title: Enhanced responses of glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor-deficient T lymphocytes.
abstract: The functions of GPI-anchored proteins in T lymphocyte activation have been controversial. This issue was addressed by studying the responses of T lymphocytes from T lymphocyte-specific GPI anchor-deficient mice to different stimuli that normally allow coligation of TCR and GPI-anchored proteins. Stimulation of GPI anchor-deficient T lymphocytes with ConA induced 2-fold higher proliferative responses than did normal cells. In response to allogeneic stimulation, proliferation of GPI anchor-deficient T lymphocytes was enhanced 2- to 3-fold. The response to ConA of a GPI anchor-deficient anti-OVA T lymphocyte clone generated from these mice was approximately 3-fold higher than that of cells from the same clone in which GPI anchor expression was restored by retroviral transduction. The response of the GPI anchor-deficient cloned anti-OVA T lymphocytes to antigenic stimulation was similar to that of the retrovirally restored cells. These results indicate that coligation with GPI-anchored proteins counteracts the response to TCR stimulation by ConA or alloantigen but not protein Ag.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunoregulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Wouter L W
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Hazenbos
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Taroh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D002999:Clone Cells; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D019426:Integrases / Q000235:genetics; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000235:genetics; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck) / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C080086:phosphatidylinositol glycan-class A protein; D003208:Concanavalin A; D010047:Ovalbumin; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck); C045073:Cre recombinase; D019426:Integrases