title: Partial purification and characterization of B cell growth factor constitutively secreted by human T-cell hybridoma.
abstract: Human T cell hybridomas were established by fusion of PHA-activated PBL with the 8-azaguanine resistant human T-leukemic cell line CEM-CM3. High levels of B cell growth factor (BCGF) activity were detected in the supernatants of hybridoma C8-2B2 and its subclones. Hybridoma C8-2B2, in addition to the Leu 3a, also expressed the OKT11 surface marker which was not detectable on the parent CEM-CM3 cells. BCGF from the culture supernatant was purified by combined use of salt fractionation and gel filtration to 36.6 fold with 23.9% recovery of activity. The BCGF produced by hybridoma C8-2B2 has a molecular weight range of 16,000-20,000 in two major electrophoretically different forms with pI values of 6.4 and 7.4.
mesh_terms: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology; D002460:Cell Line; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000378:metabolism*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000032:analysis; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D006133:Growth Substances; D007376:Interleukin-2; D008222:Lymphokines; D015847:Interleukin-4