title: Age- and strain-related differences in murine spleen cell responses to different activation signals.
abstract: The effect of age on the response of splenocytes to activation with anti-CD3 mAb and a combination of anti-CD3 mAb and TPA, as evidenced by interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) production and cell proliferation, was examined in the C57BL/6 and DBA/2 murine strains. Depending on the mode of activation, there were age and strain differences in IL-2 and IL-4 production. With all modes of activation, cells from the old C57BL/6 mice produced less IL-2 than their young counterparts. In DBA/2 mice there was no age-related difference in IL-2 production with anti-CD3 mAb activation alone, whereas when the same cell population was activated with anti-CD3 mAb and TPA an age-associated decrease in IL-2 production occurred. In both strains, there was an age-related increase in IL-4 production with anti-CD3 mAb activation. After addition of TPA, however, there was an age-related decrease in IL-4 production. An age-related decline in the proliferation occurred with all modes of activation in both mouse strains. There were also strain-related differences in proliferation after the addition of forskolin, an inhibitor of Th1-cell function. While forskolin inhibited the proliferation of cells from the young C57BL/6 mice only, in the DBA/2 mice proliferation of cells was inhibited in both age groups. There were no strain-related differences in inhibition by anti-transferrin receptor (TrfR) mAb, although cells from the old mice were slightly more sensitive to this inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kariv
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Confer
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D017252:CD3 Complex; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D017252:CD3 Complex; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005576:Colforsin; D015847:Interleukin-4; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate