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. 1995 Jan;86(1):21-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1995.tb02983.x.

In vitro induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes against HTLV-I-infected T-cells from adult T-cell leukemia patients, asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers and seronegative healthy donors

Y Katahira  1 , S Yashiki, T Fujiyoshi, K Nomura, M Tara, M Mori, M Setoyama, T Kanzaki, H Shida, S Sonoda
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In vitro induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes against HTLV-I-infected T-cells from adult T-cell leukemia patients, asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers and seronegative healthy donors

Y Katahira et al. Jpn J Cancer Res. 1995 Jan.

Abstract

We investigated an in vitro method to produce cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) against HTLV-I-infected T-cells using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) patients, asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers (AC) and seronegative healthy donors. The PBMC were restimulated repeatedly for 4 weeks with HLA-matched HTLV-I-infected T-cells which had been pretreated at 56 degrees C for 30 min to inactivate infectious HTLV-I. The culture medium included 10-100 units/ml of recombinant lymphokines (rIL-1, rIL-2, rIL-4, rIL-6 and rIL-7) and 10% fetal calf serum in RPMI-1640 medium. The cytotoxic activity was measured against HLA-matched HTLV-I-infected T-cell lines after CD4+ or CD8+ cells were positively panned from the cultured PBMC. The PBMC of ATL, AC and healthy donors were able to produce either CD4+ or CD8+ CTLs against HTLV-I-related antigens (env, gag, p21x, p27rex and p40tax) as well as the antigen(s) of as-yet unknown specificity expressed on HTLV-I-infected T-cells. All the CTLs recognized the specific antigens in the context of either class I or class II HLA types. These results indicated that ATL patients, AC and healthy donors were immunocompetent to generate CTLs against HTLV-I-infected T-cells and probably against HTLV-I-transformed T-cells.

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