Patterns of cytokine production by mycobacterium-reactive human T-cell clones.
AUTOR(ES)
Barnes, P F
RESUMO
To gain insight into the functional capacity of human T cells in the immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we evaluated the spectrum of cytokines produced by mycobacterium-reactive human T-cell clones. Nine of 11 T-cell clones bearing alpha beta or gamma delta T-cell receptors produced both Th1 and Th2 cytokines, a pattern resembling that of murine Th0 clones. The most frequent pattern was secretion of gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF), and interleukin-10 (IL-10), in combination with IL-2, IL-5, or both. Two clones produced only Th1 cytokines, and none produced exclusively Th2 cytokines. Although IL-4 was not detected in cell culture supernatants, IL-4 mRNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction amplification in two of six clones. There were no differences between the cytokine profiles of alpha beta and gamma delta T cells. A striking finding was the markedly elevated concentrations of TNF in clone supernatants, independent of the other cytokines produced. Supernatants from mycobacterium-stimulated T-cell clones, in combination with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, induced aggregation of bone-marrow-derived macrophages, and this effect was abrogated by antibodies to TNF. The addition of recombinant TNF to granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor markedly enhanced macrophage aggregation, indicating that TNF produced by T cells may be an important costimulus for the granulomatous host response to mycobacteria. The cytokines produced by T cells may exert immunoregulatory and immunopathologic effects and thus mediate some of the clinical manifestations of tuberculosis.
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