Role of T3 surface molecules in human T-cell activation: T3-dependent activation results in an increase in cytoplasmic free calcium.
AUTOR(ES)
Weiss, A
RESUMO
The human T-cell leukemia, Jurkat, and a T3-negative mutant of Jurkat (S.5) were used to study the role of T3 in human T-cell activation. Incubation of Jurkat with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) resulted in the production of interleukin 2, which was markedly increased by the addition of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Antibodies reactive with T3 could activate Jurkat only if added together with PMA. However, S.5 cells failed to produce interleukin 2 in response to PHA and produced 1/16th the interleukin 2 activity that Jurkat produced in response to PHA and PMA. Incubation of S.5 cells with the calcium ionophore A23187 and PMA resulted in the production of interleukin 2 activity comparable to that produced by Jurkat. Like antibodies reactive with T3, A23187 demonstrated an obligate requirement for PMA in order to activate Jurkat or S.5. These observations suggested that T3 might participate in T-cell activation through mechanisms that increase intracellular Ca2+. This was examined by using the Ca2+ sensitive fluor, quin-2, to measure levels of cytoplasmic free Ca2+ [( Ca2+]i). Addition of PHA, A23187, or monoclonal antibodies reactive with T3 to Jurkat cells resulted in substantial increases of [Ca2+]i. In contrast, only A23187 could induce an increase in [Ca2+]i in S.5 cells. Three other monoclonal antibodies reactive with other membrane antigens expressed on Jurkat or S.5 did not increase [Ca2+]i. These results suggest that T3 and/or associated molecules participate in T-cell activation through mechanisms that lead to increases in [Ca2+]i and that their expression is a relative requirement for T-cell activation by PHA.
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