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The mechanisms involved in the initiation and maintenance of skin inflammation in atopic dermatitis (AD) are poorly understood. Recent data suggest that the pattern of cytokines expressed locally plays a critical role in modulating the nature of tissue inflammation. In this study, we used in situ hybridization to investigate the expression of interleukin 4 (IL-4), IL-5, and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) messenger RNA (mRNA) in skin biopsies from acute and chronic skin lesions of patients with AD. As compared with normal control skin or uninvolved skin of patients with AD, acute and chronic skin lesions had significantly greater numbers of cells that were positive for mRNA, IL-4 (P &lt; 0.01), and IL-5 (P &lt; 0.01), but not for IFN-gamma mRNA expressing cells. However, as compared with acute AD skin lesions, chronic AD skin lesions had significantly fewer IL-4 mRNA-expressing cells (P &lt; 0.01), but significantly greater IL-5 mRNA (P &lt; 0.01). T cells constituted the majority of IL-5-expressing cells in acute and chronic AD lesions. Chronic lesions also expressed significantly greater numbers of activated EG2+ eosinophils than acute lesions (P &lt; 0.01). These data indicate that although acute and chronic AD lesions are associated with increased activation of IL-4 and IL-5 genes, initiation of acute skin inflammation in AD is associated with a predominance of IL-4 expression whereas maintenance of chronic inflammation is predominantly associated with increased IL-5 expression and eosinophil infiltration.

Differential in situ cytokine gene expression in acute versus chronic atopic dermatitis.