title: Effects of monoclonal antibodies against lymphocyte surface antigens on interleukin 2 excretion by Epstein-Barr virus-specific human T-cell hybridomas.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies were used as probes to study the role of cell surface antigens in the response of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific human T-T hybridomas to autologous EBV-infected B lymphoblasts. Somatic cell hybrids were generated by fusing EBV-primed peripheral blood T lymphocytes with a mutant clone of the JM human T-lymphoblastoid-cell line. When exposed to autologous EBV-infected B lymphoblasts, the resulting hybrid clones released Interleukin 2 into the culture medium. Incubation of the EBV-infected B cells with two monoclonal antibodies against human Ia-like molecules blocked their ability to trigger the hybridomas. Under the same conditions, monoclonal antibodies against beta 2-microglobulin, and a 45,000 MW surface antigen common to EBV-infected B lymphoblasts, did not alter the capacity of the B cells to stimulate the hybridomas. None of four monoclonal antibodies against surface antigens on the T-cell hybridomas impaired their responsiveness to EBV-infected B lymphoblasts. These results suggest the possibility that naturally occurring or exogenously administered antibodies against Ia molecules might interfere with T-cell regulation of EBV-induced B-cell activation.
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000378:metabolism*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007376:Interleukin-2