title: Specificity of proliferative response of human CD8 clones to mycobacterial antigens.
abstract: Human CD8 T lymphocyte clones (TLC) were generated from the pleural effusion of patients with tuberculosis using a protocol that required, in addition to antigen, coculture of purified CD8+ T cells, accessory cells, interleukin 2 (IL2) and anti-CD3-Sepharose. The TLC obtained were stimulated by mycobacterial soluble extracts in an IL2-dependent and MHC class I-restricted manner. When antigen-responsive TLC were screened with extracts from the recombinant mycobacterial library they were found to respond to either the Y3125 (100-kDa) or the Y3111 (71-kDa) lambda gt11 clones. Polyacrylamide gel immunoblot analysis demonstrated that the CD8 TLC responded to fractions with the molecular mass range 27-45 kDa in the Y3125 lysogen and 60-90 kDa in the mycobacterial soluble extract. The specificity of TLC reactive with the Y3111 clone was confirmed using the 71-kDa antigen purified from the same lysogen. These TLC recognized sequences common to the 71-kDa protein derived from mycobacteria, E. coli or a human cell line. Studies of three TLC using antigen-presenting cells of known genetic haplotype indicated that stimulation with both the Y3125 and the 71-kDa antigens were restricted by determinants encoded by HLA-B8.
authors.affiliation: MRC Tuberculosis and Related Infections Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, GB.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scoging
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehlert
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ivanyi
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis*; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D002999:Clone Cells; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007378:Interleukins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D006133:Growth Substances; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D007376:Interleukin-2; D007378:Interleukins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015847:Interleukin-4