T-T cell interactions are mediated by adhesion molecules.
The mechanism by which T cells signal other T cells is not well defined. This was investigated by studying the ability of circulating T cells to induce the proliferation of autologous T cell clones. Peripheral blood T cells activated by cross-linking of the CD3/T cell receptor complex, which increased the expression of cell adhesion molecules LFA-1, LFA-3 and ICAM-1, induced the proliferation of autologous T cell clones. Irradiated antigen-activated peripheral blood T cells could also induce the proliferation of T cell clones which could not recognize that antigen. T-T cell activation required cell contact, was not major histocompatibility complex (MHC) restricted and was blocked by monoclonal antibodies directed against adhesion molecules CD2 and LFA-3 but was not blocked by antibody to class II MHC determinants. As CD2 is the natural ligand for LFA-3, increased expression of T cell surface adhesion molecules LFA-1, ICAM-1 and particularly LFA-3 during an inflammatory response may rapidly recruit T cells that are activated through the CD2 pathway. These results allow a simplified model to explain how relatively few antigen/MHC-specific T cells can recruit large numbers of non-antigen-specific T cells in the generation of an inflammatory response and postulates a novel role of the CD2 molecule in T cell immune function.
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
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