Increase effect of transforming growth factor on eotaxin production by normal cultured dermal fibroblasts stimulated with interleukin-4: inhibitory effect of suplatast tosilate on eotaxin production

Immunological Investigations
Sang Jae BaeYutaka Kuwazuka

Abstract

Eotaxin plays a central role in the development of allergic disease, including atopic dermatitis, asthma, and nasal allergy. Interleukin (IL)-4 induces eotaxin production in normal human dermal fibroblasts. On the other hands, Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), a multifunctional regulatory cytokine, affects many biological functions, including fibroblast growth and differentiation and Th2 cytokine regulation. In this study, we investigated the effect of TGF-beta on IL-4-induced eotaxin production by normal human fibroblasts, as well as the effect of suplatast tosilate, an antiallergic drug that selectively inhibits Th2 cytokine production. Dermal fibroblast treatment with IL-4 and TGF-beta for 24 h increased eotaxin production and expression of eotaxin mRNA, as measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), respectively. TGF-beta synergistically up-regulated eotaxin production and eotaxin mRNA expression when stimulated with IL-4. Suplatast tosilate dose-dependently inhibited eotaxin production induced by IL-4 or IL-4 plus TGF-beta. These results suggest that TGF-beta may regulate skin allergic inflammation by up-regulating eotaxin production in derma...Continue Reading

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