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The Journal of Immunology (286)
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Abstract Degradation of tryptophan to kynurenine, catalyzed by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), has been augmented in human epithelial cell lines treated with human interferon-gamma (HuIFN-gamma). Several human biologic response modifiers, including HuIFN-gamma, HuIFN-beta, HuIFN-alpha, interleukin 2 (HuIL-2), and tumor necrosis factor alpha, have now been assessed for their ability to enhance tryptophan degradation in human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PMC) cultures. PMC were isolated from normal donors, cultivated in RPMI 1640 medium containing [3H]tryptophan, and treated with individual biologic response modifiers. At various intervals, culture supernatants were removed, fractionated by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography, and radioactivity in resultant fractions was determined. Significantly increased amounts of tryptophan catabolites were observed after treatment with HuIFN-gamma, HuIFN-beta, HuIFN-alpha, and HuIL-2, but not human tumor necrosis factor alpha. Often, greater than 30% of available tryptophan was degraded by treated PMC cultures. Although antibodies to HuIFN-alpha, HuIFN-beta, and HuIFN-gamma specifically neutralized the induction of IDO activity in PMC by their respective HuIFN, only anti-HuIFN-gamma antibody also neutralized HuIL-2-induced IDO activity. Furthermore, T24 bladder carcinoma cells, in which IDO was induced by HuIFN-gamma but not by the other biologic response modifiers, were induced to degrade tryptophan by supernatants of HuIL-2-stimulated PMC cultures, but not by HuIFN-beta-stimulated PMC culture supernatants. Thus, whereas HuIL-2 indirectly induced IDO in PMC cultures by stimulating production of HuIFN-gamma, all cases of interferons appeared to induce IDO directly in PMC cultures.

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Carlin, J. M., Borden, E. C., Sondel, P. M., & Byrne, G. I. (1987). Biologic-response-modifier-induced indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity in human peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures. The Journal of Immunology, 139(7), 2414–2418.

Authors 4
  1. J M Carlin (first)
  2. E C Borden (additional)
  3. P M Sondel (additional)
  4. G I Byrne (additional)
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Created 2 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 31, 2022, 12:16 a.m.)
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Indexed 1 week, 3 days ago (Aug. 23, 2025, 1:25 a.m.)
Issued 37 years, 11 months ago (Oct. 1, 1987)
Published 37 years, 11 months ago (Oct. 1, 1987)
Published Online 37 years, 11 months ago (Oct. 1, 1987)
Published Print 37 years, 11 months ago (Oct. 1, 1987)
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@article{Carlin_1987, title={Biologic-response-modifier-induced indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity in human peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures.}, volume={139}, ISSN={1550-6606}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.139.7.2414}, DOI={10.4049/jimmunol.139.7.2414}, number={7}, journal={The Journal of Immunology}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Carlin, J M and Borden, E C and Sondel, P M and Byrne, G I}, year={1987}, month=oct, pages={2414–2418} }