CHARACTAECRTIIZVAITTYIOONFOIFNTTEHRELEMUEKCIHN-A1N0IOSNMHOFUMTHAENICMDM4U*NTOCSEULPLPSRESSIVE GEORGEQ.PERRINIII OAFDTIHSESOEUFRNTITAVHTEEIRORSNEIDQTPOYURCIOETRFSOEEFRMNLETOONEFRTDIPSDTHAFOIOLITRONHSPTEOAHPGREHRTDYIAEADGLURFAEUTELEFOSIFCLLHMOEONLT UNIVERSITYOFFLORIDA 1999 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS envoeorlhheorperdeafsoorn.tIhaanmfvoerrpyutltuicnkgyu1 t.SheI iffor TABLEOFCONTENTS ALICSKTNOOFWTLAEBDLGESMENTS. LISTOFF1GURF.S ABSTRACT CHAPTERS 1INTRODUCTION !RESERxaUtfrLaT:ceSKlilnualasreSCiagsncaaldeReAgsuslaatyedKuia&cAssay SIInunhhpiipbbriiettsiisoonniooonffoCSfeEltBlheCIyMncidlxueceePddroLPgyrrmoelpsihsfoieocrnayttiienonSRoFefBa-cPStBitouMnnCuslsicdCD4'Tcells 4DISSSTMIII1R1RuuLnL11aeCiE-hpp*--idmUiFpp2211nuebSrr00EtciRPeeSCeatReeIDssrinoInivdEsstoharueOiiioNienrarooNblclcoCssnniteefeeEtlRvoossyCeeSooffvlynfBfB.eRsFdleTAIra.ouoncsuf1fhctta-m0riPklIab1oUIrsEciop.ArofetP•fcrdflir?tcSuelooiIucguclorjvtLupitruoisf-upia-tcf1ioronryS0lneCasniisiecgEiosClrnfoneoliafilrplieCl-bcPyotoCRrcfsneyolCgtoceReuDnleilPegSnCaru'ePtopllrgea2Tlordt7geCoC*Krsrye*eussclsiullscotsLe-insefoePvonrseAotlcaets-ni.d'i ,.....3J34S5I48I24 BIOGRAPHICALSKETCH. -66 OFTABLES 1.BiologicalPropertiesofIL-10 5 2.IL-10SuppressesStimulationofCD4'TCells ... JO 3.IL-10DoseResponse.....,.,.,. ., 32 4.TimecourseofIL-10Addition 33 5.IL-10SuppressesIL-2Production „J7 6.EarlyIL-10SuppressionofIL-2Production 39 7.AdditionofIL-2ReversesIL-10Immunosuppression: NoIL-10Pretrcatment .40 8.AdditionofIL-2ReversesIL-10Immunosuppression: 2DayIL-10Pretreatment 41 LISTOFFIGURES 24531.SMISMLuuaA-ppm1Peem0rraaaKSlnuinipnnnapaggrsncceennCsPeBsBlaieiltnsnhddCIwiiyhancnelyggMei.inxtehdeALbysmepnhcoecyotfeMRHeaCctCiloanssII.. ...2|17892? 6.IL-10SuppressesSuperantigenInducedStimulation 29 7IL-10InhibitsSuperanugenInducedChangesinCellCycleProtons .35 8AdditionofIL-2PartiallyReversesChangesinCellCycleProteins 43 9II.-10ReducesInductionolc-fosandc-jun .45 10IL-10DirectlyBlocksProliferationofCD4'TCells 47 11IL-10SuppressesAcuvanonofFrkinSFR-ShmulatedCeils 49 12.IL-10SuppressesActivationofErkinPMA/ionomycin-StimulatedCells 50 13.IL-10SuppressesActivationofRafinSEB-StimulatcdCells 53 AboRsftetrqhauecitUrnoeimfveeDnritssssietfryotroatftihFoelnoDrPeirgderaseeienntoPefadrDttoioacltthoFeurGlofrfialdPluhmiaeltnoetsoSofcphhtohyoel CHARACTAECRTIIZVAITTYIOONFOIFNTTEHRELEMUEKCIHN-AB1yN0IOSNMOHFUMTHAENICMDM4U*NTOCSEULPLPSRESSIVE GeorgeQ.PerrinIII May1999 CMhaajiorrmDaenp:aHrtomweanrtd:MMi.cJroobhinosloongyandCellScience Interleukinsarcproteinsproducedbycellsoftheimmunesystemwhichhelp regulatetherelativestateofactivationoftheimmunesystem.Interlcukin-10(IL-10)isa