title: Immobilized anti-CD3 mAb induces anergy in murine naive and memory CD4+ T cells in vitro.
abstract: The induction of non-responsiveness in resting murine CD4+ T cells was investigated using immobilized anti-CD3 mAb. Incubation of freshly isolated CD4+ T cells with immobilized anti-CD3 mAb led to apoptosis in 40-60% cells. The surviving cells were profoundly non-responsive to subsequent mitogenic stimulation. The non-responsive state was characterized by a lack of IL-2 production and hyper-responsiveness to added IL-2, but was not explained by further activation-induced cell death. The induction of non-responsiveness was not due to modulation of the TCR-CD3 complex, and required partial activation of the T cells in that it was accompanied by an increase in cell size and was inhibited by addition of cyclosporin A. Finally, analysis of anti-CD3-mediated responses in naive and memory CD4+ T cells, separated on the basis of CD44 expression, showed that both naive and memory T cells have similar sensitivity to immobilized anti-CD3 mAb-induced activation, apoptosis and anergy. These results demonstrate that TCR-CD3 engagement on freshly isolated resting CD4+ naive and memory T cells, In the absence of co-stimulation, as achieved by plastic-immobilized anti-CD3 mAb, induces both anergy and cell death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Lechler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D016923:Cell Death / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017635:Clonal Anergy; D005260:Female; D007156:Immunologic Memory / Q000276:immunology*; D007399:Interphase / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D017252:CD3 Complex