title: Inhibition and enhancement of in vitro helper activity of apocytochrome c-specific murine T cell populations and clones by anti-apocytochrome c-specific monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: A murine monoclonal antibody (mAb) specific for apocytochrome c was found to be able to either inhibit or enhance the helper activity of mouse apocytochrome c-specific T cell clones and populations in a hapten (trinitrophenyl)-carrier (apocytochrome c) system of T-B cell cooperation. This effect of the mAb was carrier specific, could not be ascribed simply to a shift in the kinetics of the antibody response and was observed using apocytochrome c T helper cells of different mouse haplotypes. In addition, the anti-apocytochrome c mAb was able to inhibit specific T helper cell activity even when the T cells were triggered with antigen-presenting cells pulsed with antigen. Taken together, these results suggested that the mAb was inhibiting helper activity due to its ability to modify the interaction between T cells and antigen-presenting cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D001059:Apoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000276:immunology; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000276:immunology*; D045304:Cytochromes c; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008211:Lymphocyte Cooperation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000276:immunology; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL / Q000276:immunology; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA / Q000276:immunology; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001059:Apoproteins; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D045304:Cytochromes c