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Blood, Vol. 94 No. 5 (September 1), 1999: pp. 1717-1726

Suppression of Interleukin-12 Production by Human Monocytes After Preincubation With Lipopolysaccharide

Miriam Wittmann, Vivi-Ann Larsson, Petra Schmidt, Gabriele Begemann, Alexander Kapp, and Thomas Werfel

From Hannover Medical University, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Hannover, Germany.

Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is a potent proinflammatory and immunoregulatory cytokine skewing T lymphocytes to express a type 1 cytokine pattern. Optimal expression of IL-12 mRNA and bioactivity in vitro requires specific priming of monocytes by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma ) or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) before lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. We show here for the first time that the production of IL-12 by IFN-gamma - or GM-CSF-primed human monocytes can be completely suppressed by preincubation with LPS (from Escherichia coli Serotype 055:B5) for 6 to 24 hours before the priming procedure. A dose-dependent suppression of IL-12p70 was measured on the levels of intracellular cytokine production and cytokine secretion. mRNA studies on the expression of p40 and p35 showed an LPS-induced downregulation of both subunits. The results of several different experimental approaches suggest that IL-12 downregulation was not due to endogenous IL-10, IL-4, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha ), or nitric oxide (NO) production induced by LPS. Moreover, preincubation of monocytes with LPS did not lead to a downregulation of the CD14 antigen, which is an LPS receptor. LPS preincubation in this experimental setting did not result in a general hyporesponsiveness of the monocytes, as IL-6 production as well as IFN-gamma -induced upregulation of CD54 did not decline. Downregulation of IL-12 was not due to changes in mRNA stability. These findings show that the immunoregulatory important cytokine, IL-12, underlies itself a complex regulation.


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