Interleukin-2 receptor (CD25) upregulation on human T-lymphocytes: sensitivity to immunosuppressants is defined by the mode of T-lymphocyte activation

1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Ryffel ◽  
Joanie L. Willcocks ◽  
Nathalie Brooks ◽  
Gaetane Woerly
1989 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 602-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kar Neng Lai ◽  
Joseph C. K. Leung ◽  
Chun Chung Chow ◽  
Clive S. Cockram

Abstract. The present study was undertaken to examine the cellular control arm of the immune response with regard to T lymphocyte proliferation in euthyroid Graves' ophthalmopathy. Twenty patients with euthyroid Graves' ophthalmopathy (7 on antithyroid drugs and 13 on no treatment) and 18 healthy controls were studied in an infection-free period. Mitogen-stimulated cellular interleukin 2 (IL2) receptor expression, soluble interleukin 2 receptor release, and interleukin 2 production, were studied in peripheral blood mononuclear cells cultured for 24 h. The cellular IL2 receptor expression and soluble IL2 receptor release did not differ between the patients and healthy controls. In contrast, IL2 production in response to pokeweed mitogen stimulation was increased in lymphocytes from patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy. The IL2 release did not correlate with the quantities of cellular and soluble IL2 receptor. The mitogen-stimulated cellular IL2 receptor expression, IL2 receptor release, and IL2 production did not differ between patients with or without carbimazole therapy. Despite a suggested role of autoreactive T cells in mediating the development and propagation of autoimmune thyroid disease, this study fails to demonstrate a defective T lymphocyte activation state in patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy during an euthyroid state.


1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 3358-3360 ◽  
Author(s):  
J S Lipsick ◽  
W J Boyle

The expression of p80c-myb was examined during the activation of resting human T lymphocytes. Before activation, no detectable p80c-myb was present. Synthesis of p80c-myb was observed only after initiation of the S phase of the cell cycle.


1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 3358-3360
Author(s):  
J S Lipsick ◽  
W J Boyle

The expression of p80c-myb was examined during the activation of resting human T lymphocytes. Before activation, no detectable p80c-myb was present. Synthesis of p80c-myb was observed only after initiation of the S phase of the cell cycle.


2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre S. de Almeida ◽  
Christina T. Fiske ◽  
Timothy R. Sterling ◽  
Spyros A. Kalams

ABSTRACTExtrapulmonary tuberculosis may be due to underlying immune compromise. Immunosuppressive regulatory T cells (Treg cells), and CD4+T lymphocytes in general, are important in the host immune response toMycobacterium tuberculosis. We evaluated T lymphocytes from patients after recovery from extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which may reflect conditions beforeM. tuberculosisinfection. A case-control study was conducted among HIV-uninfected adults with previously treated extrapulmonary tuberculosis and 3 sets of controls: (i) subjects with previously treated pulmonary tuberculosis, (ii) close tuberculosis contacts withM. tuberculosisinfection, and (iii) close tuberculosis contacts with no infection. Monocyte-depleted peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC-M) were stained for CD4+CD25hiCD127lowFoxP3+cell (Treg cell) and T lymphocyte activation. Both characteristics were compared as continuous variables between groups with the Kruskal-Wallis test. There were 7 extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases, 18 pulmonary tuberculosis controls, 17 controls withM. tuberculosisinfection, and 18 controls withoutM. tuberculosisinfection. The median Treg cell proportion was highest among persons with previous extrapulmonary tuberculosis (1.23%) compared to subjects with pulmonary tuberculosis (0.56%), latentM. tuberculosisinfection (0.14%), or noM. tuberculosisinfection (0.20%) (P= 0.001). The median proportion of CD4+T lymphocytes that expressed the activation markers HLA-DR and CD38 was highest for CD4+T lymphocytes from persons with previous extrapulmonary tuberculosis (0.79%) compared to subjects with pulmonary tuberculosis (0.44%), latentM. tuberculosisinfection (0.14%), or noM. tuberculosisinfection (0.32%) (P= 0.005). Compared with controls, persons with previously treated extrapulmonary tuberculosis had the highest Treg cell frequency, but also the highest levels of CD4+T lymphocyte activation. Immune dysregulation may be a feature of individuals at risk for extrapulmonary tuberculosis.


