title: Functional interleukin-2 receptor on a Tac negative human leukaemia T-cell line.
abstract: Cell line PER-423 was derived from the cells of a patient with an immature acute T-lymphoblastic leukaemia and the growth of this human cell line is strictly dependent on interleukin-2 (IL-2). PER-423 cells express the p75 (beta) subunit of the IL-2 receptor (IL-2R beta), while the p55 chain (IL-2R alpha) is not detectable by immunofluorescence. The analysis of the IL-2R revealed that it is of intermediate affinity and the median effective IL-2 concentration for PER-423 cells (EC50 value) was determined to be 1.44 +/- 0.29 nM. Chemical crosslinking studies showed that the receptor consists of one polypeptide of approximately 95 kDa as well as a doublet of 70 kDa and 60 kDa and does not include the IL-2R alpha-chain. The steady-state mRNA level for the p75 subunit was similar to that present in a cell line expressing an IL-2R alpha+ beta+, while only traces for the alpha-chain were detectable. PER-423 cells can be induced to express the alpha-chain of the IL-2R on the cell surface, concomitant with a much reduced EC50 level. Since cell line PER-423 is functionally dependent on IL-2, it provides an ideal model for IL-2 signal transduction studies and for investigations focusing on the requirements for ligand binding vs activation.
authors.affiliation: Western Australian Research Institute for Child Health, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth.
authors.forename: U R
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Kees
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Peroni
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ranford
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2