TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface markers of cloned human T cells with helper or suppressor activity on pokeweed mitogen-driven B cell differentiation
AU - Mingari, M. C.
AU - Melioli, G.
AU - Moretta, A.
AU - Pantaleo, G.
AU - Moretta, L.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Human spleen T cells stimulated with pokeweed mitogen (PWM) were cloned under limiting conditions in microculture systems using interleukin 2 and irradiated autologous cells. Clones were screened for helper or suppressor activity on PWM-dependent B cell differentiation by adding cell aliquots to either isolated B cells and PWM or to mixtures of T and B cells and PWM. Out of 97 clones tested, 14 promoted intense B cell differentiation, as assessed by measurements of secreted IgG, and 6 strongly inhibited B cell maturation induced by spleen T cells. All the selected clones maintained their original activity after short-term clonal expansion; in addition, a similar (helper or suppressor) effect was detected when the total number of plasma cells per well was evaluated. Suppressor clones had no cytolytic activity on autologous T and B cell blasts, K562 cells or antibody-coated L 1210 mouse cells. Nine helper and 6 suppressor clones were analyzed for a battery of surface markers. All the clones were E rosette-positive and expressed HLA-DR (Ia) antigens. Fcμ receptor was present on a single helper clone, whereas Fcγ receptor was expressed on a suppressor clone only. All but two clones expressed the OKT4 +/OKT8 -, a single suppressor clone was OKT8 +/OKT4 -, whereas coexpression of OKT4 and OKT8 antigens was detected in one helper clone. Thus, the claim that helper T cells are OKT4 +/OKT8 - and suppressor T cells are OKT4 -/OKT8 + is not supported by the analysis of their phenotype at the clonal level.
AB - Human spleen T cells stimulated with pokeweed mitogen (PWM) were cloned under limiting conditions in microculture systems using interleukin 2 and irradiated autologous cells. Clones were screened for helper or suppressor activity on PWM-dependent B cell differentiation by adding cell aliquots to either isolated B cells and PWM or to mixtures of T and B cells and PWM. Out of 97 clones tested, 14 promoted intense B cell differentiation, as assessed by measurements of secreted IgG, and 6 strongly inhibited B cell maturation induced by spleen T cells. All the selected clones maintained their original activity after short-term clonal expansion; in addition, a similar (helper or suppressor) effect was detected when the total number of plasma cells per well was evaluated. Suppressor clones had no cytolytic activity on autologous T and B cell blasts, K562 cells or antibody-coated L 1210 mouse cells. Nine helper and 6 suppressor clones were analyzed for a battery of surface markers. All the clones were E rosette-positive and expressed HLA-DR (Ia) antigens. Fcμ receptor was present on a single helper clone, whereas Fcγ receptor was expressed on a suppressor clone only. All but two clones expressed the OKT4 +/OKT8 -, a single suppressor clone was OKT8 +/OKT4 -, whereas coexpression of OKT4 and OKT8 antigens was detected in one helper clone. Thus, the claim that helper T cells are OKT4 +/OKT8 - and suppressor T cells are OKT4 -/OKT8 + is not supported by the analysis of their phenotype at the clonal level.
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U2 - 10.1002/eji.1830121019
DO - 10.1002/eji.1830121019
M3 - Article
C2 - 6217081
AN - SCOPUS:0020470486
VL - 12
SP - 900
EP - 903
JO - European Journal of Immunology
JF - European Journal of Immunology
SN - 0014-2980
IS - 10
ER -