title: Lymphokine profile and activation pattern of two unrelated antigen- or idiotype-specific T suppressor cell clones.
abstract: Two T suppressor (Ts) clones of different specificity have been analyzed for their lymphokine spectrum. BVI/5 is an I-Ek-restricted bovine serum albumin (BSA)-specific Ts cell clone from a CBA/J mouse tolerized by low doses of BSA. It affects directly or indirectly the function of BSA-specific T helper (Th) cells. The Ts cell clone 178-4 from a BALB/c mouse is I-Ed restricted and recognizes the public J558 Id on B cells. It prevents alpha(1----3)dextran B 1355S (Dex)-specific IgG antibody production and drives Dex-specific J558 idiotype-bearing B cells into an anergic B IgG memory cell state. Both Ts cell clones thus cause specific suppression, yet in different experimental systems using different effector mechanisms. Upon stimulation with concanavalin A or fixed CD3-specific monoclonal antibody, both clones produce high levels of interferon (IFN)-gamma and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) but in contrast to Th1 cells no interleukin (IL)-2. Both clones produce low levels of IL-3 and IL-6 but no IL-4, IL-5 and IL-9. Furthermore, unlike Th2 cells, both clones do not respond to IL-1. The mechanism of the idiotype-specific induction of anergy in Dex-specific B IgG memory cells by 178-4 Ts cells is not yet understood. BVI/5 Ts cells suppress in vitro the BSA-specific proliferation of the BSA-specific Th cell clone 83/1, as well as the response of BSA-primed CBA/LN cells. Whereas the suppressive effect on 83/1 cells is due to IFN-gamma alone the suppression of BSA-specific lymph node cells can be simulated neither by IFN-gamma nor the combination of IFN-gamma and TNF. Thus these mediators cannot account for the antigen-specific suppression by BVI/5 Ts cells in polyclonal in vitro responses from lymph node cells and probably not for the induction of in vivo unresponsiveness.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Immunologie, Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, FRG.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Pauels
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Austrup
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rüde
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kölsch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D002999:Clone Cells; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000276:immunology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008222:Lymphokines; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D007371:Interferon-gamma