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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 149, 1369-1379, Copyright © 1996 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Biochemical and morphological characterization of vascular and lymphocytic interleukin-4 receptors

B Schnyder, SM Lugli, S Schnyder-Candrian, VM Eng, R Moser, J Banchereau, B Ryffel and BD Car
Institute of Toxicology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-ETH, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.

The distribution of the interleukin (IL)-4 receptor in normal human and common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) tissues was examined by immunofluorescence and flow cytometry using monoclonal antibodies specific for the human IL-4 receptor to gain further insight into IL-4- mediated inflammatory and immunological events. IL-4 receptor positivity was unequivocally demonstrated on lymphocytes, predominantly T cells, and on blood vessels in many tissues. Vascular IL-4 receptor immunofluorescence consisted of a strong smooth muscle cell positivity and weaker positive staining of capillary and venular endothelial cells. Subnanomolar concentrations of IL-4 induced a genistein- sensitive up-regulation of VCAM-1 in vascular cell cultures. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha induced a genistein-resistant up-regulation of VCAM-1. IL-4 strongly induced expression of the IL-4 receptor on splenocytes (T lymphocytes) but not on vascular smooth muscle or endothelial cell cultures. Receptor cross-linking to [125I]IL-4 revealed a 65- to 75-kDa accessory receptor subunit consistent with a recently cloned IL-13 receptor associated with the IL-4 receptor on both vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells. The demonstration of a vascular distribution pattern for the IL-4 receptor in addition to expression on lymphocytes suggests that vascular functional alterations, transduced through a unique IL-4 receptor complex (the type II IL-4 receptor), may be of importance during immunological and allergic inflammatory events.

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