TRIGGERING OF THE T3-TI ANTIGEN RECEPTOR COMPLEX RESULTS IN CLONAL T-CELL PROLIFERATION THROUGH AN INTERLEUKIN 2-DEPENDENT AUTOCRINE PATHWAY
TRIGGERING OF THE T3-TI ANTIGEN RECEPTOR COMPLEX RESULTS IN CLONAL T-CELL PROLIFERATION THROUGH AN INTERLEUKIN 2-DEPENDENT AUTOCRINE PATHWAY
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.81.5.1509
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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REINHERZ, EL
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MEUER, SC;HUSSEY, RE;REINHERZ, EL
Human T cell clones and anti-T cell-receptor antibodies (clonotypic) directed at surface receptors for antigen (T3-Ti molecular complex) as well as anti-interleukin 2 (IL-2) and anti-IL-2-receptor antibodies were utilized to investigate the mechanism by which alloantigens or antigen plus self-major histocompatibility complex (i.e., physiologic ligand) trigger specific clonal proliferation. Soluble or Sepharose-bound anti-Ti monoclonal antibodies, like physiologic ligand, enhanced proliferative responses to purified IL-2 by inducing a 6-fold increase in surface IL-2 receptor expression. In contrast, only Sepharose-bound anti-Ti or physiologic ligand triggered endogenous clonal IL-2 production and resulted in subsequent proliferation. The latter was blocked by antibodies directed at either the IL-2 receptor or IL-2 itself. The results suggest that induction of IL-2 receptor expression but not IL-2 release occurs in the absence of T3-Ti receptor cross-linking. Antigen-induced proliferation is mediated through an autocrine pathway involving endogenous IL-2 production, release and subsequent binding to IL-2 receptors.