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- Title
Interleukin-4-Mediated Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Production in Interferon-γ-Treated and Virus-Infected Macrophages.
- Authors
PALUDAN; ELLERMANN-ERIKSEN; LOVMAND; MOGENSEN; Mogensen, Søren C.
- Abstract
Upon interferon-γ (IFN-γ) stimulation, murine macrophages (MΦ) produce nitric oxide (NO) through expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). Interleukin (IL)-4 treatment, even delayed 12 h relative to IFN-γ, antagonized this induction, whereas infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) or treatment with tumour necrosis factor-α exerted a synergistic effect, which partly compensated for the antagonistic effect of IL-4. Neither IL-4 nor HSV-2 affected the IFN-γ-activated Jak–STAT (Janus kinase–signal transducer and activator of transcription) pathway or altered the levels of IFN-γ-induced interferon regulatory factor (IRF)-1 expression, which is STAT1-dependent and known to play a central role in IFN-γ-mediated gene induction. The effect of IL-4 was completely dependent on de novo protein synthesis, indicating that a direct activation of latent inhibitors is not sufficient to explain the inhibitory effect of IL-4. Furthermore, IL-4 substantially augmented the IFN-γ-induced expression of IRF-2, which is known to compete with IRF-1 for the DNA recognition site, ISRE (interferon-stimulated response element). Our findings could indicate that IL-4 suppresses IFN-γ-stimulated iNOS transcription by elevating the level of IRF-2 which, through competition, prevents IRF-1 from binding to ISRE in the iNOS promoter. The virus-induced effects on iNOS and NO levels in IFN-γ-stimulated MΦ do not seem to involve the Jak/STAT pathway or a differential expression of IRF-1 and IRF-2.
- Subjects
INTERLEUKIN-4; NITRIC oxide; INTERFERONS; CHEMICAL inhibitors
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 1999, Vol 49, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
0300-9475
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-3083.1999.00495.x