REGULATION OF CLL BY INTERLEUKIN-10 - ROLE OF ANTISENSE IL-10
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- Published online on: November 1, 1995 https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2.6.985
- Pages: 985-989
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Abstract
The role of IL-10 on the in vitro growth of B cells from patients with B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) was investigated. Previous work on a murine model of CLL demonstrated that the malignant B-l cells produce significantly higher levels of IL-10 mRNA than normal B-1 or B cells and antisense oligodeoxynucleotides specific for IL-10 mRNA inhibited their growth. In the present study, peripheral blood cells from CLL patients were found to be varied in the amount of IL-10 mRNA present. Several CLL samples underwent apoptosis in response to culturing in the presence of antisense IL-10. There was a correlation between the levels of IL-IO mRNA and the sensitivity to growth inhibition by antisense IL-10. This may indicate that, antisense IL-10 inhibits cell growth in a sub-population of CLL in which IL-10 is an autocrine cytokine.