QUANTITATIVE REPRESENTATION OF ALL T-CELLS COMMITTED TO DEVELOP INTO CYTO-TOXIC EFFECTOR-CELLS AND OR INTERLEUKIN-2 ACTIVITY-PRODUCING HELPER-CELLS WITHIN MURINE LYMPHOCYTE-T SUBSETS
QUANTITATIVE REPRESENTATION OF ALL T-CELLS COMMITTED TO DEVELOP INTO CYTO-TOXIC EFFECTOR-CELLS AND OR INTERLEUKIN-2 ACTIVITY-PRODUCING HELPER-CELLS WITHIN MURINE LYMPHOCYTE-T SUBSETS
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DOI:
10.1002/eji.1830140107
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
WAGNER, H
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作者:
PFIZENMAIER, K;SCHEURICH, P;WAGNER, H
A limiting dilution culture system based on stimulation with concanavalin A (Con A) was used to study the quantitative distribution of helper and of cytotoxic precursor cells in a Lyt-2-defined subpopulation of murine T cells. Virtually all of the selected Lyt-2+ and Lyt-2- T cells grow and expand to large clonal colonies within an 8 to 9 day culture period. Upon stimulation with Con A, 90% of the Lyt-2- T cells were capable of producing interleukin 2 (IL 2) activity. IL2 activity is produced by 8-10% of Lyt-2+ T cells. At the clonal level, the average of the IL 2 activity produced by Lyt-2+ T cells is .apprx. 8-fold less as compared to Lyt-2- T cells. Precursors of cytotoxic T cells were almost exclusively found in the Lyt-2+ population, of which .apprx. 70% displayed lytic activity in a lectin-dependent cytolysis test. For the vast majority of clones analyzed, the capacity to produce IL 2 activity and the capacity to express lytic activity was mutually exclusive. A minority of clones (< 3%) simultaneously produced IL 2 activity and expressed cytotoxicity. These latter cells are therefore considered as bifunctional T cells.