Butchar Jonathan P, Parsa Kishore V L, Marsh Clay B, Tridandapani Susheela
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
FEBS Lett. 2008 Apr 2;582(7):1044-8. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.058. Epub 2008 Mar 3.
We previously demonstrated that monocytes produce IL-23 during Francisella infection, and that IL-23 induces IFNgamma from NK cells. Here, we demonstrate that IFNgamma-priming of monocytes enhances IL-23 production during Francisella infection. This effect was seen on the IL12/23 p40 subunit. Induction of IL-12/23 p40 is reported to be enhanced by IRF-1 and IRF-8. Consistently, microarray analysis of IFNgamma-treated monocytes revealed a significant induction of the IRFs. Interestingly, IFNgamma-primed monocytes produced IL-12 p70, a more potent inducer of IFNgamma than IL-23. We propose that there exists an amplification loop between monocyte IL-23 and NK/T cell IFNgamma that leads to IL-12 p70 production.
我们之前证明,在弗朗西斯菌感染期间单核细胞会产生白细胞介素-23(IL-23),且IL-23可诱导自然杀伤细胞(NK细胞)产生γ干扰素(IFNγ)。在此,我们证明单核细胞经IFNγ预处理后,在弗朗西斯菌感染期间会增强IL-23的产生。这种效应在白细胞介素12/23 p40亚基上可见。据报道,干扰素调节因子1(IRF-1)和干扰素调节因子8(IRF-8)可增强IL-12/23 p40的诱导。与此一致,对经IFNγ处理的单核细胞进行的微阵列分析显示IRFs有显著诱导。有趣的是,经IFNγ预处理的单核细胞产生了白细胞介素12 p70,它是比IL-23更强的IFNγ诱导剂。我们提出,在单核细胞IL-23与NK/T细胞IFNγ之间存在一个放大环路,该环路导致IL-12 p70的产生。