Rees A, Scoging A, Mehlert A, Young DB, Ivanyi J. Specificity of proliferative response of human CD8 clones to mycobacterial antigens.
Eur J Immunol 1988;
18:1881-7. [PMID:
3146508 DOI:
10.1002/eji.1830181203]
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Abstract
Human CD8 T lymphocyte clones (TLC) were generated from the pleural effusion of patients with tuberculosis using a protocol that required, in addition to antigen, coculture of purified CD8+ T cells, accessory cells, interleukin 2 (IL2) and anti-CD3-Sepharose. The TLC obtained were stimulated by mycobacterial soluble extracts in an IL2-dependent and MHC class I-restricted manner. When antigen-responsive TLC were screened with extracts from the recombinant mycobacterial library they were found to respond to either the Y3125 (100-kDa) or the Y3111 (71-kDa) lambda gt11 clones. Polyacrylamide gel immunoblot analysis demonstrated that the CD8 TLC responded to fractions with the molecular mass range 27-45 kDa in the Y3125 lysogen and 60-90 kDa in the mycobacterial soluble extract. The specificity of TLC reactive with the Y3111 clone was confirmed using the 71-kDa antigen purified from the same lysogen. These TLC recognized sequences common to the 71-kDa protein derived from mycobacteria, E. coli or a human cell line. Studies of three TLC using antigen-presenting cells of known genetic haplotype indicated that stimulation with both the Y3125 and the 71-kDa antigens were restricted by determinants encoded by HLA-B8.
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