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Modeling the proliferative response of T cells to IL-2 and IL-4. 1997

M A Burke, and B F Morel, and T B Oriss, and J Bray, and S A McCarthy, and P A Morel
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.

Interleukin (IL) -2 and IL-4 are growth factors for both T and B cells. When both cytokines are present, synergy is observed in some cases and antagonism in others. The studies presented here describe the use of a detailed mathematical model for the proliferative response of the T cell line, HT-2. This cell line responds to IL-2 and to IL-4 and shows a synergistic response when both cytokines are present. This model incorporates the observed synergy between these two cytokines while at the same time incorporating the known down-regulatory effect of IL-4 on the number of IL-2 receptors (IL-2R) at the cell surface, and it is able to reproduce a variety of experimental data. The major results from these studies include the following: the observation that the binding of IL-4 to its receptor is 1/10 as effective in delivering a proliferative signal as IL-2 binding to its receptor, the determination of the threshold number of bindings required to signal proliferation stimulated by IL-2 and IL-4, the demonstration that many different sets of experimental data can be accurately modeled, and the use of simple parameter terms to model the synergy between IL-2 and IL-4.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007376 Interleukin-2 A soluble substance elaborated by antigen- or mitogen-stimulated T-LYMPHOCYTES which induces DNA synthesis in naive lymphocytes. IL-2,Lymphocyte Mitogenic Factor,T-Cell Growth Factor,TCGF,IL2,Interleukin II,Interleukine 2,RU 49637,RU-49637,Ro-23-6019,Ro-236019,T-Cell Stimulating Factor,Thymocyte Stimulating Factor,Interleukin 2,Mitogenic Factor, Lymphocyte,RU49637,Ro 23 6019,Ro 236019,Ro236019,T Cell Growth Factor,T Cell Stimulating Factor
D008213 Lymphocyte Activation Morphologic alteration of small B LYMPHOCYTES or T LYMPHOCYTES in culture into large blast-like cells able to synthesize DNA and RNA and to divide mitotically. It is induced by INTERLEUKINS; MITOGENS such as PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS, and by specific ANTIGENS. It may also occur in vivo as in GRAFT REJECTION. Blast Transformation,Blastogenesis,Lymphoblast Transformation,Lymphocyte Stimulation,Lymphocyte Transformation,Transformation, Blast,Transformation, Lymphoblast,Transformation, Lymphocyte,Activation, Lymphocyte,Stimulation, Lymphocyte
D002455 Cell Division The fission of a CELL. It includes CYTOKINESIS, when the CYTOPLASM of a cell is divided, and CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION. M Phase,Cell Division Phase,Cell Divisions,Division Phase, Cell,Division, Cell,Divisions, Cell,M Phases,Phase, Cell Division,Phase, M,Phases, M
D002460 Cell Line Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely. Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D003198 Computer Simulation Computer-based representation of physical systems and phenomena such as chemical processes. Computational Modeling,Computational Modelling,Computer Models,In silico Modeling,In silico Models,In silico Simulation,Models, Computer,Computerized Models,Computer Model,Computer Simulations,Computerized Model,In silico Model,Model, Computer,Model, Computerized,Model, In silico,Modeling, Computational,Modeling, In silico,Modelling, Computational,Simulation, Computer,Simulation, In silico,Simulations, Computer
D004357 Drug Synergism The action of a drug in promoting or enhancing the effectiveness of another drug. Drug Potentiation,Drug Augmentation,Augmentation, Drug,Augmentations, Drug,Drug Augmentations,Drug Potentiations,Drug Synergisms,Potentiation, Drug,Potentiations, Drug,Synergism, Drug,Synergisms, Drug
D004705 Endocytosis Cellular uptake of extracellular materials within membrane-limited vacuoles or microvesicles. ENDOSOMES play a central role in endocytosis. Endocytoses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013601 T-Lymphocytes Lymphocytes responsible for cell-mediated immunity. Two types have been identified - cytotoxic (T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC) and helper T-lymphocytes (T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER). They are formed when lymphocytes circulate through the THYMUS GLAND and differentiate to thymocytes. When exposed to an antigen, they divide rapidly and produce large numbers of new T cells sensitized to that antigen. T Cell,T Lymphocyte,T-Cells,Thymus-Dependent Lymphocytes,Cell, T,Cells, T,Lymphocyte, T,Lymphocyte, Thymus-Dependent,Lymphocytes, T,Lymphocytes, Thymus-Dependent,T Cells,T Lymphocytes,T-Cell,T-Lymphocyte,Thymus Dependent Lymphocytes,Thymus-Dependent Lymphocyte
D015375 Receptors, Interleukin-2 Receptors present on activated T-LYMPHOCYTES and B-LYMPHOCYTES that are specific for INTERLEUKIN-2 and play an important role in LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION. They are heterotrimeric proteins consisting of the INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT, the INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT, and the INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR COMMON GAMMA-CHAIN. IL-2 Receptors,Interleukin-2 Receptor,Interleukin-2 Receptors,Receptors, IL-2,Receptors, T-Cell Growth Factor,T-Cell Growth Factor Receptors,IL-2 Receptor,IL2 Receptor,IL2 Receptors,Interleukin 2 Receptor,Receptor, TCGF,T-Cell Growth Factor Receptor,TCGF Receptor,TCGF Receptors,IL 2 Receptor,IL 2 Receptors,Interleukin 2 Receptors,Receptor, IL-2,Receptor, IL2,Receptor, Interleukin 2,Receptor, Interleukin-2,Receptors, IL 2,Receptors, IL2,Receptors, Interleukin 2,Receptors, T Cell Growth Factor,Receptors, TCGF,T Cell Growth Factor Receptor,T Cell Growth Factor Receptors

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