ACTIVATION OF HUMAN CD4(+)45RA(+) T-CELLS USING B-CELLS AS ACCESSORY CELLS

被引:8
作者
KRISTENSSON, K [1 ]
KRISTENSEN, L [1 ]
BORREBAECK, CAK [1 ]
CARLSSON, R [1 ]
机构
[1] LUND UNIV,DEPT IMMUNOTECHNOL,S-22007 LUND,SWEDEN
关键词
B CELL; NAIVE T CELL; ACTIVATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN A;
D O I
10.1016/0165-2478(94)90162-7
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Human naive CD4(+) T cells, as defined by expression of CD45RA and lack of CD45R0, can be activated in vitro using B cells as accessory cells. CD4(+)CD45RA(+) T cells proliferate, as determined by [H-3]thymidine or bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation, after activation with the superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) presented by major histocompatibility complex class II-expressing B cells. The identity of the responding cells as being CD45RA(+) and not contaminating CD45R0(+) T cells was determined by FACS analysis, showing that purified CD45RA-expressing T-helper cells went into S phase and progressively acquired expression of the CD45R0 isoform while simultaneously losing expression of the CD45RA isoform. Cultivation of the CD4(+) T-cell subsets under limiting dilution conditions supported these findings and revealed that (i) the frequency of responding cells in the CD45RA(+) population was equal to or higher than in the CD45R0(+) subset and (ii) that the number of CD45R0(+) cells possibly contaminating the CD45RA population was too low to be able to account for the response observed.
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