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. 1996 Dec 1;56(23):5499-505.

Interleukin (IL)-10 and IL-6 are produced in vivo by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cells and act as cooperative growth factors

N Voorzanger  1 , R Touitou, E Garcia, H J Delecluse, F Rousset, I Joab, M C Favrot, J Y Blay
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  • PMID: 8968107

Interleukin (IL)-10 and IL-6 are produced in vivo by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cells and act as cooperative growth factors

N Voorzanger et al. Cancer Res. .

Abstract

The in vivo production of interleukin (IL)-10, IL-6, IL-2, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in tumor samples was investigated by immunohistochemistry in 54 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs). Respectively, 55, 89, 23, and 29% of tumor samples were found positive for IL-10, IL-6, IL-2, and TNF-alpha expression by immunohistochemistry. Using reverse transcription-PCR, the mRNA of IL-10 and IL-6 were detectable in all samples tested and in 90 and 34% of the samples for TNF-alpha and IL-2, respectively. In 13 patients, fresh tumor tissue was available for B NHL cell purification with Dynabeads. IL-10, IL-6, IL-2, and TNF-alpha were detectable in the supernatant of 38, 100, 0, and 23% of purified tumor cell preparations (PTCPs), respectively. All patients with detectable IL-10 in culture had increased serum IL-10. IL-6 production by tumor cells and serum IL-6 levels were also found to be highly correlated (P < 0.0001). This suggests that tumor cells are a major source of serum IL-1O and IL-6 in these patients. Exogenous IL-10, IL-6, IL-2, and TNF-alpha significantly enhanced the [3H]thymidine uptake in 13 of 13 (100%), 5 of 13 (38%), 9 of 13 (69%), and 2 of 10 (20%) PTCPs costimulated with anti-CD40, respectively. IL-2, IL-6, and TNF-alpha synergized with IL-10 in 54, 23, and 30% of PTCPs. The combination of IL-10, IL-2, and IL-6 induced the maximal level of proliferation in 12 (92%) of 13 PTCPs. CD40 ligand mRNA expression was also detectable in vivo using reverse transcription-PCR in 28 of the 29 (97%) tumor samples tested, including 11 of those tested for [3H]thymidine incorporation. These results show that IL-1O, IL-6, IL-2, and TNF-alpha are produced in NHL tumors and may cooperate in vivo to increase NHL cell proliferation.

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