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Certain cells that participate in the immune response are known to become polarized in their production of cytokines. It is postulated that, after initial polarization at the site of antigenic encounter, the different types of cell arriving at this site are induced to conform to the local cytokine field, implying that they share common regulatory circuits. As they migrate, these cells might, in turn, spread the particular cytokine field. Therefore, the field is 'infectious' in nature. Propagation of the cytokine field must be regulated somehow. The invasion of the cytokine field into an organ or the entire body could have major immunological consequences.
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- P Kourilsky
- Department of Immunology, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, Cedex 15, France.
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Peumans WJ, Zhang W, Barre A, Houlès Astoul C, Balint-Kurti PJ, Rovira P, Rougé P, May GD, Van Leuven F, Truffa-Bachi P, Van Damme EJ. Fruit-specific lectins from banana and plantain. Planta 2000; 211:546-554. [PMID: 11030554 DOI: 10.1007/s004250000307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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One of the predominant proteins in the pulp of ripe bananas (Musa acuminata L.) and plantains (Musa spp.) has been identified as a lectin. The banana and plantain agglutinins (called BanLec and PlanLec, respectively) were purified in reasonable quantities using a novel isolation procedure, which prevented adsorption of the lectins onto insoluble endogenous polysaccharides. Both BanLec and PlanLec are dimeric proteins composed of two identical subunits of 15 kDa. They readily agglutinate rabbit erythrocytes and exhibit specificity towards mannose. Molecular cloning revealed that BanLec has sequence similarity to previously described lectins of the family of jacalin-related lectins, and according to molecular modelling studies has the same overall fold and three-dimensional structure. The identification of BanLec and PlanLec demonstrates the occurrence of jacalin-related lectins in monocot species, suggesting that these lectins are more widespread among higher plants than is actually believed. The banana and plantain lectins are also the first documented examples of jacalin-related lectins, which are abundantly present in the pulp of mature fruits but are apparently absent from other tissues. However, after treatment of intact plants with methyl jasmonate, BanLec is also clearly induced in leaves. The banana lectin is a powerful murine T-cell mitogen. The relevance of the mitogenicity of the banana lectin is discussed in terms of both the physiological role of the lectin and the impact on food safety.
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- W J Peumans
- Laboratory of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
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BACKGROUND The immunosuppressive drug, cyclosporin A (CsA), blocks immune responses by inhibiting the calcineurin-dependent dephosphorylation of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT). We have previously reported that T cells activated in presence of CsA exhibit particular properties. In our study, we have tested the hypothesis that T cells activated in presence of CsA display a differential pattern of gene expression. METHODS T lymphocytes were activated in vitro by Concanavalin A with or without CsA. The cells were: (1) pulsed with 35S-methionine to label the newly synthesized proteins that in turn were revealed by 2D-gel electrophoresis; (2) analyzed by flow cytometry for activation markers expression; and (3) examined by gel electrophoresis for early tyrosine phosphorylation events. RESULTS The proteomic patterns of T lymphocytes activated by Concanavalin A, with or without CsA, were compared. In keeping with the well-known effect of the immunosuppressor, many polypeptides were not found in its presence. Remarkably, several newly synthesized polypeptides were detected only when activation was carried out in presence of CsA. In addition, immunologically relevant proteins, such as CD44 and CD69, escape CsA-inhibitory action. Furthermore, CsA did not modify the early protein tyrosine phosphorylation events resulting from T cell triggering. CONCLUSIONS The present data show that the effect of CsA on protein synthesis is more complex than anticipated. Signaling provided by T cell activation and the blockade of the calcineurin-dependent pathway by CsA results in an altered program of gene expression.
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- L Mascarell
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire CNRS URA 1961, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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The discovery of the immunosuppressive properties of cyclosporin A (CSA) and its successful utilisation in organ transplantation was a milestone in clinics. CSA has revolutionised transplantation both in term of efficiency and quality-of-life of the patient. In addition, the analysis of the mode of action of CSA has been rewarding in the understanding the mechanisms leading to T lymphocytes activation. CSA binds to a family of cytosolic receptors, the cyclophilins, a highly conserved family of proteins. Once this complex is formed, a third protein, the calcineurin, is recruited. The calcineurin, a calcium-dependent phosphatase, loose its activity when complexed. Dephosphorylation of NFAT, a substrate of calcineurin is a mandatory step for its translocation to the nucleus where NFAT acts as a transactivator involved in the regulation of the genes encoding many cytokines. CSA preventing NFAT dephosphorylation blocks cytokine production this in turn allowing for a better engrafting. The resolution of the tertiary structure of CSA alone or complexed with cyclophilin and calcineurin has important implication in the modelling of new drugs devoid of its side effects. Indeed, the high incidence of cancer is one of the main problems linked to CSA utilisation. Recent data suggest that CSA may promote cancer inducing the transcription of the gene encoding transforming growth factor beta. Other molecules sharing with CSA its immunosuppressive activity were later described. Some of them, as FK506, have the some mode of action; others, as rapamycin, mycophenolate mofetil or leflunomide, act at different steps of T cell activation.
