title: Role of CD2 and IL 1 beta in T cell responsiveness to IL 2.
abstract: We have evaluated the effects of an anti-CD2 monoclonal antibody (moAb), Leu-5b, on inhibition of lymphocyte responsiveness. Given previous reports that anti-CD2 moAb prevent production of interleukin 2 (IL 2), as well as up-regulation of IL 2 receptor, we chose a test system in which lymphocytes were activated by exogenously added recombinant IL 2 (rIL 2). Our studies thus allowed us to evaluate other possible mechanisms by which anti-CD2 moAb could act. We found that Leu-5b not only blocked the proliferative response of human peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) to IL 2, but also the development of cytotoxicity as assayed in lectin-dependent cytotoxicity (LDCC). Addition of recombinant interleukin 1 beta (rIL 1 beta) reconstituted the proliferative response in the presence of Leu-5b but did not allow development of cytotoxicity. Our findings are consistent with the concept that Leu-5b delivers a signal to IL 2-responsive cells that prevents their subsequent proliferation and development of cytotoxicity, but that only the former event, i.e., proliferation, is reconstituted by the addition of IL 1 beta.
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000502:physiology*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D004705:Endocytosis; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000502:physiology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000001:Calcimycin