Cell surface glycoproteins involved in the stimulation of interleukin 1-dependent interleukin 2 production by a subline of EL4 thymoma cells. I. Functional characterization by monoclonal antibodies.
Three rat monoclonal antibodies (MAb) capable of stimulating interleukin 2 (IL 2) production by a variant subline of EL4 thymoma cells (EL4-6.1) have been produced. The stimulatory capacity of these MAb (designated RL73, RL119, and RL388) was originally found to be dependent on the presence of irradiated peritoneal exudate cells; however, this requirement could be replaced by the cellfree supernatant of the "macrophage-like" cell line P388D1 or by biochemically purified human interleukin 1 (IL 1). A number of other rat MAb directed against cell surface structures did not stimulate IL 1-dependent IL 2 production by EL4-6.1 cells; however, certain MAb directed against Thy-1 as well as the lectin phytohemagglutin did have this capacity. Furthermore, the stimulatory activity of MAb RL73, RL119, and RL388 appeared to be restricted to the EL4-6.1 variant line, because neither the parental EL4 line from which it was derived nor a series of ovalbumin-specific T-T hybrids responded to these MAb. The cell surface antigens recognized by MAb RL73, RL119, and RL388 were present on a wide variety of T cell lines and T-T hybrids, as well as on lines of B cell, macrophage, and fibroblast origin. Interestingly, the MAb reacted with the majority (approximately 85%) of thymocytes but not (or only to a very small extent) with resting T lymphocytes. After stimulation by concanavalin A, however, the three MAb reacted strongly with activated T lymphoblasts. The latter data suggest that MAb RL73, RL119, and RL388 may react with cell surface structures that are normally expressed as a consequence of lymphocyte activation.
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