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Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., Vol 15, No. 3, 09 1996, 420-428.

T cells are the predominant source of interleukin-5 but not interleukin- 4 mRNA expression in the lungs of antigen-challenged allergic mice

CG Garlisi, A Falcone, MM Billah, RW Egan and SP Umland
Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033-0539, USA.

Pulmonary inflammation is characterized by the accumulation of eosinophils and other leukocytes in the lungs of individuals challenged with antigen. Cytokines released by the Th2 lymphocyte subset, especially interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-5 (IL-5), are also present and thought to play an important role in this process. Previously, we used a model of aerosolized antigen challenge of sensitized mice to show that T cells were necessary for the accumulation of eosinophils and the production of cytokine steady-state messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA). T cells were isolated from lung tissue at a time (4 h) when high levels of IL-4 and IL-5 mRNAs had accumulated, and from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissue at a later time (24 h), when inflammation could be detected by lavage. Lung-derived lymphocytes from sensitized challenged mice consisted of approximately 40% Thyl+ T cells (20% CD4+, 13% CD8+, and 6% CD4+/CD8+) and 30% B220+ B cells. Both BALF- and lung-derived T lymphocytes exhibited a similar activated/memory phenotype (CD44+ CD45RBlo), although lung tissue also contained less differentiated cells (CD44+ CD45RBhi). Thyl+ BALF cells isolated by magnetic bead- mediated separation accounted for approximately 88% of the IL-5 mRNA, 21% of the interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) mRNA, and < 2% of the IL-4 mRNA detected in unseparated samples by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Thyl+ T cells from lung tissue accounted for approximately 98% and 89% of IL-5 mRNA, 56% and 80% of IFN-gamma mRNA, and 23% and 40% of IL-4 mRNA at 4 h and 24 h after challenge, respectively. These experiments demonstrate that isolated T cells from BALF and lung are responsible for most of the IL-5 mRNA, but not all of the IFN-gamma or IL-4 mRNAs, detected in this model. These results are consistent with human studies indicating T cells as the major source of IL-5 mRNA in the lungs of asthmatic patients.


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