The Journal of Immunology, Vol 143, Issue 10 3217-3221, Copyright © 1989 by American Association of Immunologists

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P48 induces tumor necrosis factor and IL-1 secretion by human monocytes

DH Beezhold, JA Leftwich and RE Hall
Laboratory of Macrophage Biology, Guthrie Research Institute, Sayre, PA 18840-1692.

Bacterial products are potent stimulators of TNF and IL-1 release, however, the factors that regulate cytokine secretion in the absence of bacterial products are not well defined. P48 is a cytokine recently identified in the supernatant of the human null cell leukemia cell line Reh, which induces differentiation and cytolytic activity in HL-60 cells. P48 has been purified to homogeneity and is distinct from TNF- alpha TNF-beta, IFN-gamma, IL-6, and macrophage CSF. In the present study we examined the ability of P48 to stimulate cytokine release by human peripheral blood monocytes. P48 stimulated the secretion of TNF and IL-1 in a dose-dependent manner. Priming the monocytes with IFN- gamma enhanced P48-induced cytokine release but was not a requirement for secretion. Cytokine secretion was in response to P48 and was not caused by endotoxin contamination. The cytokine-inducing activity of P48 was extremely sensitive to heat treatment but could not be eliminated by using polymyxin B. Polyclonal antisera to P48 completely blocked the cytokine-inducing activity. P48 may be an important new member of the cytokine network involved in the regulation of cytokine secretion by monocytes.

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