Inhibitory effect of targeted fusion peptide IL-4Rα-lytic on primary effusion lymphoma / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@#[摘 要] 目的：探讨靶向融合肽IL-4Rα-lytic对卡波西肉瘤相关疱疹病毒（KSHV）阳性原发性渗出性淋巴瘤（PEL）细胞的体内外杀伤作用及其安全性。方法：应用MTT法检测IL-4Rα-lytic对KSHV阳性PEL细胞BCBL-1和BCP-1的杀伤能力。通过FCM检测IL-4Rα-lytic诱导KSHV阳性PEL细胞凋亡的情况。建立BCBL-1细胞小鼠移植瘤模型，连续3周（3次/周）腹腔注射IL-4Rα-lytic后，通过活体生物发光成像技术评估IL-4Rα-lytic对小鼠体内BCBL-1细胞移植瘤的抑制效果，并通过H-E染色和全血分析法检测其毒副作用。结果：靶向融合肽IL-4Rα-lytic在体外对两种KSHV阳性PEL细胞BCBL-1和BCP-1均有选择性杀伤作用（均P<0.01），并且可以在短时间内发挥杀伤作用（均P<0.01）。靶向融合肽IL-4Rα-lytic可诱导KSHV阳性PEL细胞BCBL-1和BCP-1凋亡（均P<0.05）。靶向融合肽IL-4Rα-lytic显著抑制BCBL-1细胞小鼠移植瘤的生长，与对照组比较差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05），并且无明显的器官毒性（均P>0.05），同时不会造成体质量异常（P>0.05）。结论：靶向融合肽IL-4Rα-lytic在体内外均显著抑制KSHV阳性PEL细胞的生长，且无明显毒副作用，有望为PEL的治疗提供一种新的治疗方案。

Association of an Anti-inflammatory Cytokine Gene IL4 Polymorphism with the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Korean Populations

Chronic inflammation has been implicated as one of the important etiological factors in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). To investigate the role of anti-inflammatory cytokines in the development of T2DM, we conducted a case-control study to assess the association between IL4/IL4R polymorphisms and disease risk. We firstly identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) at IL4 and IL4RA loci by sequencing the loci in Korean participants. Case-control studies were conducted by genotyping the SNPs in 474 T2DM cases and 470 non-diabetic controls recruited from community-based cohorts. Replication of the associated signals was performed in 1,216 cases and 1,352 controls. We assessed effect of IL4-IL4RA interaction on T2DM using logistic regression method. The functional relevance of the SNP associated with disease risk was determined using a reporter expression assay. We identified a strong association between the IL4 promoter variant rs2243250 and T2DM risk (OR=0.77; 95% CI, 0.67~0.88; p=1.65x10-4 in the meta-analysis). The reporter gene expression assay demonstrated that the presence of rs2243250 might affect the gene expression level with ~1.5-fold allele difference. Our findings contribute to the identification of IL4 as a T2D susceptibility locus, further supporting the role of anti-inflammatory cytokines in T2DM disease development.

Correlation between Ile50Val polymorphism of IL-4 receptor gene and susceptibility to asthma / 中国实用内科杂志

Objective To investigate correlation between Ile50Val polymorphism of IL-4 receptor gene and asthma and the impact on plasm total IgE,sIL-4R level.Methods the DNA is isolated from 2ml venous blood from 100 nomal subject and 100 asthma subject.The genetic polymorphism was identified by Allele-specific PCR techniquers,plasm total IgE,sIL-4R level was determined by ELISA.Results The frequency of genetype is significantly different be- tween control group and asthma group x~2=18.94,P

IL-4/IL-13 Cytokine and Receptor in Asthma / 소아알레르기및호흡기학회지

Asthma is a chronic allergic inflammatory disease of lung. The initiation and progression of asthma is dependent on the cytokines interleukin (IL) -4 and IL-13 acting through related receptor complexes. Disease pathogenesis is effected by intracellular signaling pathways that couple primarily to specific motifs within the intracellular domain of the IL-4 receptor alpha chain (IL-4R alpha), a subunit that is common to the IL-4 and IL-13 receptor complexes. Neutralizing anti-cytokine strategies have proven to be highly successful on dissecting relevant effector pathways in experimental allergic disease, and are now entering clinical trials in human allergic disorders. Although there have been only a few clinical studies on the effects of cytokine modulators in asthma, this line of research and development appears promising.