title: Propagation of lewis rat encephalitogenic T cell lines: T-cell-growth-factor is superior to recombinant IL-2.
abstract: This study was designed to test the process of selecting encephalitogenic T cell lines in the Lewis rat using recombinant human IL-2 (rhIL-2) in comparison to TCGF. The lines were tested for growth, antigen induced proliferation, cytokine production, V-beta 8.2 expression and pathogenicity. We now report that rhIL-2 and TCGF were equally effective in supporting short-term pathogenic T-cell lines with similar proportion of V-beta 8.2 usage. For the maintenance of long term lines, however, TCGF was superior to IL-2. The concentration of rhIL-2 influenced the cultures: 10 units/ml led to more T-cell proliferation than either 2 or 50 units/ml. However, 50 units/ml of IL-2 led to enhanced Th1 polarization. Thus, the type and concentration of growth factors can influence both the propagation of T cells and their phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel. felix.mor@weizmann.ac.il
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mor
authors.forename: Irun R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004681:Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000032:analysis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016753:Interleukin-10; D007371:Interferon-gamma