title: A T-cell line with an unusual phenotype.
abstract: A rapidly proliferating T-cell line, HCD8, was derived from the peripheral blood lymphocytes of an apparently healthy individual during the course of a T-cell cloning experiment. This T-cell line expressed a very unusual phenotype: CD1+, CD2-, CD3+ (cytoplasmic), CD4-, CD5+, CD7+, CD8-, interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2 R) (p55)-, and T-cell antigen receptor (TCAR) alpha beta-. Assays for reverse transcriptase activity and for human T-lymphotropic retroviral sequences in the cellular DNA were negative, indicating that the cells were not transformed by human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-I, HTLV-II, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-I. Culturing the cells in the differentiation inducing agent 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate induced an increased expression of CD3 but no other significant changes in T-cell markers. A small population of CD4-negative and CD8-negative T-lymphocytes exist in human peripheral blood and they exhibit natural killer (NK) and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic (ADCC) activity. However, the authors' cell line failed to demonstrate such cytotoxic function. The TCAR gene rearrangement studies showed that both T gamma genes were rearranged while the T beta genes were in the germ line configuration and the T delta genes were deleted. HCD8 strongly expressed the antigens Leu M1 and Ki-1, markers detected only rarely on normal unstimulated human T-cells, but quite consistently found on Reed-Sternberg cells and cells of some large pleomorphic T-cell lymphomas. HCD8 may be used to study the control of Leu M1 and Ki-1 expression in T-cells and it may provide some insight into the cellular origin of the above-mentioned lymphomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bamford
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Waldmann
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics*; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000235:genetics; D017252:CD3 Complex; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D002460:Cell Line; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008297:Male; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques; D010641:Phenotype; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D017252:CD3 Complex; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate