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IL-2-induced IL-5 Synthesis, but Not Proliferation, of Human CD4+ T Cells Is Suppressed by FK506

IL-2-induced IL-5 Synthesis, but Not Proliferation, of Human CD4+ T Cells Is Suppressed by FK506

A Mori, M Suko, O Kaminuma, S Inoue, T Ohmura, A Hoshino, Y Asakura, E Terada, K Miyazawa, C Nosaka, Y Okumura, K Ito, H Okudaira

J Immunol. 1997 Apr 15;158(8):3659-65.

PMID: 9103428

Abstract:

Regulation of T cell IL-5 synthesis was investigated using human Th cell clones. Immunosuppressant FK506 suppressed IL-5 synthesis of T cells activated through TCR in a dose-dependent manner. IL-5 gene transcription and protein synthesis were also induced in the same T cell clones upon stimulation with IL-2 and were suppressed by FK506 in a dose response similar to that induced by TCR stimulation. In contrast to TCR stimulation, neither activating protein-1, nuclear factor-AT (NF-AT), nor NF-kappaB binding activity was significantly up-regulated by IL-2 stimulation. Human IL-5 promoter/enhancer-luciferase gene construct transfected to T cell clones was transcribed upon either TCR or IL-2 stimulation and was clearly down-regulated by FK506, indicating that the approximately 500-bp human IL-5 gene segment located 5' upstream of the coding region contained FK506-sensitive enhancer elements. Our present findings clearly indicate that FK506-sensitive signaling molecules are involved in T cell IL-5 production induced by both TCR and IL-2 stimulation and suggest that IL-2 receptor signal leading to IL-5 gene transcription is transduced by a unique FK506-sensitive pathway other than the Ca2+-dependent signal transduction pathway, such as the calcineurin-NF-AT system.

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