Abstract
IL-15 shares many activities with IL-2 on stimulating lymphocytes, hematopoietic progenitor cells, and macrophages. However, the role of IL-15 in osteoclastogenesis has not been elucidated. The recent finding of abundant IL-15 in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluids suggested a possible role for this cytokine in the pathological destruction of bone and prompted us to determine whether IL-15 stimulates osteoclast formation. IL-15 stimulated the formation of multinucleated osteoclast-like cells in rat bone marrow cultures. In stroma-free cultures, IL-15 increased the number of mononuclear preosteoclast-like cells in the early stage of osteoclast formation. The stimulation was observed even after treatment with IL-15 for only 24 or 48 h of culture. Moreover, low IL-15 concentration (0.1 ng/ml) strongly increased the level of calcitonin receptor mRNA of mononuclear preosteoclast-like cells. Although IL-15 is known as a potent stimulator of TNF-α, its activity was not abolished by addition of anti-TNF-α Ab. Interestingly, IL-2 and IL- 7, which utilize some IL-15R components, had no effect on osteoclast differentiation, but pretreatment with IL-2 or IL-7 of bone marrow cells before the addition of IL-15 inhibited the enhancing activity of IL-15. In summary, IL-15 has a novel activity to stimulate the differentiation of osteoclast progenitors into preosteoclasts, which cannot be replaced by IL-2 but may use components in common with IL-2R to mediate its effects.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2754-2760 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Immunology |
| Volume | 162 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 1 1999 |
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A novel role of IL-15 in the development of osteoclasts : Inability to replace its activity with IL-2. / Ogata, Yoshiyasu; Kukita, Akiko; Kukita, Toshio; Komine, Mitunori; Miyahara, Akira; Miyazaki, Sumio; Kohashi, Osamu.
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T1 - A novel role of IL-15 in the development of osteoclasts
T2 - Inability to replace its activity with IL-2
AU - Ogata, Yoshiyasu
AU - Kukita, Akiko
AU - Kukita, Toshio
AU - Komine, Mitunori
AU - Miyahara, Akira
AU - Miyazaki, Sumio
AU - Kohashi, Osamu
PY - 1999/3/1
Y1 - 1999/3/1
N2 - IL-15 shares many activities with IL-2 on stimulating lymphocytes, hematopoietic progenitor cells, and macrophages. However, the role of IL-15 in osteoclastogenesis has not been elucidated. The recent finding of abundant IL-15 in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluids suggested a possible role for this cytokine in the pathological destruction of bone and prompted us to determine whether IL-15 stimulates osteoclast formation. IL-15 stimulated the formation of multinucleated osteoclast-like cells in rat bone marrow cultures. In stroma-free cultures, IL-15 increased the number of mononuclear preosteoclast-like cells in the early stage of osteoclast formation. The stimulation was observed even after treatment with IL-15 for only 24 or 48 h of culture. Moreover, low IL-15 concentration (0.1 ng/ml) strongly increased the level of calcitonin receptor mRNA of mononuclear preosteoclast-like cells. Although IL-15 is known as a potent stimulator of TNF-α, its activity was not abolished by addition of anti-TNF-α Ab. Interestingly, IL-2 and IL- 7, which utilize some IL-15R components, had no effect on osteoclast differentiation, but pretreatment with IL-2 or IL-7 of bone marrow cells before the addition of IL-15 inhibited the enhancing activity of IL-15. In summary, IL-15 has a novel activity to stimulate the differentiation of osteoclast progenitors into preosteoclasts, which cannot be replaced by IL-2 but may use components in common with IL-2R to mediate its effects.
AB - IL-15 shares many activities with IL-2 on stimulating lymphocytes, hematopoietic progenitor cells, and macrophages. However, the role of IL-15 in osteoclastogenesis has not been elucidated. The recent finding of abundant IL-15 in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluids suggested a possible role for this cytokine in the pathological destruction of bone and prompted us to determine whether IL-15 stimulates osteoclast formation. IL-15 stimulated the formation of multinucleated osteoclast-like cells in rat bone marrow cultures. In stroma-free cultures, IL-15 increased the number of mononuclear preosteoclast-like cells in the early stage of osteoclast formation. The stimulation was observed even after treatment with IL-15 for only 24 or 48 h of culture. Moreover, low IL-15 concentration (0.1 ng/ml) strongly increased the level of calcitonin receptor mRNA of mononuclear preosteoclast-like cells. Although IL-15 is known as a potent stimulator of TNF-α, its activity was not abolished by addition of anti-TNF-α Ab. Interestingly, IL-2 and IL- 7, which utilize some IL-15R components, had no effect on osteoclast differentiation, but pretreatment with IL-2 or IL-7 of bone marrow cells before the addition of IL-15 inhibited the enhancing activity of IL-15. In summary, IL-15 has a novel activity to stimulate the differentiation of osteoclast progenitors into preosteoclasts, which cannot be replaced by IL-2 but may use components in common with IL-2R to mediate its effects.
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