title: Cell-mediated PPD-specific cytotoxicity against human monocyte targets: evidence for restriction by class II HLA antigens.
abstract: Human Purified Protein Derivative of tuberculin- (PPD-) specific cytotoxic cells have been detected in cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated for 6 days with PPD. These cytotoxic cells are demonstrated by their ability to lyse PPD-pulsed autologous monocyte target cells, but not unpulsed targets. In a series of checkerboard experiments each involving 3-5 randomly combined donors, effector cells from 35 donors have been tested in autologous and 130 allogeneic combinations. Analysis of results from the pooled allogeneic combinations reveals that HLA-B - and even more pronounced HLA-DR - antigen sharing correlates positively to high lysis. No effect of HLA-A antigen sharing is found. A more detailed analysis shows that the effect of HLA-B sharing may be fully accounted for by HLA-B-DR linkage disequilibrium. The results thus indicate that cell-mediated PPD specific cytotoxicity is HLA-restricted. Further, the correlation to HLA-DR sharing indicates that the restriction element in this system in all probability is a class II antigen.
mesh_terms: D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D006648:Histocompatibility; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D014373:Tuberculin