title: Activation of cord T lymphocytes. III. Role of LFA-1/ICAM-1 and CD2/LFA-3 adhesion molecules in CD3-induced proliferative response.
abstract: As cord T cells, a model of antigen (Ag)-unprimed cell, display a functional defect when stimulated through the CD3 molecule, the role of lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1(LFA-1)/intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) and CD2/lymphocyte function-associated antigen 3 (LFA-3) receptor-ligand pairs in cord CD3-triggered T-cell activation was analyzed using specific monoclonal antibodies (mAb) against each adhesion molecule. The addition of anti-CD11a, anti-CD18, or anti-CD2 to both adult and cord peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) cultures led to a decrease in CD3-induced proliferation. In contrast, CD3-stimulated cord, but not adult, PBMC proliferation was markedly enhanced when anti-CD54 or anti-CD58 were added. Despite the fact that ICAM-1 and LFA-3 molecules were virtually absent on cord resting T cells, mAb against these two molecules boosted both mitogenesis of and interleukin (IL)-2 production by purified cord T cells stimulated with plastic immobilized anti-CD3. Cord T-cell supernatant levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) were undetectable with CD3 stimulation, slightly raised with CD58/CD3 costimulation, but normal when T cells were preincubated with IL-2 for 24 hr before being costimulated with anti-CD3/CD58. Evidence that IL-2 and IFN-gamma play a pivotal role in fully activating cord T cells came from the demonstration that IL-2 and IFN-gamma are able to bypass the CD3-proliferative defect through differential up-regulation of the adhesion molecules. It would, therefore, seem that ICAM-1 and LFA-3 molecules are crucially implicated in the CD3-activation pathway of Ag-unprimed T cells.
authors.affiliation: Policlinico di Monteluce, University of Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gerli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Agea
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muscat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tognellini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiorucci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Spinozzi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cernetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertotto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology*; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D018821:CD18 Antigens; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000276:immunology; D018968:CD58 Antigens; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000276:immunology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D018821:CD18 Antigens; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D017252:CD3 Complex; D018968:CD58 Antigens; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D016207:Cytokines; D007376:Interleukin-2; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1