IMMATURE LYMPHOCYTES-T IN HUMAN CORD BLOOD IDENTIFIED BY MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES - A MODEL FOR THE STUDY OF THE DIFFERENTIATION PATHWAY OF T-CELLS IN HUMANS
IMMATURE LYMPHOCYTES-T IN HUMAN CORD BLOOD IDENTIFIED BY MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES - A MODEL FOR THE STUDY OF THE DIFFERENTIATION PATHWAY OF T-CELLS IN HUMANS
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DOI:
10.1016/0008-8749(84)90209-0
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
FERRANDO, ML
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作者:
FOA, R;GIUBELLINO, MC;FERRANDO, ML
The reactivity of human cord blood lymphocytes was assessed against a panel of monoclonal antibodies (MoAb). The mean proportion of OKT3+ cells (pan-T) was significantly lower in cord blood (52 .+-. 13.8%; mean .+-. SD) compared with that of adult blood (75 .+-. 8.9%) and paralleled well with the E-rosette-forming capacity (50 .+-. 16.3%). Both the proportions of OKT4+ cells (helper/inducer phenotype) and of OKT8+ cells (suppressor/cytotoxic phenotype) were significantly reduced in cord blood (43 .+-. 11.8% vs. 50.3 .+-. 7.4% and 20 .+-. 10.3% vs. 25.6 .+-. 6.0%, respectively), while the overall OKT4/OKT8 ratio was increased compared with adult blood (2.87 .+-. 1.83 vs. 2.04 .+-. 0.61). Unlike adult blood, in 30 of the 35 samples of cord blood an overlap was observed between the total proportion of OKT4+ and OKT8+ cells (65 .+-. 15.2%) and that of OKT3+ cells (52 .+-. 14.3%). Although small numbers of cells coexpressing both antigens were occasionally found, double-staining analysis showed that the overlap in cord blood was mostly due to an expanded proportion of OKT3 (Leu-4)-/OKT8 (Leu-2)+ cells. Relevant proportions of OKT6+ (common thymocyte antigen) and OKT10+ (thymocytes, activated T cells, precursor cells) cells were found in cord blood as opposed to adult blood (10.8 .+-. 8.6% vs. 0.6 .+-. 0.6% and 67 .+-. 18.0% vs. 8 .+-. 2.1%, respectively), while terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-positive cells were observed only in 2 samples of cord blood. A small proportion of T cells (E-rosette+) reacted with the MoAb OKIa1 (HLA-DR). Finally, the proportion of cord blood cells recognized by the MoAb Leu-7 (HNK-1 clone) was almost negligible compared with adult blood (2.8 .+-. 2.4% vs. 15 .+-. 7.5%). These data confirm the immaturity and heterogeneity of cord blood lymphocytes and demonstrate the presence at birth of circulating lymphocytes which express a surface phenotype reminiscent of that found in the late stages of intrathymic differentiation and in some human T-cell leukemias. Human cord blood may thus represent a suitable model for the study of the differentiation pathway of normal and pathological T cells in humans.