title: Human T lymphocytes and T-cell lines as target cells for lymphocyte chemotaxis.
abstract: We have observed that freshly isolated T lymphocytes from healthy donors give a chemotactic response to complement C5a in 26 of 55 individuals and to epidermal lymphocyte chemotactic factor in 15 of 23 donors using 51chromium-labelled lymphocytes in a double-filter Boyden chamber system. The reason for a lack of demonstrable chemotaxis among some cell populations is unknown, but it makes donor selection important when studying lymphocyte chemotaxis. In order to obtain a standardized screening assay for T lymphocyte chemotactic activity, we investigated a number of T-cell lines or T-cell-related cell lines such as HuT78, Jurkat, MOLT4, K562 and 1301. We observed that HuT78, K562 and Jurkat showed chemotactic responses to a variety of mediators, whereas 1301 showed chemotaxis only towards C5a, and MOLT4 was completely negative. The HuT78 cell line, which is derived from a patient with Sézary's syndrome, exhibited the highest chemotactic capacity similar to freshly isolated T lymphocytes. The only difference was its chemotactic response towards stimulation with recombinant interleukin-1 alpha and beta, which did not induce chemotaxis in human peripheral blood T lymphocytes in the Boyden chamber assay. We conclude that HuT78 can be used in screening various inflammatory mediators for their potential T lymphocyte chemotactic properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Marselisborg Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Zachariae
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaltoft
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thestrup-Pedersen
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay; D002460:Cell Line; D002469:Cell Separation; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects*; D015936:Complement C5a / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D015936:Complement C5a