TY - JOUR
T1 - Interleukin-4 down-regulates both forms of tumor necrosis factor receptor and receptor-mediated apoptosis, NF-κB, AP-1, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase
T2 - Comparison with interleukin-13
AU - Manna, Sunil K.
AU - Aggarwal, Bharat B.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1998/12/11
Y1 - 1998/12/11
N2 - The activity of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), a proinflammatory cytokine, is regulated by a number of other cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-4. How IL-4 regulates various activities of TNF is not fully understood. In the present report, we investigated the effect of IL-4 on the cell surface TNF receptors in human histiocytic lymphoma U-937 cells. Pretreatment of cells with IL-4 downregulated TNF receptors in a dose- and time-dependent manner; an almost 90% decrease occurred with 10 ng/ml IL-4 treatment for 24 h. Scatchard analysis revealed that the decrease was due to receptor number and not affinity. IL-13, which shares a common receptor subunit and various biological activities with IL-4, had no effect on TNF receptors. IL-4's effect on TNF receptors was not cell type-specific, since decreases also occurred on various epithelial and T cells. Both the p60 and p80 forms of the TNF receptor were down-regulated to the same extent. Western blot showed that IL-4 induced shedding of the TNF receptors. The decrease of TNF receptors by IL-4 was accompanied by down-regulation of TNF-induced activities, including cytotoxicity, caspase-3 activation, NF-κB and AP-1 activation, and c-Jun N- terminal kinase induction. Wortmannin reversed the IL-4-induced TNF receptor down-regulation and all other measured cellular responses, indicating a critical role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Rapamycin also blocked the effect of IL-4-induced regulation, thus suggesting the role of p70 S6 kinase. Overall, our results suggest that TNF receptor down-regulation by IL-4 plays a critical role in the antagonistic effects of IL-4 on TNF-induced cellular responses and that this mechanism differs from that of IL-13.
AB - The activity of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), a proinflammatory cytokine, is regulated by a number of other cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-4. How IL-4 regulates various activities of TNF is not fully understood. In the present report, we investigated the effect of IL-4 on the cell surface TNF receptors in human histiocytic lymphoma U-937 cells. Pretreatment of cells with IL-4 downregulated TNF receptors in a dose- and time-dependent manner; an almost 90% decrease occurred with 10 ng/ml IL-4 treatment for 24 h. Scatchard analysis revealed that the decrease was due to receptor number and not affinity. IL-13, which shares a common receptor subunit and various biological activities with IL-4, had no effect on TNF receptors. IL-4's effect on TNF receptors was not cell type-specific, since decreases also occurred on various epithelial and T cells. Both the p60 and p80 forms of the TNF receptor were down-regulated to the same extent. Western blot showed that IL-4 induced shedding of the TNF receptors. The decrease of TNF receptors by IL-4 was accompanied by down-regulation of TNF-induced activities, including cytotoxicity, caspase-3 activation, NF-κB and AP-1 activation, and c-Jun N- terminal kinase induction. Wortmannin reversed the IL-4-induced TNF receptor down-regulation and all other measured cellular responses, indicating a critical role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Rapamycin also blocked the effect of IL-4-induced regulation, thus suggesting the role of p70 S6 kinase. Overall, our results suggest that TNF receptor down-regulation by IL-4 plays a critical role in the antagonistic effects of IL-4 on TNF-induced cellular responses and that this mechanism differs from that of IL-13.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.273.50.33333
DO - 10.1074/jbc.273.50.33333
M3 - Article
C2 - 9837907
AN - SCOPUS:0032509349
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 273
SP - 33333
EP - 33341
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 50
ER -