title: Target cell lysis by cytotoxic T lymphocytes redirected by antibody-coated polystyrene beads.
abstract: Cytotoxic T lymphocytes were found to mediate rapid lysis of target cells not normally recognized in the presence of small polystyrene beads coated with a combination of anti-T3 and antitarget cell antibodies. Lysis was not seen with beads bearing one of these antibodies alone, nor with a mixture of two types of beads each coated with a single antibody. The effector cells mediating this lysis include long term allospecific human CTL, and both human and mouse CTL clones recognizing mouse class I MHC Kb Ag. TNP-modified mouse tumor cells, a human lymphoblastoid line, and human red cells were found to be good targets for this cytotoxicity. Polystyrene beads with diameters of 3 to 15 mu caused target lysis, with a dose-response curve which typically went through a maximum and declined at high bead numbers. Maximal bead-redirected lysis by CTL was less efficient than that mediated by soluble antibody heteroconjugates of the same two antibodies. Bead-redirected target lysis was calcium dependent. These results are interpreted as a form of bystander lysis induced by the beads, since the target cell membrane is not directly crosslinked to the region of CTL activation. These observations thus favor a mechanism of lysis involving the polarized secretion of a locally acting lytic agent by CTL.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kolber
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Quinones
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Henkart
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000502:physiology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000502:physiology; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic / Q000379:methods; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D008863:Microspheres; D010316:Particle Size; D011137:Polystyrenes; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014301:Trinitrobenzenes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D011137:Polystyrenes; D014301:Trinitrobenzenes