Calcium dependency of antigen-specific (T3-Ti) and alternative (T11) pathways of human T-cell activation.
Calcium dependency of antigen-specific (T3-Ti) and alternative (T11) pathways of human T-cell activation.
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人类 T 细胞激活的抗原特异性 (T3-Ti) 和替代 (T11) 途径的钙依赖性。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.81.21.6836
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发表时间:
1984
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Reinherz,EL
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作者:
Weiss,MJ;Daley,JF;Hodgdon,JC;Reinherz,EL
Human T lymphocytes are activated by two lineage-specific surface components: the antigen/major histocompatibility complex receptor (T3-Ti) and the unrelated T11 molecule. Interaction of either of these with their respective ligands leads to T-cell proliferation via an interleukin 2(IL-2) dependent autocrine mechanism. To begin to characterize the molecular details of the activation process, the role of Ca2+ was examined using human T-cell clones and monoclonal antibodies directed against their surface components. Here, we show that within minutes of triggering either the T3-Ti or T11 molecule, there is a large increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration, as measured by quin-2 fluorescence. This is essential for induction of T-cell proliferation in inducer, suppressor, and cytotoxic clones and therefore presumably is required at an early step in the autocrine growth pathway. Thus, chelating exogenous Ca2+ with EGTA specifically inhibits proliferation triggered by anti-T3-Ti or anti-T11 monoclonal antibodies, but it does not affect triggering by exogenous IL-2. In addition, the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 can, by itself, initiate clonal proliferation.