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Ozawa A, Tada H, Sugawara Y, Uehara A, Sasano T, Shimauchi H, Takada H, Sugawara S. Endogenous IL-15 Sustains Recruitment of IL-2Rβ and Common γ and IL-2-Mediated Chemokine Production in Normal and Inflamed Human Gingival Fibroblasts. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:5180-8. [PMID: 15470063 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.8.5180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We recently reported that anti-IL-15 neutralizing mAb has been shown to inhibit production of MCP-1 in response to IL-2 from normal human gingival fibroblasts (HGF), the major constituent of gingival tissue. In the present study, we examined the expression of IL-2R and IL-15R subunits in HGF from normal and inflamed regions and the role of endogenous IL-15 in IL-2-mediated signaling. Normal HGF expressed IL-2Rbeta and common gamma-chain (gammac) but not IL-2Ralpha or IL-15Ralpha, whereas inflamed HGF expressed IL-2Ralpha, IL-15Ralpha, IL-2Rbeta, and gammac, as assessed by RT-PCR and flow cytometry. Exogenous IL-2 and IL-15 induced production of MCP-1 but not IL-8 in normal HGF, and induced the production of both chemokines in inflamed HGF. Both HGF constitutively transcribed the 48 aa-IL-15 isoform, and the isoform was not actively secreted but rather existed as a membrane-bound form. Pretreatment with anti-IL-15 neutralizing mAb for 24 h completely inhibited the production of MCP-1 induced by IL-2 and IL-15 and IL-2-induced phosphorylation of Jak 1 and 3 in HGF. The pretreatment and RNA interference targeted to IL-15 mRNA resulted in total inhibition of the IL-2Rbeta and gammac expression at mRNA and protein levels. Furthermore, excess amounts of IL-2 restored the inhibitory effect of anti-IL-15, inhibition of NF-kappaB abrogated the expression of IL-2Rbeta and gammac, and IL-2-induced-nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB was completely inhibited by the RNA interference in HGF. These results suggest that endogenous membrane-bound IL-15 sustains recruitment of IL-2Rbeta and gammac through activation of NF-kappaB in HGF.
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- Akiko Ozawa
- Division of Oral Immunology, Department of Oral Biology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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Neely GG, Epelman S, Ma LL, Colarusso P, Howlett CJ, Amankwah EK, McIntyre AC, Robbins SM, Mody CH. Monocyte surface-bound IL-15 can function as an activating receptor and participate in reverse signaling. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:4225-34. [PMID: 15034035 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.7.4225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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IL-15 is a short chain, four-alpha helix cytokine that shares some biological function with IL-2. One striking difference between IL-2 and IL-15 is the ability of monocytes to express IL-15 on their cell surface after activation. In the current study we have investigated the ability of human monocyte cell surface IL-15 to participate in reverse signaling. Cross-linking anti-IL-15 Abs were used as a surrogate ligand for surface IL-15 engagement. Ligation of cell surface-expressed IL-15 induced monocyte adhesion that required the activity of small m.w. GTPases. Reverse signals through surface IL-15 activated the Rho-GTPase Rac3. In addition, engagement of cell surface IL-15 was found to activate a number of signaling pathways, including both extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and p38, and resulted in the secretion of IL-8. IL-8 production required mitogen-activated protein kinase activity. Thus, the current study has established that cell surface IL-15 is more than just a ligand; it can function as a receptor and participate in reverse signaling that results in cellular adhesion and production of inflammatory cytokines.
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- Graham G Neely
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Budagian V, Bulanova E, Orinska Z, Pohl T, Borden EC, Silverman R, Bulfone-Paus S. Reverse signaling through membrane-bound interleukin-15. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:42192-201. [PMID: 15284244 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403182200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The results from this study implicate membrane-anchored interleukin (IL)-15 constitutively expressed on the cell surface of PC-3 human prostate carcinoma cells and interferon-gamma-activated human monocytes in reverse signaling upon stimulation with soluble IL-15 receptor-alpha or anti-IL-15 antibodies, mediating the outside-to-inside signal transduction that involves the activation of members of the MAPK family (ERK and p38) and focal adhesion kinase. The presence of membrane-bound IL-15 was not dependent on the expression of the trimeric IL-15 receptor complex by these cells and resisted treatment with acidic buffer or trypsin. Reverse signaling through membrane-bound IL-15 considerably increased the production of several pro-inflammatory cytokines by monocytes, such as IL-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, thereby indicating the relevance of this process to the complex immunomodulatory function of these cells. Furthermore, stimulation of transmembrane IL-15 also enhanced the transcription of IL-6 and IL-8 in the PC-3 cell line and promoted migration of PC-3 cells as well as LNCaP human prostate carcinoma cells stably expressing IL-15 on the cell surface. Thus, IL-15 can exist as a biologically active transmembrane molecule that possesses dual ligand-receptor qualities with a potential to induce bidirectional signaling. This fact highlights a new level of complexity in the biology of IL-15 and offers novel important insights into our understanding of the cellular responses modulated by this pleiotropic cytokine.
