title: Skewing to the LFA-3 adhesion pathway by influenza infection of antigen-presenting cells.
abstract: The effect of influenza (FLU) infection on heterotypic conjugate formation between antigen-presenting cells and T lymphocytes has been studied with FLU-specific T cell clones and FLU-infected B-lymphoblastoid cells (B-LCL). Conjugate formation between FLU-infected B-LCL (FLU+ B-LCL) and T cells was found to be consistently enhanced in comparison with peptide-sensitized or uninfected B-LCL. Treatment of B-LCL with exogenous neuraminidase (NA-NAse) similarly enhanced conjugate formation indicating that increased conjugate formation may be mediated by the viral neuraminidase. Monoclonal antibody blocking experiments revealed that the contribution by CD2/LFA-3 is increased relative to that of LFA-1/ICAM-1 in conjugates between FLU+ B-LCL or NANAse-treated B-LCL and T cell clones. In contrast, both pathways of adhesion contributed equally to conjugate formation between peptide-sensitized B-LCL or control B-LCL and T cell clones. Thus, FLU infection causes increased conjugate formation between antigen-presenting cells and T cells and skews towards CD2/LFA-3-dependent adhesion, independent of T cell receptor signalling.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Clinical Viro-Immunology, Central Laboratory of The Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: van Kemenade
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kuijpers
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Waal-Malefijt
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: van Lier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miedema
mesh_terms: D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000502:physiology*; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000502:physiology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D018968:CD58 Antigens; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000502:physiology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D018968:CD58 Antigens; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D002118:Calcium