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Interleukin-4 inhibits indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase expression in human monocytes

T Musso, GL Gusella, A Brooks, DL Longo and L Varesio

Biological Carcinogenesis and Development Program, PRI/DynCorp, Turin, Italy.

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), a flavin-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of tryptophan to kynurenine, is induced in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by interferon-gamma (IFN gamma). Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a cytokine that modulates the functional properties of monocytes/macrophages, and we investigated the effects of IL-4 on IDO. We showed that IL-4 inhibited the induction of IDO mRNA and IDO activity by IFN gamma in human monocytes. The inhibitory effect was evident with as little as 2 U/mL of IL-4. These results provide the first evidence that a cytokine can provide a negative signal for IDO expression and that IL-4 can influence the catabolism of tryptophan.

Volume 83, Issue 5, pp. 1408-1411, 03/01/1994
Copyright © 1994 by The American Society of Hematology


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