title: Hapten-specific T lymphocyte activation by glutaraldehyde-treated macrophages: an argument against antigen processing by macrophages.
abstract: In this communication the effects of glutaraldehyde treatment of trinitrophenyl-(TNP) modified macrophages on their ability to stimulate TNP-specific guinea pig T lymphocyte proliferation were studied. TNP-modified macrophages briefly treated with glutaraldehyde retained much of their ability to stimulate TNP-primed T cells. In contrast, similar treatment of allogeneic macrophages or soluble protein antigen-pulsed syngeneic macrophages completely eliminated their ability to stimulate a mixed leukocyte reaction or protein antigen-specific proliferation, respectively. TNP-modification did not appear to interfere with glutaraldehyde reactivity since macrophages treated with glutaraldehyde before or after TNP-modification stimulated equivalent T cell responses. However, glutaraldehyde treatment of TNP-modified macrophages that had been cultured overnight dramatically reduced their ability to stimulate TNP-specific T cells. Glutaraldehyde-treated TNP-modified macrophages also expressed the same genetic restrictions of T cell activation as untreated stimulators. Thus, T cells primed with syngeneic TNP-modified macrophages were restimulated only by glutaraldehyde-treated TNP-modified syngeneic, but not by allogeneic, macrophages. These results are discussed with respect to the nature of the TNP-specific immunogen recognized by T cells.
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D002470:Cell Survival; D005976:Glutaral / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006241:Haptens; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000494:pharmacology; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014301:Trinitrobenzenes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000941:Antigens; D006241:Haptens; D007106:Immune Sera; D014301:Trinitrobenzenes; D005976:Glutaral