BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of the viral load on costimulatory effects of rhIL-12 on the hepatitis B virus (HBV)-induced immune response. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HBsAg positive patients without cirrhosis were stimulated with HBsAg, HBcAg, preS1Ag and tetanus toxoid in the absence or presence of IL-12 (0.01, 0.1 and 1 ng/ml). Stimulation by alpha-CD3+alpha-CD28, pokeweed mitogen (PWM) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were used as controls. Then, proliferation and cytokine production were determined by 3H-thymidine uptake and ELISA after 72 h. The patients were divided into group 1 (n=21): HBV-DNA: not detectable, group 2 (n=13): HBV-DNA: <300 pg/ml, and group 3 (n= 10): HBV-DNA: >300 pg/ml. RESULTS: After stimulation with only HBV antigens, the highest amounts of IL-10 were found in group 3, while interferon (IFN)-gamma was rarely detectable. After stimulation with IL-12 and HBV antigens, strong costimulatory effects on IFN-gamma production, as well as proliferation, were observed in all patients except individuals from group 3. With regard to antigen-unrelated stimulation, significantly lower amounts of LPS-induced IFN-gamma production and alpha-CD3+28 induced proliferative responses, but higher amounts of LPS-induced IL-10 were observed in group 3. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that the presence of high amounts of HBV-DNA in serum is associated with suppressed co-stimulatory and regulatory effects of IL-12 on the immune response to HBV antigens. This may be one explanation for the poor response to immunostimulating therapy in patients with a high viral load.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of the viral load on costimulatory effects of rhIL-12 on the hepatitis B virus (HBV)-induced immune response. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HBsAg positive patients without cirrhosis were stimulated with HBsAg, HBcAg, preS1Ag and tetanus toxoid in the absence or presence of IL-12 (0.01, 0.1 and 1 ng/ml). Stimulation by alpha-CD3+alpha-CD28, pokeweed mitogen (PWM) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were used as controls. Then, proliferation and cytokine production were determined by 3H-thymidine uptake and ELISA after 72 h. The patients were divided into group 1 (n=21): HBV-DNA: not detectable, group 2 (n=13): HBV-DNA: <300 pg/ml, and group 3 (n= 10): HBV-DNA: >300 pg/ml. RESULTS: After stimulation with only HBV antigens, the highest amounts of IL-10 were found in group 3, while interferon (IFN)-gamma was rarely detectable. After stimulation with IL-12 and HBV antigens, strong costimulatory effects on IFN-gamma production, as well as proliferation, were observed in all patients except individuals from group 3. With regard to antigen-unrelated stimulation, significantly lower amounts of LPS-induced IFN-gamma production and alpha-CD3+28 induced proliferative responses, but higher amounts of LPS-induced IL-10 were observed in group 3. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that the presence of high amounts of HBV-DNA in serum is associated with suppressed co-stimulatory and regulatory effects of IL-12 on the immune response to HBV antigens. This may be one explanation for the poor response to immunostimulating therapy in patients with a high viral load.
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