title: Gangliosides involved in activation of rat T lineage cells.
abstract: Gangliosides have long been known to be involved in T-cell activation. In our previous studies, a unique GMlb-derived ganglioside, GD1c(NeuGc,NeuGc), was shown to be the predominant ganglioside in rat thymocytes and T-cells. Upon the activation of the thymocytes, the amount of GD1c(NeuGc,NeuGc) increases remarkably, and additionally a novel species of GD1b, GD1b(NeuGc,NeuGc), appears as the other major ganglioside (Nohara, et al. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 24997-25000). In the present study, monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against these two gangliosides have been generated. The MAb AC1 established by immunizing mice with purified GD1c(NeuGc,NeuGc) reacted strongly with GD1c(NeuGc,NeuGc) and weakly with GD1b(NeuGc,NeuGc) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The other MAb AB1 obtained by immunization with GD1b(NeuGc,NeuGc) showed a strong binding activity to GD1b(NeuGc,NeuGc) and no reactivity to GDlc(NeuGc,NeuGc) by ELISA. Flow cytometry analyses using these MAbs have revealed that an AC1-positive subset exists in a portion of resting CD4+CD8- thymocytes and CD4+ splenic T-cells. When the thymocytes were activated with 12-O-tetradecanoylpholbol-13-acetate (TPA) and calcium ionophore A23187, the proportion of AC1+ cells increased remarkably and were detected not only in CD4+ cells but also in CD8+ cells. An increase in the proportion of AC1+ cells was also seen in activated T-cells. In contrast, AB1-positive cells were only detected in activated thymocytes, not in resting thymocytes, or resting or activated T-cells. These results implicate GD1c(NeuGc,NeuGc) in the activation of thymocytes as well as T-cells, whereas GD1b(NeuGc,NeuGc) appears to be specifically related to the activation of thymocytes.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health Sciences Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nohara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saji
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujimaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D006736:Horses; D006825:Hybridomas; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013154:Spleen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D005732:Gangliosides; D007376:Interleukin-2; D007476:Ionophores; D000001:Calcimycin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate