Production of IL-10 by Human Natural Killer Cells Stimulated with IL-2 and/or IL-12. Mehrotra, P. T., Donnelly, R. P., Wong, S., Kanegane, H., Geremew, A., Mostowski, H. S., Furuke, K., Siegel, J. P., & Bloom, E. T. The Journal of Immunology, 160(6):2637–2644, March, 1998.
Production of IL-10 by Human Natural Killer Cells Stimulated with IL-2 and/or IL-12 [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Human NK cell activity can be augmented in vitro by stimulation with IL-2 or IL-12, both of which also induce the production of IFN-γ, TNF-α, and granulocyte-macrophage CSF by NK cells. For the first time, we demonstrate that freshly purified NK cells stimulated with IL-2 proliferated and produced IL-10 in a dose-dependent manner. IL-10 mRNA expression, as detected by semiquantitative reverse transcription-PCR, reached peak levels at 24 h. IL-10 protein was detectable on day 2 and further increased on days 3 and 6 as measured by ELISA. However, IL-12 alone induced neither substantial proliferation nor detectable IL-10 production by fresh NK cells, but it synergized with IL-2 in inducing IL-10 mRNA expression and protein synthesis. IL-10 production by activated NK cells was confirmed by intracytoplasmic cytokine staining by three-color immunofluorescence of CD16+ and/or CD56+ NK cells with anti-IL-10 antibody. IL-10 production by NK cells was further confirmed in the NK-like cell line, YT, which constitutively expressed IL-10 mRNA and protein. IL-12 alone did not induce NK proliferation, but it inhibited IL-2-induced proliferation. Neutralization of endogenously produced IL-10 with anti-IL-10 antibodies did not overcome the inhibition of IL-2-induced proliferation by IL-12. Together, these results demonstrate that IL-2 and IL-12 synergize to induce IL-10 production by human NK cells and that IL-12 inhibits IL-2 induced NK cell proliferation by an IL-10-independent mechanism.
@article{mehrotra_production_1998,
	title = {Production of {IL}-10 by {Human} {Natural} {Killer} {Cells} {Stimulated} with {IL}-2 and/or {IL}-12},
	volume = {160},
	issn = {0022-1767},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.160.6.2637},
	doi = {10.4049/jimmunol.160.6.2637},
	abstract = {Human NK cell activity can be augmented in vitro by stimulation with IL-2 or IL-12, both of which also induce the production of IFN-γ, TNF-α, and granulocyte-macrophage CSF by NK cells. For the first time, we demonstrate that freshly purified NK cells stimulated with IL-2 proliferated and produced IL-10 in a dose-dependent manner. IL-10 mRNA expression, as detected by semiquantitative reverse transcription-PCR, reached peak levels at 24 h. IL-10 protein was detectable on day 2 and further increased on days 3 and 6 as measured by ELISA. However, IL-12 alone induced neither substantial proliferation nor detectable IL-10 production by fresh NK cells, but it synergized with IL-2 in inducing IL-10 mRNA expression and protein synthesis. IL-10 production by activated NK cells was confirmed by intracytoplasmic cytokine staining by three-color immunofluorescence of CD16+ and/or CD56+ NK cells with anti-IL-10 antibody. IL-10 production by NK cells was further confirmed in the NK-like cell line, YT, which constitutively expressed IL-10 mRNA and protein. IL-12 alone did not induce NK proliferation, but it inhibited IL-2-induced proliferation. Neutralization of endogenously produced IL-10 with anti-IL-10 antibodies did not overcome the inhibition of IL-2-induced proliferation by IL-12. Together, these results demonstrate that IL-2 and IL-12 synergize to induce IL-10 production by human NK cells and that IL-12 inhibits IL-2 induced NK cell proliferation by an IL-10-independent mechanism.},
	number = {6},
	urldate = {2023-05-15},
	journal = {The Journal of Immunology},
	author = {Mehrotra, Priti T. and Donnelly, Raymond P. and Wong, Susan and Kanegane, Hirokazu and Geremew, Amare and Mostowski, Howard S. and Furuke, Keizo and Siegel, Jay P. and Bloom, Eda T.},
	month = mar,
	year = {1998},
	pages = {2637--2644},
}

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