title: The role of the L3T4 molecule in mitogen and antigen-activated signal transduction.
abstract: We investigated the role of the L3T4 molecule in mitogen and antigen-initiated signal transduction in the L3T4(+) murine T cell hybridoma, 3DT52.5.9 and an L3T4(-) variant, 3DT52.5.24. Both Concanavalin A (Con A) and specific antigen stimulated increases in cytosolic-free calcium ([Ca2+]i), phosphatidylinositol turnover, and interleukin-2 (IL-2) production in both cell lines. About 85% of the stimulated rise in [Ca2+]i was from an extracellular source. Anti-L3T4 monoclonal antibody (MAb) inhibited 90% of antigen- and 50% of Con A-stimulated increases in [Ca2+]i and IL-2 production but had no effect on the ability of either activation signal to stimulate phosphatidylinositol turnover in the parent L3T4(+) cells. Stimulus-response coupling in the L3T4(-) cells was unaffected by the MAb. The anti-L3T4-insensitive increase in [Ca2+]i induced by Con A was inhibited by EGTA, suggesting that this mitogen also stimulated an influx of Ca2+ via an additional transport mechanism distinct from that stimulated by antigen. The fact that anti-L3T4 antibodies inhibit antigen and Con A-stimulated Ca2+ transport and IL-2 production without affecting phosphatidylinositol turnover suggests that L3T4 may play a critical role in modulating the activation of the T cell receptor-associated Ca2+ transporter in T cell stimulus-response coupling.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000502:physiology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000502:physiology; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006825:Hybridomas; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000502:physiology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000502:physiology*; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D006183:H-2 Antigens; D007376:Interleukin-2; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen; D003208:Concanavalin A; D002118:Calcium