| First Author | Maeda K | Year | 2010 |
| Journal | Blood | Volume | 115 |
| Issue | 23 | Pages | 4699-706 |
| PubMed ID | 20351305 | Mgi Jnum | J:161550 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:4459601 | Doi | 10.1182/blood-2009-07-230631 |
| Citation | Maeda K, et al. (2010) IL-6 increases B-cell IgG production in a feed-forward proinflammatory mechanism to skew hematopoiesis and elevate myeloid production. Blood 115(23):4699-706 |
| abstractText | Src homology 2 domain-containing inositol 5-phosphatase (SHIP(-/-)) animals display an age-related increase in interleukin-6 (IL-6), a decrease in B lymphopoiesis, and an elevation in myelopoiesis. We investigated the origin of the IL-6 production and show that it is largely produced by peritoneal and splenic macrophages. IL-6 production by these macrophages is not a direct result of the loss of SHIP: IL-6 production is not spontaneous, is absent from bone marrow-derived macrophages, declines with prolonged culture of macrophages, and requires a stimulus present in vivo. The IL-6-rich peritoneal cavity of SHIP(-/-) mice shows more than 700-fold more immunoglobulin G (IgG) than wild-type, approximately 20% of which is aggregated or in an immune complex and contains B220(+) cells that secrete IgG. The SHIP-deficient peritoneal macrophages show evidence of IgG receptor stimulation. Animals lacking both the signal-transducing gamma-chain of IgG receptors and SHIP or Ig and SHIP produce less IL-6. The data indicate a feed-forward process in which peripheral macrophages, responding through IgG receptors to secreted IgG, produce IL-6, to support further B-cell production of IgG. Because of the proinflammatory phenotype of SHIP(-/-) animals, these findings emphasize the importance of IL-6-neutralizing strategies in autoimmune and proinflammatory diseases. |
