Biochemical characterization of lymphocyte regulatory molecules. II. Purification of a class of rat and human lymphokines
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Biochemical characterization of lymphocyte regulatory molecules. II. Purification of a class of rat and human lymphokines
Abstract
Rat spleen cells activated in vitro by concanavalin A produce lymphokine molecules that possess biologic activity in a number of murine lymphocyte response assays. A single class of lymphokine most adequately described as T cell growth factor (TCGF, Interleukin-2) with a m.w. of 15,000 as estimated from gel filtration studies and with an isoelectric range of 5.4 to 5.6 stimulates i) the growth of established T cell lines in culture, ii) the proliferation of thymocytes in the presence of Con A under culture conditions where Con A alone is non-mitogenic, iii) the induction of antibody responses to heterologous erythrocyte antigens in athymic (nude) mouse spleen cell cultures, and iv) the generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) in thymocyte cultures and in nude mouse spleen cell cultures. We suggest that in each of the assay systems tested, this class of rat lymphokine acts directly on activated T cells. Nonactivated T cells must be stimulated by either mitogen or antigen before becoming responsive to lymphokine, but do not require antigen or mitogen for continued lymphokine-dependent proliferation. Similarly, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells activated by phytohemagglutinin (PHA) produce a class of lymphokines of identical size with an isoelectric point of 6.0 to 6.5 that possess the same biologic properties as measured in murine lymphocyte response systems.
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