title: The CD28/B7 pathway costimulates the response of primary murine T cells to superantigens as well as to conventional antigens.
abstract: While the CD28/B7 pathway has been shown to play an important costimulatory role in the response of T cells to conventional antigens, its role in superantigen-mediated T cell activation has not been as clear. In this report, we used CD4+ T cells from ovalbumin-specific alpha beta-TCR-transgenic mice (DO11.10) to compare the ability of this pathway to costimulate the response of primary T cells to conventional antigens and superantigens. We show that either the addition of anti-CD28 monoclonal antibody or presentation with a B7 transfected cell line enhances the proliferative and interleukin-2 secretion response of DO11.10 CD4+ cells to both the conventional antigen, ovalbumin peptide (OVA 323-339), and the superantigen SEB. This implies that CD28-mediated costimulation plays a role in the response of murine T cells to superantigens as well as to conventional antigens.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Blankson
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Morse
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D018122:B7-1 Antigen / Q000502:physiology*; D018106:CD28 Antigens / Q000502:physiology*; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000032:analysis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D018089:Superantigens / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000941:Antigens; D018122:B7-1 Antigen; D018106:CD28 Antigens; D000939:Epitopes; D007376:Interleukin-2; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D018089:Superantigens; D010047:Ovalbumin