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- Vadim Budagian
- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Research Center Borstel, D-23845 Borstel, Germany
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Burkett PR, Koka R, Chien M, Boone DL, Ma A. Generation, maintenance, and function of memory T cells. Adv Immunol 2004; 83:191-231. [PMID: 15135632 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(04)83006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- Patrick R Burkett
- Department of Medicine and the Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Vankayalapati R, Klucar P, Wizel B, Weis SE, Samten B, Safi H, Shams H, Barnes PF. NK cells regulate CD8+ T cell effector function in response to an intracellular pathogen. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:130-7. [PMID: 14688318 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.1.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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We studied the role of NK cells in regulating human CD8+ T cell effector function against mononuclear phagocytes infected with the intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Depletion of NK cells from PBMC of healthy tuberculin reactors reduced the frequency of M. tuberculosis-responsive CD8+IFN-gamma+ cells and decreased their capacity to lyse M. tuberculosis-infected monocytes. The frequency of CD8+ IFN-gamma+ cells was restored by soluble factors produced by activated NK cells and was dependent on IFN-gamma, IL-15, and IL-18. M. tuberculosis-activated NK cells produced IFN-gamma, activated NK cells stimulated infected monocytes to produce IL-15 and IL-18, and production of IL-15 and IL-18 were inhibited by anti-IFN-gamma. These findings suggest that NK cells maintain the frequency of M. tuberculosis-responsive CD8+IFN-gamma+ T cells by producing IFN-gamma, which elicits secretion of IL-15 and IL-18 by monocytes. These monokines in turn favor expansion of Tc1 CD8+ T cells. The capacity of NK cells to prime CD8+ T cells to lyse M. tuberculosis-infected target cells required cell-cell contact between NK cells and infected monocytes and depended on interactions between the CD40 ligand on NK cells and CD40 on infected monocytes. NK cells link the innate and the adaptive immune responses by optimizing the capacity of CD8+ T cells to produce IFN-gamma and to lyse infected cells, functions that are critical for protective immunity against M. tuberculosis and other intracellular pathogens.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies, Blocking/pharmacology
- CD40 Antigens/immunology
- CD40 Antigens/metabolism
- CD40 Ligand/immunology
- CD40 Ligand/metabolism
- CD40 Ligand/physiology
- CD56 Antigen/biosynthesis
- CD56 Antigen/physiology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/microbiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/immunology
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Interferon-gamma/physiology
- Interleukin-15/antagonists & inhibitors
- Interleukin-15/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-18/antagonists & inhibitors
- Interleukin-18/biosynthesis
- Intracellular Fluid/immunology
- Intracellular Fluid/microbiology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/microbiology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/microbiology
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Lymphocyte Count
- Monokines/physiology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/immunology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/pathogenicity
- Solubility
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/microbiology
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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- Ramakrishna Vankayalapati
- Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, University of Texas Health Center, 11937 US Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708, USA
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Koka R, Burkett PR, Chien M, Chai S, Chan F, Lodolce JP, Boone DL, Ma A. Interleukin (IL)-15R[alpha]-deficient natural killer cells survive in normal but not IL-15R[alpha]-deficient mice. J Exp Med 2003; 197:977-84. [PMID: 12695489 PMCID: PMC2193874 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells protect hosts against viral pathogens and transformed cells. IL-15 is thought to play a critical role in NK cell development, but its role in the regulation of peripheral NK cells is less well defined. We now find that adoptive transfer of normal NK cells into mice lacking the high affinity interleukin (IL)-15 receptor, IL-15Ralpha, surprisingly results in the abrupt loss of these cells. Moreover, IL-15Ralpha-deficient NK cells can differentiate successfully in radiation bone marrow chimera bearing normal cells. Finally, adoptively transferred IL-15Ralpha-deficient NK cells survive in normal but not IL-15Ralpha-deficient mice. These findings demonstrate that NK cell-independent IL-15Ralpha expression is critical for maintaining peripheral NK cells, while IL-15Ralpha expression on NK cells is not required for this function.
