Author/Editor     Košnik, Mitja; Wraber, Branka
Title     Shift from Th2 to Th1 response in immunotherapy with venoms
Type     članek
Source     Pflugers Arch
Vol. and No.     Letnik 440, št. 5 Suppl
Publication year     2000
Volume     str. R70-1
Language     eng
Abstract     Cytokines released from T lymphocytes regulate antibody production by B lymphocytes and releasability of mast cells and basophils. Immune tolerance in specific allergen (Ag) immunotherapy (SIT) might be a consequence of decreased Th2 or increased Th1 response of Ag specific T lymphocytes. We compared function of T lymphocytes in 11 patients with Hymenoptera venom allergy and in 7 healthy volunteers. We followed function of T lymphocytes in 6 patients during SIT. We measured released IL-2, IFN-gamma, IL-4 and IL-5 from Ag and mitogens (either with phorbolmiristate-acetate (PMA) and ionomycine or anti-CD3 antibodies) stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). After stimulation with Ag PBMC of patients released 86+-133 pg/ml 1FN-gamma and 19.7+-20.1 pg/ml IL-4 (Th2 response), PBMCs of healthy controls released 184+-116 pg/ml IFN-gamma and 4.8+- 8 pg/ml IL-4 (Th1 response). Spontaneous release of IFN-gamma in cultures of PBMC of patients increased after rush SIT (before: 25+-31 pg/ml, after 241+- 281 pg/ml, p<0.05). After 6 months of SIT response of PBMCs of patients became similar to response of PBMCs of healthy controls. Time pattern of cytokines secreted from PBMCs after stimulation with PMA and ionomycine was different than after stimulation through T-cell receptor/CD3 complex.
Descriptors     BEE VENOMS
WASP VENOMS
HYPERSENSITIVITY
LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR
CYTOKINES
SKIN TESTS
IGE
LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION
IONOMYCIN
TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE
INTERFERON TYPE II
INTERLEUKIN-2
INTERLEUKIN-4
INTERLEUKIN-5
DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC