Background: In the current study, we determined the effects of interleukin (IL)-21 on human natural killer (NK) cells and monocyte responses during Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Methods: We found that Mtb stimulated CD4+ and NK T cells from healthy individuals with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI+) are major sources of IL-21. CD4+ cells from tuberculosis patients secreted less IL-21 than did CD4+ cells from healthy LTBI+ individuals. Interleukin-21 had no direct effect on Mtb-stimulated monocytes. Results: Interleukin-21-activated NK cells produced interferon (IFN)-γ, perforin, granzyme B, and granulysin; lysed Mtb-infected monocytes; and reduced Mtb growth. Interleukin-21-activated NK cells also enhanced IL-1β, IL-18, and CCL4/macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-1β production and reduced IL-10 production by Mtb-stimulated monocytes. Recombinant IL-21 (1) inhibited Mtb growth, (2) enhanced IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-18, and MIP-1β, and (3) reduced IL-10 expression in the lungs of Mtb-infected Rag2 knockout mice. Conclusions: These findings suggest that activated T cells enhance NK cell responses to lyse Mtb-infected human monocytes and restrict Mtb growth in monocytes through IL-21 production. Interleukin-21-activated NK cells also enhance the immune response by augmenting IL-1β, IL-18, and MIP-1β production and reducing IL-10 production by monocytes in response to an intracellular pathogen.
Background: In the current study, we determined the effects of interleukin (IL)-21 on human natural killer (NK) cells and monocyte responses during Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Methods: We found that Mtb stimulated CD4+ and NK T cells from healthy individuals with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI+) are major sources of IL-21. CD4+ cells from tuberculosis patients secreted less IL-21 than did CD4+ cells from healthy LTBI+ individuals. Interleukin-21 had no direct effect on Mtb-stimulated monocytes. Results: Interleukin-21-activated NK cells produced interferon (IFN)-γ, perforin, granzyme B, and granulysin; lysed Mtb-infected monocytes; and reduced Mtb growth. Interleukin-21-activated NK cells also enhanced IL-1β, IL-18, and CCL4/macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-1β production and reduced IL-10 production by Mtb-stimulated monocytes. Recombinant IL-21 (1) inhibited Mtb growth, (2) enhanced IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-18, and MIP-1β, and (3) reduced IL-10 expression in the lungs of Mtb-infected Rag2 knockout mice. Conclusions: These findings suggest that activated T cells enhance NK cell responses to lyse Mtb-infected human monocytes and restrict Mtb growth in monocytes through IL-21 production. Interleukin-21-activated NK cells also enhance the immune response by augmenting IL-1β, IL-18, and MIP-1β production and reducing IL-10 production by monocytes in response to an intracellular pathogen.
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