TY - JOUR
T1 - Host-reactive CD4+ and CD8+ T cell clones isolated from a human chimera produce IL-5, IL-2, IFN-γ and granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor but not IL-4
AU - Bacchetta, Rosa
AU - De Waal Malefijt, René
AU - Yssel, Hans
AU - Abrams, John
AU - De Vries, Jan E.
AU - Spits, Hergen
AU - Roncarolo, M. Grazia
PY - 1990/2/1
Y1 - 1990/2/1
N2 - In the present study, we investigated the lymphokine production patterns in a series of CD4+ and CD8+ host-reactive T cell clones isolated from PBL of a SCID patient, who was immunologically reconstituted by two allogeneic fetal liver and thymus transplantations 13 years ago. We demonstrate that these donor-derived T cell clones, specifically reacting with the MHC Ag expressed on the recipient cells, do not produce IL-4 and do not express IL-4 mRNA upon Ag or polyclonal stimulations. In contrast, CD4+ tetanus toxin-specific T cell clones isolated from the same patient and having the same HLA phenotype produced normal amounts of IL-4 upon activation. These data suggest that the failure to produce IL-4 is a specific characteristic of these host-reactive clones and is not due to a genetic defect of the transplanted cells. Furthermore, different modes of activation resulted in simultaneous production of IL-5, IL-2, IFN-γ, granulocyte/macrophage-CSF, and transcription of the TNF-β gene by the host-reactive clones, indicating that the lack of IL-4 production is not related to the mode of activation. The finding that some of these clones produce significant levels of IL-5 but no IL-4 indicates that the IL-4 and IL-5 genes are not always coexpressed in activated human T cells.
AB - In the present study, we investigated the lymphokine production patterns in a series of CD4+ and CD8+ host-reactive T cell clones isolated from PBL of a SCID patient, who was immunologically reconstituted by two allogeneic fetal liver and thymus transplantations 13 years ago. We demonstrate that these donor-derived T cell clones, specifically reacting with the MHC Ag expressed on the recipient cells, do not produce IL-4 and do not express IL-4 mRNA upon Ag or polyclonal stimulations. In contrast, CD4+ tetanus toxin-specific T cell clones isolated from the same patient and having the same HLA phenotype produced normal amounts of IL-4 upon activation. These data suggest that the failure to produce IL-4 is a specific characteristic of these host-reactive clones and is not due to a genetic defect of the transplanted cells. Furthermore, different modes of activation resulted in simultaneous production of IL-5, IL-2, IFN-γ, granulocyte/macrophage-CSF, and transcription of the TNF-β gene by the host-reactive clones, indicating that the lack of IL-4 production is not related to the mode of activation. The finding that some of these clones produce significant levels of IL-5 but no IL-4 indicates that the IL-4 and IL-5 genes are not always coexpressed in activated human T cells.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 1967279
AN - SCOPUS:0025014268
VL - 144
SP - 902
EP - 908
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
SN - 0022-1767
IS - 3
ER -