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. 1995 Aug;63(8):3079–3087. doi: 10.1128/iai.63.8.3079-3087.1995

Down-regulation of gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor type I, interleukin 1 (IL-1) type I, IL-3, IL-4, and transforming growth factor beta type I receptors at the local site during the acute phase of Shigella infection.

R Raqib 1, A A Lindberg 1, L Björk 1, P K Bardhan 1, B Wretlind 1, U Andersson 1, J Andersson 1
PMCID: PMC173420  PMID: 7622234

Abstract

An immunohistochemical technique was used to examine whether there was a colocalization of cytokine-specific receptors with cytokine-expressing cells. We have previously shown that there is extensive cytokine production and secretion in the rectal mucosa in shigellosis (interleukin 1 alpha [IL-1 alpha], IL-1 beta, IL-1ra, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-alpha], TNF-beta, gamma interferon, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and transforming growth factor beta [TGF-beta]) (R. Raqib, A. A. Lindberg, B. Wretlind, P. K. Bardhan, U. Andersson, and J. Andersson, Infect. Immun. 63:289-296, 1995; R. Raqib, B. Wretlind, J. Andersson, and A. A. Lindberg, J. Infect. Dis. 171:376-384, 1995). Kinetics for receptor expression was compared with that for cytokine synthesis in the inflamed rectal mucosa from Shigella-infected patients during acute (2 to 6 days after onset of diarrhea) and convalescent (30 to 40 days after onset) stages. Quantification of receptor expression was assessed by computer-assisted analysis of video microscopic images. A selective down-regulation of the receptors for gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor (TNF receptor [TNFR] type I), IL-1 (IL-1 receptor [IL-1R] types I and type II), IL-3, IL-4, and TGF-beta (TGF-beta receptor type I) was observed at the onset of the disease, with a gradual reappearance during the convalescent stage. However, IL-2R, IL-6R, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor, TNFR type II, and TGF-beta receptor type II showed no change in expression during the study period and were comparable to controls. Cytokine receptors were predominantly located to the epithelial layer of the mucosal surface and crypts, with variable expression patterns in the lamina propria. A time-dependent kinetic curve was seen for the soluble IL-2R (sIL-2R), sIL-6R, and sTNFR types I and type II shed in stool at the acute stage similar to that observed for cytokine secretion in stool but at four- to six-times-lower concentration. In contrast, soluble receptor levels in plasma were 100-fold higher than the cytokine levels. The results suggest a dissociation in immune regulation between cytokine production and cytokine receptor expression. The down-regulation of the receptors in acute shigellosis was probably a consequence of cytokine-induced internalization and shedding of the receptors during signal transduction as well as due to programmed regulatory roles played by cytokines and the bacterial antigens.

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