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- Rima Koka
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC6084, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Lodolce JP, Burkett PR, Koka RM, Boone DL, Ma A. Regulation of lymphoid homeostasis by interleukin-15. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2002; 13:429-39. [PMID: 12401478 DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6101(02)00029-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Interleukin (IL)-15 is a member of the common gamma chain family of cytokines, and is closely related to IL-2. While these two cytokines share several important biological functions in vitro, recent mouse models have demonstrated unique roles for these two cytokines in supporting lymphoid homeostasis in vivo. IL-15 has been shown to regulate the homeostasis of both innate and adaptive immune cells, and this review will discuss several ways in which this pleiotropic cytokine may support lymphoid homeostasis.
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- James P Lodolce
- Department of Medicine, Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave MC 6084, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Lodolce J, Burkett P, Koka R, Boone D, Chien M, Chan F, Madonia M, Chai S, Ma A. Interleukin-15 and the regulation of lymphoid homeostasis. Mol Immunol 2002; 39:537-44. [PMID: 12431387 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(02)00211-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a cytokine that plays unique roles in both innate and adaptive immune cell homeostasis. While early studies suggested that IL-15 resembled IL-2, more recent work suggests that IL-15 may play multiple unique roles in immune homeostasis befitting its pleiotropic expression pattern. This review will focus on recent studies that highlight some of these functions.
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- James Lodolce
- Department of Medicine and the Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue MC 6084, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Dubois S, Mariner J, Waldmann TA, Tagaya Y. IL-15Ralpha recycles and presents IL-15 In trans to neighboring cells. Immunity 2002; 17:537-47. [PMID: 12433361 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(02)00429-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 713] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We report intriguing aspects of the contribution of IL-15Ralpha to IL-15 functions. Consistent with high-affinity interactions between IL-15 and IL-15Ralpha, these two molecules form stable complexes on the cell surface of activated monocytes. The formation of IL-15/IL-15Ralpha complexes on cell surfaces induces a trans-endosomal recycling of IL-15 leading to the persistence of surface-bound IL-15 due to the constant reappearance of IL-15 on plasma membranes. This complex contributes to the long survival of T cells expressing IL-15Ralpha after IL-15 withdrawal. Finally, these complexes on activated monocytes present IL-15 in trans to target cells such as CD8(+) T cells that express only IL-2/15Rbeta and gammac upon cell-cell interaction.
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- Sigrid Dubois
- Metabolism Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Briard D, Brouty-Boyé D, Azzarone B, Jasmin C. Fibroblasts from human spleen regulate NK cell differentiation from blood CD34(+) progenitors via cell surface IL-15. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:4326-32. [PMID: 11970974 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.9.4326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Besides a structural role in tissue architecture, fibroblasts have been shown to regulate the proliferation and differentiation of other neighboring specialized cell types, but differently according to the anatomic site and pathologic status of their tissue of origin. In this study we report a novel regulatory function of human spleen-derived fibroblasts in the development of NK cells from adult resting blood progenitors. When CD34(+) cells were cocultured with spleen-derived fibroblasts in monolayers, nonadherent CD56(+)CD3(-) NK cells were predominantly produced after 2-3 wk of culture in the absence of exogenous cytokines. Most NK cells expressed class I-recognizing CD94 and NK p46, p44, and p30 receptors as well as perforin and granzyme lytic granules. Moreover, these cells demonstrated spontaneous killing activity. Cell surface immunophenotyping of spleen-derived fibroblasts revealed a low and consistent expression of IL-15, Flt3 ligand, and c-kit ligand. Additionally, low picogram amounts of the three cytokines were produced extracellularly. Neutralizing Abs to IL-15, but not the other two ligands, blocked NK cell development. Additionally, suppressing direct contacts of CD34(+) progenitors and fibroblasts by microporous membrane abrogated NK cell production. We conclude that stromal fibroblasts within the human spleen are involved via constitutive cell surface expression of bioactive IL-15 in the development of functional activated NK cells under physiologic conditions.
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- Diane Briard
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médical, Unité 268, Institut André Lwoff, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, Villejuif, France
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