Abstract |
T cell activation is known to depend not only on efficient antigen recognition and subsequent signaling through TCR, but also on interactions involving multiple adhesion and accessory molecules such as CD28/B7, LFA-1/ICAM-1 and LFA-3/CD2. The present study dissects the role of LFA-3/CD2 interactions in the activation of melanoma-specific CD8+ T cell clones. To this end we analyzed the influence of LFA-3 density on melanoma cells on lysis and cytokine production (TNF, IL-2, IFN-gamma) by T cells following activation by various amounts of antigenic peptides. Our results indicate that increasing LFA-3 density on melanoma cells variably affects their lysis susceptibility, but systematically and considerably enhances cytokine production by melanoma-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones. At any stimulatory antigen density, LFA-3 increased the fraction of responding cells and/or cytokine amounts produced by individual cells, without affecting TCR down-regulation. These results show that CD2 engagement increases cytokine gene activation essentially by providing to T cells a TCR-independent co-activation signal. From a practical point of view, our data demonstrate that the level of LFA-3 expressed on tumors critically affects cytokine production by specific CTL and thus the efficiency of specific immune reactions mediated by these cells.
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Authors | S Le Guiner, E Le Dréan, N Labarrière, J F Fonteneau, C Viret, E Diez, F Jotereau |
Journal | European journal of immunology
(Eur J Immunol)
Vol. 28
Issue 4
Pg. 1322-31
(Apr 1998)
ISSN: 0014-2980 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 9565372
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- CD58 Antigens
- Cytokines
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
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Topics |
- Animals
- CD58 Antigens
(immunology)
- Cytokines
(biosynthesis, immunology)
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation
(immunology)
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
(immunology)
- Melanoma
(immunology)
- Rats
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
(immunology)
- Signal Transduction
(immunology)
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
(immunology)
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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