CD52 is a novel costimulatory molecule for induction of CD4+ regulatory T cells

Autor: Seiji Minota, Yasunori Yamaguchi, Shuji Kaga, Yasunori Uemura, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Yoshiaki Sohma, Tetsuto Kobayashi, Kaori Horie, Hiroko Inazawa, Jun-Ichi Masuyama, Kumiko Kojima, Yumi Aoki, Isao Serizawa, Tomoko Watanabe
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Clinical Immunology. 120:247-259
ISSN: 1521-6616
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2006.05.006
Popis: We previously reported that 4C8 monoclonal antibody (mAb) provides a costimulatory signal to human CD4+ T cells and consequently induces regulatory T (Treg) cells, which are hypo-responsive and suppress the polyclonal response of bystander CD4+ cells in a contact-dependent manner. In this study, we identified the antigen of 4C8 mAb as CD52. Costimulation with Campath-1H, a humanized anti-CD52 mAb, also induced Treg cells. Anti-CD52-induced Treg cells suppressed the proliferation of both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells provided with polyclonal or allogeneic stimulation. When Treg cells were induced from Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) treated cells, they suppressed the response to SEB more efficiently than that to another superantigen, SEA. Furthermore, anti-CD52-induced Treg cells could be expanded by culture with IL-2 followed by CD52-costimulation, and co-injection of expanded Treg cells suppressed lethal xenogeneic graft versus host disease (GvHD) reactions in SCID mice caused by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs).
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