title: Anti-CD3 antibody-treated mice: in vivo induction of cytolytic activity and TNF production by lung leukocytes.
abstract: Anti-CD3 antibody induced non-MHC-restricted cytolytic activity in murine spleen cells within 4 hr of incubation in vitro and within 8 hr in vivo after intraperitoneal injection. Interstitial lung leukocytes acquired the capacity to kill both NK-sensitive and -resistant targets within 24 hr after anti-CD3 injection. In vivo-stimulated spleen cells produced significantly more IL-2 and TNF than unstimulated cells. When these cells were restimulated with anti-CD3 in vitro, a potentiation of TNF production was seen. Interstitial lung leukocytes doubled their TNF production ex vivo after anti-CD3 injection, and the suppressed TNF production which was seen in lung cells from tumor-bearing animals was restored after anti-CD3 stimulation. The TNF production by alveolar macrophages was augmented 5-fold 48 hr after injection of antibody. Anti-CD3 antibody also induced significant accumulation of both TNF alpha and TNF beta mRNA in spleen and lung leukocytes. Pre-treatment with anti-TNF antibodies, both in vitro and in vivo, did not eliminate the cytolytic activation of lung and spleen cells. Our data indicate that anti-CD3 antibodies can induce rapid activation of both cytolytic activity and cytokine production in lung lymphocytes and macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Immunology Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stanková
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D017252:CD3 Complex; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D017252:CD3 Complex; D007376:Interleukin-2; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha