Presence of an antigen-specific T cell subset that forms IgE-suppressive factor and IgG-suppressive factor on antigenic stimulation.
B6D2F1 mice were given three i.v. injections of ovalbumin (OA), and antigen-specific T cell clones were established from their spleen cells. One of the FcR+ T cell clones formed IgE-binding factors on incubation with OA-pulsed syngeneic macrophages. Neither soluble antigen nor macrophages alone induced factor formation. T cell hybridomas were constructed by fusion of the antigen-specific T cell clone with BW 5147 cells. Among 11 T cell hybridomas established, six clones produced IgE-binding factors on incubation with OA-pulsed BDF1 macrophages. Mouse IgE also induced the same hybridoma to form IgE-binding factors. The majority of IgE-binding factors formed by two T hybridomas and by those produced by the parent T cell clone had affinity for peanut agglutinin but for neither lentil lectin nor Con A. These hybridomas and the original T cell clone spontaneously released glycosylation-inhibiting factor, which inhibits the assembly of N-linked oligosaccharide(s) on IgE-binding factors. On antigenic stimulation, the T cell hybridomas produced both IgE-binding factors and IgG-binding factors. The IgE-binding factors consisted of three species with m.w. of 60,000, 30,000, and 15,000. Both the 60K and 15K IgE-binding factors selectively suppressed the IgE response of DNP-OA-primed rat mesenteric lymph node cells, whereas IgG-binding factors selectively suppressed the IgG response. The results indicate that antigen-primed FcR+ T cells produced IgE-suppressive factors and IgG-suppressive factors on antigenic stimulation. However, the T cell hybridomas were not committed to suppressive activity. When the hybridomas were stimulated by antigen in the presence of glycosylation-enhancing factor (GEF), the 60K, 30K, and 15K IgE-binding factors formed by the cells selectively potentiated the IgE response. IgG-binding factors formed by the cells in the presence of GEF failed to suppress the IgG response. It appears that antigen-specific FcR+ T cells regulate the antibody response through the formation of Ig-binding factors, but that the function of the cells could be switched from suppression to enhancement, depending on the environment of the cells.
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D000818:Animals; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D004136:Dinitrobenzenes / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D007377:Interleukin-3; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology; D029584:Prostatic Secretory Proteins; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D013491:Suppressor Factors, Immunologic; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
D004136:Dinitrobenzenes; D000939:Epitopes; C037161:IGE class-specific suppressor factor; D007377:Interleukin-3; D008222:Lymphokines; D029584:Prostatic Secretory Proteins; D013491:Suppressor Factors, Immunologic; C043076:beta-microseminoprotein; C013059:immunoglobulin-binding factors; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D010047:Ovalbumin