title: Study of activation of murine T cells with bacterial superantigens. In vitro induction of enhanced responses in CD4+ T cells and of anergy in CD8+ T cells.
abstract: Primary and secondary responses of murine CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells upon stimulation with staphylococcal enterotoxin E (SEE) bearing superantigenic properties were examined. Both isolated C57BL/6 splenic CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells proliferated and produced IL-2 and IFN-gamma upon stimulation with SEE in substantial levels. The amounts of IL-2 were greater in CD4+ T cells and those of IFN-gamma were somewhat greater in CD8+ T cells. SEE-induced CD4+ T lymphoblasts, larger parts of which bore the V beta 11 element in their TCR, proliferated, produced IL-2 and IFN-gamma, and showed toxin-dependent cytotoxicity in substantial levels upon restimulation with SEE. By contrast, SEE-induced CD8+ T lymphoblasts, the larger part of which bore the V beta 11 element, did not show the first two of the three responses at all upon restimulation with SEE, whereas these cells showed greater cytotoxicity. The CD8+ T lymphoblasts did not suppress the reactivity of the CD4+ T lymphoblasts. Both SEE-induced CD4+ T lymphoblasts and CD8+ T lymphoblasts proliferated and produced IL-2 and IFN-gamma in comparable levels upon stimulation with rIL-2 or mAb to CD3 or V beta 11.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: X J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imanishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kumazawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D017260:Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000502:physiology; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000032:analysis; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D004768:Enterotoxins; D007376:Interleukin-2; D017260:Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; C049463:enterotoxin E, Staphylococcal