Phenotype, activation and lymphokine secretion by gamma/delta T lymphocytes from schistosomiasis and carcinoma of the urinary bladder.
In humans the majority of the CD3+ T cells usually express an alpha/beta T cell receptor (TcR) and a minority express a gamma/delta TcR. The CD3+ TcR alpha/beta and CD3+ TcR gamma/delta cells from blood of the patients with schistosomiasis with carcinoma of the urinary bladder (SCB) were analyzed for phenotype, activation, secretion of interleukin 2 (IL 2). B cell growth factor (BCGF) and B cell differentiation factor (BCDF), as well as for autologous (AMLR) and allogeneic (MLR) mixed lymphocyte reaction. Patients with SCB had a highly increased percentage of CD3+ TcR gamma/delta and a decreased percentage of CD3+ TcR alpha/beta T cells in their circulation. These CD3+ TcR gamma/delta T cells expressed the CD25 (IL 2 receptor), CD38, CD71 (transferrin receptor) and HLA-DR activation antigens at a higher intensity after in vitro stimulation with recombinant IL 2, phytohemagglutinin and soluble egg antigen (from Schistosoma haematobium). The SCB patients' CD3+ TcR gamma/delta T cells were highly deficient in secretion of IL 2 but produced highly elevated levels of BCGF and BCDF. On the contrary, both BCGF and BCDF activities of the CD3+ TcR alpha/beta T cells were decreased. Moreover, CD3+ TcR gamma/delta T cells demonstrated highly deficient AMLR and MLR activity. These observations suggest a possible role of CD3+ TcR gamma/delta T cells in the immune response and the disease pathogenesis in human schistosomiasis infections.
Raziuddin
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Department of Clinical Immunology, King Saud University, College of Medicine, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Shetty
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Ibrahim
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D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000378:metabolism; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000378:metabolism; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000378:metabolism*; D012548:Schistosoma haematobium / Q000276:immunology; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000276:immunology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000502:physiology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*
D015703:Antigens, CD; D007376:Interleukin-2; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008222:Lymphokines; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; D015847:Interleukin-4