title: Anti-CD3-induced cell death in T cell hybridomas: mitochondrial failure and DNA fragmentation are distinct events.
abstract: Triggering of the T cell receptor of T cell hybridomas leads to interleukin (IL) 2 secretion, inhibition of spontaneous growth, degradation of genomic DNA and cell death. We have investigated the relationship between the ability of mitochondria to convert 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), DNA fragmentation and growth arrest in hybridomas stimulated with anti-CD3/T cell receptor antibodies. We describe a variant T hybridoma whose mitochondrial function remains unaffected upon stimulation with anti-CD3 antibody, although it does undergo DNA fragmentation. By contrast, treatment of another anti-CD3-stimulated T hybridoma with endonuclease inhibitor completely inhibits the DNA fragmentation response but not mitochondrial failure induced by anti-CD3 antibody. Thus, we have been able to dissociate anti-CD3-induced mitochondrial failure and DNA fragmentation, suggesting that they are separate events. Although both undoubtedly contribute to cell death induced by activation the primary cause of death may be mitochondrial failure rather than DNA fragmentation.
authors.affiliation: ICRF, Department of Biology, University College London, GB.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vukmanović
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zamoyska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000502:physiology*; D001312:Aurintricarboxylic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D017252:CD3 Complex; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000276:immunology; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000187:drug effects; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000166:cytology; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D017252:CD3 Complex; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D001312:Aurintricarboxylic Acid; D015759:Ionomycin; D002118:Calcium