MLC-specific suppressor T lymphocytes in man. I. Their induction in vitro by soluble HLA-DR antigens.

Autor: Smeraldi RS, Fabio G, Bonara P, Villa MG, Vanoli M, Pettenati C, Rugarli C, Zanussi C
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) [J Immunol] 1982 Mar; Vol. 128 (3), pp. 1394-8.
Abstrakt: Human T lymphocytes precultured for 36 hr in the presence of soluble HLA-DR antigens suppress the MLR response of autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes to allogeneic stimulating cells. The suppression is DR antigen-specific in that it appears that the MLR stimulating cell donor and the soluble suppressor-inducing antigen must share DR specificities. The soluble DR antigens were fractionated from the sera of normal donors using QAE-Sephadex chromatography and CNBr-activated Sepharose immunoadsorption. Similarly prepared HLA-A and -B antigens failed to induce suppressive activity. The suppressive activity of DR-antigen cultured T cells is resistant to mitomycin C treatment and, further, the antigen specificity is maintained with or without mitomycin C treatment. The kinetics of suppressor cell induction as well as the kinetics of suppression in the test MLR cultures are presented. The implications of these results are discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE