TY - JOUR
T1 - The expression of IL-12 p40 and its homologue, Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3, in inflammatory bowel disease
AU - Omata, Fumio
AU - Birkenbach, Mark
AU - Matsuzaki, Shohei
AU - Christ, Andreas D.
AU - Blumberg, Richard S.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Background: It has recently been suggested that Crohn's Disease (CD) is associated with an exaggerated T helper 1 cytokine response as manifest by increased production of interleukin-12 (IL-12) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ). Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3 (EBI3) encodes a 34-kDa glycoprotein that is 27% identical to the p40 unit of IL-12 and has recently been reported to be up-regulated in ulcerative colitis (UC). Aim: To determine whether mucosal expression of IL-12 p40 or EBI3 correlates with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Patients/Methods: mRNA expression in colonic mucosa from patients with UC, Crohn's disease (CD) and non-IBD controls was measured by reverse-transcribed real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results: EBI3 was significantly increased in both involved and uninvolved colonic mucosa in patients with UC. Although IL-12 p40 was increased in some patients with CD relative to non-IBD controls, the increase was not statistically significant. However, 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) use was significantly correlated with reduced IL-12 p40 levels in the patients with CD, but not in UC cases. A similar reduction was not seen in 5-ASA-treated UC patients. Conclusion: IL-12 p40 expression in CD is heterogeneous. In contrast, expression of the IL-12 p40 homologue, EBI3, is up-regulated in nearly all UC cases and in a subset of CD.
AB - Background: It has recently been suggested that Crohn's Disease (CD) is associated with an exaggerated T helper 1 cytokine response as manifest by increased production of interleukin-12 (IL-12) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ). Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3 (EBI3) encodes a 34-kDa glycoprotein that is 27% identical to the p40 unit of IL-12 and has recently been reported to be up-regulated in ulcerative colitis (UC). Aim: To determine whether mucosal expression of IL-12 p40 or EBI3 correlates with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Patients/Methods: mRNA expression in colonic mucosa from patients with UC, Crohn's disease (CD) and non-IBD controls was measured by reverse-transcribed real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results: EBI3 was significantly increased in both involved and uninvolved colonic mucosa in patients with UC. Although IL-12 p40 was increased in some patients with CD relative to non-IBD controls, the increase was not statistically significant. However, 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) use was significantly correlated with reduced IL-12 p40 levels in the patients with CD, but not in UC cases. A similar reduction was not seen in 5-ASA-treated UC patients. Conclusion: IL-12 p40 expression in CD is heterogeneous. In contrast, expression of the IL-12 p40 homologue, EBI3, is up-regulated in nearly all UC cases and in a subset of CD.
KW - 5-aminosalicylate
KW - Crohn's disease
KW - Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3
KW - Interleukin-12
KW - Real-time polymerase chain reaction
KW - Ulcerative colitis
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U2 - 10.1097/00054725-200108000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00054725-200108000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 11515847
AN - SCOPUS:0034891647
SN - 1078-0998
VL - 7
SP - 215
EP - 220
JO - Inflammatory bowel diseases
JF - Inflammatory bowel diseases
IS - 3
ER -