Journal article
Interleukin-4 treatment restores cellular immunity after ethanol exposure and burn injury
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, Vol.26(4), pp.519-526
2002
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02570.x
PMID: 11981129
Abstract
Background: Previous studies from this laboratory showed that the suppression of cell-mediated immunity after the combined injury of ethanol exposure and burn is mediated by increased presence of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-6. IL-4 is a T-helper cell type 2 lymphocyte-derived cytokine that serves to down-regulate the inflammatory response. Therefore, the goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of ethanol exposure and burn injury on lymphocyte production of IL-4 and to determine whether administration of IL-4 could improve cellular immunity after ethanol exposure and burn injury through modulation of IL-6 levels.
Methods: Mice were subjected to a 15% total body-surface area burn (or sham) injury 30 min after being given a single dose of alcohol (or saline) designed to achieve a blood alcohol level of 100 mg/dl. Thirty minutes after burn, mice were treated with IL-4 (or vehicle) and were killed 24 hr later.
Results: Lymphocytes from ethanol/burn mice secreted significantly less IL-4 in comparison to all other groups of mice (p < 0.05). Administration of IL-4 resulted in a complete restoration of the delayed-type hypersensitivity (p < 0.01) and splenocyte proliferative responses (p < 0.05) and a significant reduction in circulating and splenic macrophage-derived IL-6 (p < 0.05). Addition of IL-4 (100 or 300 pg/ml) to cultures generated from ethanol/burn and vehicle mice resulted in a complete restoration of splenocyte proliferation and a concomitant attenuation of macrophage IL-6 production.
Conclusions: These studies suggest that the loss of lymphocyte production of IL-4 after ethanol exposure and burn injury may contribute to the exaggerated production of IL-6, a known mediator of immune suppression after injury. Moreover, the administration of IL-4 may be beneficial for patients with injuries that are characterized by a dysregulated inflammatory response.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Interleukin-4 treatment restores cellular immunity after ethanol exposure and burn injury
- Creators
- Kelly A. N MESSINGHAM - Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United StatesScott A HEINRICH - Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United StatesEric M SCHILLING - Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United StatesElizabeth J KOVACS - Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, Vol.26(4), pp.519-526
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02570.x
- PMID
- 11981129
- NLM abbreviation
- Alcohol Clin Exp Res
- ISSN
- 0145-6008
- eISSN
- 1530-0277
- Publisher
- Wiley; Baltimore, MD
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2002
- Academic Unit
- Dermatology
- Record Identifier
- 9984025430202771
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