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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1323-R1329, 2003. First published January 23, 2003; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00756.2002
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Vol. 284, Issue 5, R1323-R1329, May 2003

Interleukin-10 and nerve growth factor have reciprocal upregulatory effects on intestinal epithelial cells

Donglai Ma1, Danielle Wolvers1,2, Andrzej M. Stanisz1, and John Bienenstock1

1 Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5; and 2 Unilever Health Institute, Vlaardingen 3133 AT, The Netherlands

The intestinal mucosa is in a constant state of controlled inflammation, but the processes whereby this occurs are poorly understood. The aims of this study were to look at the role of IL-10 and nerve growth factor (NGF) in intestinal epithelial cell regulation. The human colon epithelial cell lines T84, HT-29, and CACO-2 were used. RT-PCR, flow cytometry analysis, and immunohistochemistry were applied to measure the cytokine changes in epithelial cells induced by recombinant cholera toxin and its B subunit, IL-10, and NGF. Cholera toxin B subunit caused selective dose-dependent increased mRNA for IL-10 in T84 cells and the protein in T84, HT-29, and CACO-2 cells. IL-10 dose dependently selectively increased NGF mRNA in T84 cells and intracellular protein synthesis in all three epithelial cell lines. The effect of NGF was reciprocal, selective, and dose dependent because it increased mRNA for IL-10 and IL-10 synthesis. Our results suggest that the epithelium may actively participate in downregulation through innate mechanisms involving IL-10 and NGF. The reciprocal interaction suggests for the first time that NGF may be involved in local downregulation by mucosal epithelium and thus may play a potent protective role in response to injury, by prevention of undue inflammation.

cholera toxin; cholera toxin B subunit


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