title: Chemotactic effect of human recombinant interleukin 2 on mouse activated large granular lymphocytes.
abstract: Human recombinant interleukin 2 (hrIL-2) was demonstrated in vitro to be chemotactic for mouse large granular lymphocytes (LGL) activated in vivo by virus infection. Peritoneal exudate cells harvested from virus-infected mice were used as a source of LGL. LGL collected from mouse hepatitis virus-infected mice at 3 days postinfection were a source for NK 1.1 positive natural killer (NK)/LGL. LGL collected from mice treated with antiserum to gangliotetraosylceramide and infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus for 7 days were used as a source for Lyt-2 positive cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)/LGL. Both NK/LGL and CTL/LGL responded chemotactically to hrIL-2, purified IFN-beta, and to crude cell-free washout fluids collected from the peritoneal cavity of virus-infected mice. hrIL-2 had chemotactic activity for virus-elicited granular and agranular lymphocytes but did not attract the contaminating macrophages, in contrast to IFN-beta, which displayed chemotactic activity for virus-elicited granular and agranular lymphocytes as well as macrophages. The migration to hrIL-2 was inhibited by a monoclonal antibody (7D4) to the IL-2 receptor, but treatment with 7D4 did not affect migration in response to IFN-beta. Microscopic examination of Wright's-Giemsa-stained migrated NK/LGL and CTL/LGL revealed that the majority of migrated LGL in either LGL population had a blast cell morphology (enlarged cells with rich basophilic cytoplasm). The frequency of cells bearing the LGL morphology within the virus-elicited nonadherent peritoneal exudate cell population was on incubation in vitro, stabilized by either hrIL-2 or IFN-beta. These data suggest that another important immunomodulating function of IL-2 may be to attract activated NK/LGL and CTL/LGL to sites of inflammation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000032:analysis; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D007370:Interferon Type I; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins