ACTIVATION OF LYMPHOCYTES-T BY LECTINS AND CARBOHYDRATE-OXIDIZING REAGENTS VIEWED AS AN IMMUNOLOGICAL RECOGNITION OF CELL-SURFACE MODIFICATIONS SEEN IN THE CONTEXT OF SELF MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX ANTIGENS
ACTIVATION OF LYMPHOCYTES-T BY LECTINS AND CARBOHYDRATE-OXIDIZING REAGENTS VIEWED AS AN IMMUNOLOGICAL RECOGNITION OF CELL-SURFACE MODIFICATIONS SEEN IN THE CONTEXT OF SELF MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX ANTIGENS
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DOI:
10.1002/eji.1830110607
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
ERSSON, B
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作者:
KIMURA, A;ERSSON, B
Whether polyclonal activation of T cells by mitogenic substances results as a consequence of a truly antigen-independent stimulation of T cells through mitogen receptors, bypassing requirements for T cell-specific recognition, or an immunological reaction, similar in principle and requirements to T cell activation induced by antigen, was studied. Several lines of evidence provided strong support for the latter interpretation. The ability of several mitogenic substances to induce polyclonal T cell activation was crucially dependent upon cell surface expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) products. Thus, the presence of alloantisera or monoclonal antibodies directed against either class I (SD) determinants or class II (Ia) products on the responding cell population resulted in a sizeable dose-dependent inhibition of the mitogenic response. Additional studies using spleen cells from normal F1 mice or F1 .fwdarw. parent bone marrow chimeras provided the most direct and convincing evidence for a specific immunological role of MHC products in mitogenic T cell activation. Here, the concanavalin A response of normal F1 T cells was inhibited by alloantisera against either parental haplotype; the H-2-heterozygous F1 .fwdarw. parent chimeras were only inhibited by antisera against the H-2 of the parent in which they matured and possessed functional, MHC-restricted helper T cells. The inherent characteristics and reactivities which endow only certain lectins to exert a mitogenic effect were specifically examined in light of the observed dependence for MHC expression in these mitogenic reactions. Using a panel of 20 different lectins as affinity absorbents for cell surface glycoproteins, only mitogenic lectins were capable of binding to cell surface-expressed H-2 products (both K/D and Ia). The obtained results are discussed in support of the concept that mitogen-induced T cell responses involve an immunological recognition of cell surface modifications seen in the context of self H-2 antigens.