multifimctionalcytokinewhichhasimmunostimulatoryorimmunosuppressive properties,dependingonthetargetcelltype,Ifirstinvestigatedtheantiproliferative effectsofIL-10inamixedlymphocytereaction(MLR)inwhichperipheralblood mononuclearcells(PBMC)ftomtwoseparatedonorsareculturedtogether.Theresulting proliferativeresponsewasconsistentlysuppressedinthepresenceofIL-10.Therewere, however,inconsistenciesinboththeintensityoftheimmuneresponseandthedegreeof TofurtherstudyIL-10'simmunosuppressiveeffects,IanalyzedtheeffectsofIL- 10ontheentryofquiescentCD4"Tcellsintothecellcycleuponstimulationwiththe uperanligcnstaphylc B(SEB).IL-IO <VG,. tprreoagtrmeesnstionproeuvtenotfedthethGeodopwhnarseeguolfatthieocnelolfcpyc2l7eK.lpIlL,-aInOailnshoibpitroervyenptreodtetihnetuhpartcgcuolnattrioolns oftheGicyclinsD2andD3,proteinsnecessaryforentryandprogressionthroughtheGi phaseofthecellcycle.Associatedwiththeinhibitionofthecellcycle,IL-10suppressed SEBinductionofintcrlcukin-2(IL-2).AdditionofexogenousIL-2toIL-10-lrealedcells significantlyreversedtheantiproliferativeeffectofIL-10aswellasIL-10'seffectsonthe earlyGiproteinsp27K,plandcyclinD2.AlthoughthisreversalbyIL-2waspronounced. effectpurifiedCD4*Tcellsdirectly,providingfunctionalevidenceforthepresenceof IL-10receptorsonCD4’Tcells.IL-10alsoinhibitedexpressionofIL-2transcriptional regulatorsc-fosandc-jun.whichalsoinhibitothercellfunctions.Thesestudiesalsoshow thatthemechanismofIL-10regulationofquiescentCD4*Tcellactivationismainlyby blockinginductionofIL-2thatiscriticaltodownregulationofp27Ki*"andupregulation Finally,mystudiesshowthatthisblockageofIL-2inductionisdirectlyrelatedto theinhibitoryactivityofIL-10ontheproteinsofthemitogen-activatedprotein(MAP) kinasepathway,whichnormallyleadtoIL-2inductioninactivatedCD4*Tcells. INCTHRAOPDTUECRTIION CytokinesandtheImmuneSystem Cytokinesaresmallsolubleproteinsproducedmainlybythecellsoftheimmune system.Theseproteinsactprimarilytoregulatetheactivation,growthand differentiationofvariouslymphocytepopulations.Cytokinesmayhavevaryingeffects onthecellsoftheimmunesystemrangingfromstimulatinganimmuneresponse,to suppressinganimmuneresponse,toinducingthedifferentiationofimmunesystem cells.Theseeffectsarcdeterminedbywhichcytokinesarcactingandwhichtargetcells theyareactingupon. synthesizedwhenneeded.Cytokinesynthesismaybeinducedinanumberofways includingbindingofextracellularcytokinestocellsurfacereceptors.Cytokinesoften cytokinesmaymediatethebiologicalactionsofthefirstcytokine.Thisabilityofone cytokinetoenhanceorsuppresstheproductionofothersmayprovideimportantpositive Cytokinesofteninfluencethebiologicalactivityofothercytokines(Lengycl 1982).Thiscanoccurcitherbyactinginanantagonisticfashion,producinganadditive