title: Functional analysis of CD82 in the early phase of T cell activation: roles in cell adhesion and signal transduction.
abstract: To define T cell co-stimulatory molecules that work in the early phase of T cell activation, we established monoclonal antibodies (mAb) that inhibit or enhance T cell activation by the histiocytic leukemia cell line U937. One of the mAb, 53H5, which recognized both T cells and U937, was identified to bind to CD82 by expression cloning. Functional analyses of CD82 revealed that 1) CD82 needs to exist on both T cells and U937 for the full activation of T cells; 2) CD82 expression is up-regulated on both T cells and U937 by stimulation such as CD3 ligation or treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate; 3) overexpression of CD82 enhances both homotypic and heterotypic cell adhesion between T cells and U937; 4) CD82 signal co-stimulates T cells and the signal works synergistically with the CD28-mediated T cell co-stimulation signal; 5) in mixed leukocyte reactions using U937 as stimulator cells, CD82 overexpression on U937 correlates with the higher allogeneicity of U937 cells. These results indicate that CD82 co-stimulates T cells not only by sending intra-T cell signals that work synergistically with CD28 signals but also by inducing enhanced T cell-antigen-presenting cell interaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biotherapy Research, Cancer Chemotherapy Center, Cancer Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shibagaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hanada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamada
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D051861:Kangai-1 Protein; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C497688:CD82 protein, human; D051861:Kangai-1 Protein; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins