Alternative metabolic states in murine macrophages reflected by the nitric oxide synthase/arginase balance: competitive regulation by CD4+ T cells correlates with Th1/Th2 phenotype - PubMed (original) (raw)
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Alternative metabolic states in murine macrophages reflected by the nitric oxide synthase/arginase balance: competitive regulation by CD4+ T cells correlates with Th1/Th2 phenotype
M Munder et al. J Immunol. 1998.
Abstract
Activated murine macrophages metabolize L-arginine via two main pathways that are catalyzed by the inducible enzymes nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and arginase. We have previously shown that CD4+ T cell-derived cytokines regulate a competitive balance in the expression of both enzymes in macrophages; Thl-type cytokines induce iNOS while they inhibit arginase, whereas the reverse is the case for Th2-type cytokines. Here we addressed the regulation of both metabolic pathways by CD4+ T cells directly. Macrophages were used as APCs for established Th1 and Th2 T cell clones as well as for in vitro polarized Th1 or Th2 T cells of transgenic mice bearing an MHC class II-restricted TCR. Both systems revealed a similar dichotomy in the macrophages; Th1 T cells led to an exclusive induction of iNOS, whereas Th2 T cells up-regulated arginase without inducing iNOS. Arginase levels induced by Th2 T cells far exceeded those inducible by individual Th2 cytokines. Similarly, high arginase levels could be induced by supernatants of Th2 cells stimulated in various ways. Ab blocking experiments revealed the critical importance of IL-4 and IL-10 for arginase up-regulation. Finally, strong synergistic effects between IL-4/IL-13 and IL-10 were observed, sufficient to account for the extraordinarily high arginase activity induced by Th2 cells. Our results suggest that the iNOS/arginase balance in macrophages is competitively regulated in the context of Th1- vs Th2-driven immune reactions, most likely by cytokines without the requirement for direct cell interaction.
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