Abstract
Using murine monoclonal antibodies against human IgG subclasses, specific and sensitive ELISAs assay to quantify the four human IgG subclasses in cell culture supernatants were established. The effect of human recombinant interleukin-4 (IL-4) on the regulation of IgG subclasses by normal peripheral blood lymphocytes was investigated. In addition to the enhancement of IgE synthesis, IL-4 preferentially induced IgG4 synthesis in vitro, whereas IL-4 had no effect on IgG1, IgG2, and IgG3 synthesis. IL-4-induced IgG4 production was blocked in a dose-dependent manner by recombinant interferon-gamma and anti-human IL-4 monoclonal antibody. Collectively, this data indicates that IL-4 plays an important regulatory role in both IgG subclass and IgE synthesis.
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