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. 1998 Aug;94(4):496–502. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00540.x

ICAM-1 costimulation induces IL-2 but inhibits IL-10 production in superantigen-activated human CD4+ T cells.

T Labuda 1, J Wendt 1, G Hedlund 1, M Dohlsten 1
PMCID: PMC1364227  PMID: 9767437

Abstract

We have previously reported that costimulatory pathways including B7-CD28 and lymphocyte function-associated antigen-3 (LFA-3)-CD2 shape distinct activation profiles in human CD4+ T cells. We now show that superantigen (SAg), in combination with intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) costimulation drives a proliferative response accompanied by high levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and moderate levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF). This response profile differs from that observed in B7 or LFA-3 costimulated T cells because our previous results showed that B7-CD28 costimulation was accompanied by high levels of IL-2, IFN-gamma and TNF, whereas LFA-3 was a potent inducer of IFN-gamma and TNF, but had little influence on IL-2 production. The ICAM-1-induced IL-2 production could efficiently be abrogated with monoclonal antibody (mAb) against ICAM-1 or LFA-1, showing that the activation is dependent of a functional ICAM-1-LFA-1 pathway. SAg-induced IL-2, IFN-gamma and TNF were detected in both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, whereas production of IL-10 was restricted to CD4+ T cells. A major finding in the present study was that ICAM-1 costimulation strongly inhibits IL-10 production in CD4+ T cells. Our data demonstrate that ICAM-1 costimulation is sufficient to induce large amounts of IL-2. The presence of ICAM-1 results in suppression of IL-10 production in T helper (Th) cells, which may favour the development of Th1 and not Th2 T cells.

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