title: There is no correlation between function and lymphokine production of HBs-antigen-specific human CD4(+)-cloned T cells.
abstract: The question whether antigen-specific human CD4+ T cells can be classified on the basis of appropriate and fixed lymphokine production patterns and their corresponding functions still remains to be elucidated. We generated ten CD4+ T-cell clones specific for HBsAg from HBsAb-positive but HBsAg-negative individuals. Seven of these clones exhibited helper activity for HBsAb response, while the three other clones did not. Both helper- and non-helper-type T-cell clones produced interleukin 4 (IL-4) after antigenic stimulation. By stimulation with phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) plus phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), three of the seven helper-type clones produced interleukin 2 (IL-2) in addition to IL-4. However, the other four helper-type clones did not produce IL-2 by such stimulation, although they continued the production of IL-4. All non-helper-type T-cell clones produced a large amount of IL-2, and some of them completely became an IL-2 producer after certain stimulation. These results suggested that both helper- and non-helper-type CD4+ T-cell clones specific for HBsAg might have no strict pattern of lymphokine production as in the TH1/TH2 dichotomy of murine CD4+ T cells. The data also revealed that lymphokine-producing capacity of individual cloned T cells is changeable depending upon the sort of activation.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsutsui
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizoguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morisawa
mesh_terms: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000502:physiology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D017252:CD3 Complex; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002999:Clone Cells; D003208:Concanavalin A; D000939:Epitopes; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D008211:Lymphocyte Cooperation; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000502:physiology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D017252:CD3 Complex; D000939:Epitopes; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D007376:Interleukin-2; D008222:Lymphokines; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D003208:Concanavalin A; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate