Constitutive production of phagocytosis inducing factor(s) in a monocyte/macrophage lineage cell line (THP-1) by retrovirus-transformed human T cell lines.
Four human T cell lines, MT-2, TCL-Kan, TCL-As 2, and TCL-Haz, established from normal leukocytes by cocultivation with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) virus (ATLV)-producing cells, produced constitutively phagocytosis inducing factor(s) (PIF) that induced phagocytosis in a human monocytic cell line, THP-1. These cell lines expressed ATLV-associated antigens (ATLA) as well as numerous virus particles, whereas the other twelve leukocyte cell lines tested, including T cell lines, B cell lines, and non-T and non-B cell lines, did not produce detectable amounts of the factor(s) in the culture supernatants. PIF was produced in the absence of serum and was not related to either ATLV-particles or viral structural proteins. Its activity was stable at 56 C for 30 min, but labile at 80 C for 30 min and at pH 2 for 20 hr. MT-2 and TCL-Kan produced large amounts of the factor(s) in the culture supernatants but little interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) or colony stimulating factor (CSF) activity was detected; furthermore, the activity was not neutralized by rabbit anti-IFN-gamma sera. These observations suggest that some ATLV-transformed T cell lines produce PIF that is different from IFN-gamma and CSF.
D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D017977:Deltaretrovirus; D006801:Humans; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000502:physiology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*
D008222:Lymphokines