title: Phorbol ester induces expression and function of interleukin-2 receptors on a human leukemic cell line with a T-cell precursor phenotype.
abstract: We show here that a human leukemic cell line, PER-117, bearing the markers of a T-cell precursor phenotype, can be induced to express receptors for interleukin-2 (IL-2). These IL-2 receptors could be demonstrated to mediate a physiologic response to the lymphokine for which the high-affinity form of the IL-2 receptor appears to be essential. The phenotype of PER-117 cells corresponds to the earliest identifiable stage of T-cell differentiation, which is defined by the lack of the T3-T-cell receptor complex and the presence of the 40 Kd protein recognized by monoclonal antibodies of the CD7 group. Further evidence for the clonality and T-cell lineage of this cell line was obtained by analysis of rearrangements of genes for the T-cell receptor (TCR) beta chain and for the immunoglobulin heavy-chain (IgJH) genes. PER-117 cells could be shown to have rearranged TCR beta genes but no rearrangement of the IgJH genes. Cell line PER-117 provides a model to investigate the requirements for induction of IL-2 receptors in a cell expressing the first T-cell-specific marker and may help to elucidate the role of IL-2 during thymic differentiation and in the uncontrolled proliferation of T-cell leukemias.
authors.affiliation: Leukaemia Research Laboratory, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: U R
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Kees
mesh_terms: D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate