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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 150, 349-357, Copyright © 1997 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Production of the immunosuppressive cytokine interleukin-10 by Epstein- Barr-virus-expressing pyothorax-associated lymphoma: possible role in the development of overt lymphoma in immunocompetent hosts

H Kanno, N Naka, Y Yasunaga, K Iuchi, S Yamauchi, M Hashimoto and K Aozasa
Department of Pathology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.

Malignant lymphomas frequently develop in the pleural cavity of patients with long-standing pyothorax. Thus, the term pyothorax- associated lymphoma (PAL) has been proposed for this type of tumor. Most PALs are diffuse lymphomas of B cell type and contain Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA. We have established two lymphoma cell lines from the biopsy specimens of PAL cases, OPL-1 and OPL-2. Both cell lines contain EBV DNA, but only OPL-1 expresses EBV nuclear antigen 2, which works as a target molecule for the cell-mediated immune response. As systemic immunodeficiency is unlikely to be present in PAL patients, PAL from which OPL-1 derived was not expected to be fully developed. In this study, we examined the expression of immunosuppressive factors in OPLs. Only OPL-1, not OPL-2, expressed interleukin-10 (IL-10) mRNA and secreted IL-10 into culture supernatant. Both OPL-1 and OPL-2 expressed transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 mRNA; however, neither expressed latent TGF-beta-binding protein mRNA at a detectable level by Northern blot analysis. Because TGF-beta expresses its functions in cooperation with latent TGF-beta-binding protein, the biological functions of TGF-beta 1 could be negligible. Neither cell line expressed at a detectable level EBV BCRF-1 mRNA, a viral gene product that is partly homologous to human IL-10 and shares biological activities of IL-10. Although IL-10 is reported to promote the growth of activated or neoplastic B cells, OPL-1 did not respond to human recombinant IL-10 by growing faster. As OPL-1 expresses a target antigen for the host cytotoxic T-cell response, the production of an immuno-suppressive cytokine, IL-10, might contribute to the development of overt lymphoma by inducing locally immunosuppressive circumstances. The present study suggests that an immunosuppressive cytokine plays a role in lymphomagenesis of immunocompetent patients.

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