title: Lysis of allogeneic and syngeneic target cells by primary cytotoxic T lymphocytes induced in vitro by Drosophila melanogaster cells.
abstract: Incubation of unprimed splenocytes directly with synthetic peptides induces CD8+ primary CTL in vitro. The ability of peptide-pretreated LPS blasts or H-2Db-expressing Drosophila melanogaster cells to induce peptide-reactive primary CTL was analysed using synthetic peptides corresponding to distinct and overlapping amino acids in SV40 T antigen Db-restricted T-cell epitopes I, II-III, and V. Peptide-pretreated, but not untreated, LPS blasts induced strong peptide-reactive CTL in splenocytes of naive C57 BL/6 mice. The reactivity of these CTL was indistinguishable from that of CTL induced by direct stimulation of spleen cells with peptides. In contrast, effector cells induced by untreated or peptide-pretreated drosophila cells expressed equivalent cytolysis both against untreated and peptide-pretreated syngeneic target cells. They also strongly lysed the allogeneic (H-2d) P815 target cells. The cytolytic activity was expressed by CD8+ T lymphocytes. However, the lack of specificity and restriction was probably due to stimulation of LAK cells as well. The CTL-inducing potential of the drosophila cells was stable at 46 degrees C. Peptide-activated splenocytes cultured for 1 month in medium supplemented with spent medium from drosophila growth culture were 75% B cells and 25% CD4+ T cells. Taken together, these results indicated that LPS blasts are efficient APC for induction of primary CTL and that drosophila cell-derived molecule(s) are capable of inducing broad-reactive effector cells and may also assume the function of leukocyte growth factor(s).
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Alsheikhly
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007519:Isoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007519:Isoantigens; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D010446:Peptide Fragments