The cellular basis for the induction of antigen-specific T8 suppressor cells.
The cellular basis for the generation of antigen-specific T8 suppressor cells with high doses of antigen has been studied. We separated the T4 subset of human T cells into T4+2H4+ and T4+2H4- subpopulations with a recently developed monoclonal anti-2H4 antibody. T8 cells could be consistently activated to suppress a primary anti-2,4-dinitrophenyl (DNP) antibody response in vitro with unfractionated T4 cells or with the T4+2H4+ subset but not the T4+2H4- subset. In contrast, the T4+2H4- subset functioned as the helper inducer for the anti-DNP antibody response. With keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH)-stimulated T4+2H4+ cells we could efficiently induce antigen-specific suppressor activity of fresh T8 cells. In contrast, the T4+2H4+ subset could not effect suppression in the absence of T8 cells. Our findings indicate that the T4+2H4+ subset of human T cells is the suppressor inducer of specific T8 cells in an antigen-specific DNP-KLH system.
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D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis*; D004140:Dinitrophenols / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes; D006433:Hemocyanins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D004140:Dinitrophenols; D000939:Epitopes; C034638:dinitrophenyl-bovine serum albumin; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D006433:Hemocyanins; C032808:keyhole-limpet hemocyanin