Functional analysis of T cell subsets from mice bearing the lpr gene
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Functional analysis of T cell subsets from mice bearing the lpr gene
Abstract
The autosomal recessive lpr (lymphoproliferation) gene is responsible for a thymus-dependent massive lymphoproliferation associated with the development of lupus-like autoimmune disease. Phenotypic analysis of adult lpr/lpr lymph nodes has demonstrated accumulation of a dull Lyt-1+, Thy-1+ population that expresses neither Lyt-2 nor L3T4 antigens. With the use of a depletion method based on complement-mediated lysis with an anti-Lyt-2 monoclonal antibody (31 M) and a new anti-L3T4 monoclonal antibody (RL 172.4), we have purified the Lyt-2- L3T4- subset from lymph nodes or spleens of C57BL/6-lpr/lpr mice and determined whether they are immunologically functional in vitro. Production of neither interleukin 2 nor interferon-gamma was detected by the double-negative subset after stimulation with concanavalin A and/or phorbol myristate acetate. The frequencies of allospecific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) precursors and lectin-induced antigen-nonspecific CTL precursors were diminished to almost undetectable levels, whereas the Lyt-2+ population from lpr/lpr mice had CTL-precursor frequencies comparable with that of +/+ mice. These results show that the major cell subset of adult lpr/lpr lymph nodes or spleens is composed of lymphocytes with markedly limited potential for lymphokine production or antigenic stimulation.
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