Experiments were designed to study the effect of systemically administered IL-5 on local eosinophil accumulation induced by the intradermal injection of the chemokine eotaxin in the guinea pig. Intravenous interleukin-5 (IL-5) stimulated a rapid and dramatic increase in the numbers of accumulating eosinophils induced by i.d.-injected eotaxin and, for comparison, leukotriene B4. The numbers of locally accumulating eosinophils correlated directly with a rapid increase in circulating eosinophils: circulating eosinophil numbers were 13-fold higher 1 h after intravenous IL-5 (18.3 pmol/kg). This increase in circulating cells corresponded with a reduction in the number of displaceable eosinophils recovered after flushing out the femur bone marrow cavity. Intradermal IL-5, at the doses tested, did not induce significant eosinophil accumulation. We propose that these experiments simulate important early features of the tissue response to local allergen exposure in a sensitized individual, with eosinophil chemoattractant chemokines having an important local role in eosinophil recruitment from blood microvessels, and IL-5 facilitating this process by acting remotely as a hormone to stimulate the release into the circulation of a rapidly mobilizable pool of bone marrow eosinophils. This action of IL-5 would be complementary to the other established activities of IL-5 that operate over a longer time course.
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October 01 1995
Cooperation between interleukin-5 and the chemokine eotaxin to induce eosinophil accumulation in vivo.
P D Collins,
P D Collins
Department of Applied Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
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S Marleau,
S Marleau
Department of Applied Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
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D A Griffiths-Johnson,
D A Griffiths-Johnson
Department of Applied Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
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P J Jose,
P J Jose
Department of Applied Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
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T J Williams
T J Williams
Department of Applied Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
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P D Collins
Department of Applied Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
S Marleau
Department of Applied Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
D A Griffiths-Johnson
Department of Applied Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
P J Jose
Department of Applied Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
T J Williams
Department of Applied Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1995) 182 (4): 1169–1174.
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P D Collins, S Marleau, D A Griffiths-Johnson, P J Jose, T J Williams; Cooperation between interleukin-5 and the chemokine eotaxin to induce eosinophil accumulation in vivo.. J Exp Med 1 October 1995; 182 (4): 1169–1174. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.182.4.1169
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