1983 ◽  
Vol 158 (4) ◽  
pp. 1227-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
J L Platt ◽  
B W Grant ◽  
A A Eddy ◽  
A F Michael

Delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) is a prototypic T lymphocyte-mediated response to antigenic challenge. In this study, mononuclear cells infiltrating the skin during cutaneous response to tuberculin in presensitized human subjects (responders) and nonimmune controls were identified using monoclonal antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence. In both responders and controls the infiltrate consisted mainly of T lymphocytes (T11+ and OKT3+) and monocytes (OKM1+, 63D3+, Mo2+) which initially accumulated in proximity to small blood vessels and later infiltrated the interstitial dermis and epidermis. More T lymphocytes reacted with OKT4 than with OKT8. 6 h after tuberculin the ratio of OKT4/OKT8 in tissue from responders exceeded that in blood, whereas in tissues studied at 15-48 h and in all control tissues those ratios in blood and tissue were similar. Evidence of T lymphocyte activation was sought using monoclonal antibodies anti-Tac, OKT9, and OKT10. In responders but not in controls the proportion of infiltrating cells reactive with these antibodies increased during the course of DTH. The presence of activated T lymphocytes in tissue was not associated with a comparable increase in peripheral blood cell populations identified by anti-Tac and OKT10. Studies using anti-B1, Leu-7, and anti-IgD/IgM revealed comparatively few reactive cells. Dual-labeling studies demonstrated that most Leu-7--reactive cells also bound T11 while fewer bound OKM1 or OKT8 and that cells reactive with OKIa1 and T11 constituted largely nonoverlapping populations. Specific patterns of reactivity were not observed when tissues were stained with anti-human C3, or poly C9-MA, a monoclonal antibody reactive with a neoantigen on polymerized C9 of the membrane attack complex of complement. The number of epidermal Langerhans cells identified by OKT6 was similar in responders and controls. Thus, the cutaneous response to tuberculin in sensitized individuals is characterized by early enrichment of the OKT4 subpopulation of T lymphocytes in tissue infiltrates and subsequent (15-48 h) evidence of T lymphocyte activation.


1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 735-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances J. Sharom ◽  
Anita L. H. Chiu ◽  
T. Elaine Ross

Increased levels of gangliosides in the serum have been linked to tumour-induced immunosuppression in vivo. Both bovine brain gangliosides and human erythrocyte glycophorin were potent inhibitors of concanavalin A, periodate, and phorbol ester – ionomycin induced activation of murine T-lymphocytes. Structurally complex gangliosides were more inhibitory, while simpler glycolipids caused less inhibition. Lymphocytes exposed to these molecules for up to 24 h could still proliferate after washing. Substantial inhibition was observed only when gangliosides and glycophorin were present during the first 18 h of activation. Studies using Quin-2 showed that gangliosides did not block the initial rapid rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ following mitogen stimulation. Interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by ganglioside- and glycophorin-treated lymphocytes was unchanged. After treatment with gangliosides for 24 h, lymphocytes proliferated normally in response to added IL-2. These results suggest that the first round of signal transduction in response to mitogen was unaffected by gangliosides. Addition of gangliosides to activated lymphocytes in the presence of IL-2 resulted in complete inhibition of proliferation. Immunosuppression by gangliosides and glycophorin thus appears to occur at the IL-2-dependent stage of proliferation and may be partially due to IL-2 binding to these molecules. However, high levels of IL-2 failed to reverse inhibition and IL-2-dependent cell lines were much less sensitive to ganglioside inhibition than T-lymphocytes, suggesting that more than one mechanism of inhibition likely exists.Key words: gangliosides, glycophorin, T-lymphocyte, interleukin-2, interleukin-2 receptor.


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