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- P Rovira
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, CNRS URA 1961, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Saul FA, Rovira P, Boulot G, Damme EJ, Peumans WJ, Truffa-Bachi P, Bentley GA. Crystal structure of Urtica dioica agglutinin, a superantigen presented by MHC molecules of class I and class II. Structure 2000; 8:593-603. [PMID: 10873861 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(00)00142-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA), a monomeric lectin extracted from stinging nettle rhizomes, is specific for saccharides containing N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). The lectin behaves as a superantigen for murine T cells, inducing the exclusive proliferation of Vbeta8.3(+) lymphocytes. UDA is unique among known T cell superantigens because it can be presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules of both class I and II. RESULTS The crystal structure of UDA has been determined in the ligand-free state, and in complex with tri-acetylchitotriose and tetra-acetylchitotetraose at 1.66 A, 1.90 A and 1.40 A resolution, respectively. UDA comprises two hevein-like domains, each with a saccharide-binding site. A serine and three aromatic residues at each site form the principal contacts with the ligand. The N-terminal domain binding site can centre on any residue of a chito-oligosaccharide, whereas that of the C-terminal domain is specific for residues at the nonreducing terminus of the ligand. We have shown previously that oligomers of GlcNAc inhibit the superantigenic activity of UDA and that the lectin binds to glycans on the MHC molecule. We show that UDA also binds to glycans on the T cell receptor (TCR). CONCLUSIONS The presence of two saccharide-binding sites observed in the structure of UDA suggests that its superantigenic properties arise from the simultaneous fixation of glycans on the TCR and MHC molecules of the T cell and antigen-presenting cell, respectively. The well defined spacing between the two binding sites of UDA is probably a key factor in determining the specificity for Vbeta8.3(+) lymphocytes.
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- F A Saul
- Unité d'Immunologie Structurale (CNRS URA 2185), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Zhang W, Peumans WJ, Barre A, Astoul CH, Rovira P, Rougé P, Proost P, Truffa-Bachi P, Jalali AA, Van Damme EJ. Isolation and characterization of a jacalin-related mannose-binding lectin from salt-stressed rice (Oryza sativa) plants. Planta 2000; 210:970-8. [PMID: 10872230 DOI: 10.1007/s004250050705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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A novel plant lectin was isolated from salt-stressed rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants and partially characterized. The lectin occurs as a natural mixture of two closely related isoforms consisting of two identical non-covalently linked subunits of 15 kDa. Both isoforms are best inhibited by mannose and exhibit potent mitogenic activity towards T-lymphocytes. Biochemical analyses and sequence comparisons further revealed that the rice lectins belong to the subgroup of mannose-binding jacalin-related lectins. In addition, it could be demonstrated that the lectins described here correspond to the protein products of previously described salt-stress-induced genes. Our results not only identify the rice lectin as a stress protein but also highlight the possible importance of protein-carbohydrate interactions in stress responses in plants.
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- W Zhang
- Laboratory for Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Truffa-Bachi P, Lefkovits I. Proteomic analysis of T cell activation in the presence of cyclosporin A: immunosuppressor and activator removal induces de novo protein synthesis. Mol Immunol 2000; 37:261. [PMID: 10930633 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(00)00054-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- P Truffa-Bachi
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, CNRS URA 1961, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Truffa-Bachi P, Lefkovits I, Frey JR. Proteomic analysis of T cell activation in the presence of cyclosporin A: immunosuppressor and activator removal induces de novo protein synthesis. Mol Immunol 2000; 37:21-8. [PMID: 10781832 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(00)00026-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cyclosporin A (CsA), a fungal metabolite used in organ transplantation, blocks the immune responses by interfering with early activation signals preventing the induction of the IL2 gene. We have previously reported that the removal of the immunosuppressor provokes the transcription of the IL2 encoding gene. We have now investigated whether the transcription and translation of other genes accompanies this process. Withdrawal of CsA and Concanavalin A (ConA) from cultures of murine T cells activated by ConA in the presence of CsA leads to substantial changes in the pattern of radio-labelled proteins. A large number of polypeptides were synthesised de novo. In addition, a set of polypeptides detected prior to immunosuppressor elimination was not anymore synthesised. Finally, besides these qualitative changes, quantitative differences in terms of increased or decreased polypeptide abundance were also observed. The results demonstrate that activation in the presence of CsA has programmed the T cells to transcribe and translate a large number of genes, without further reactivation, once the immunosuppressor and the activator were removed.
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- P Truffa-Bachi
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, CNRS URA 1961, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Rovira P, Buckle M, Abastado JP, Peumans WJ, Truffa-Bachi P. Major histocompatibility class I molecules present Urtica dioica agglutinin, a superantigen of vegetal origin, to T lymphocytes. Eur J Immunol 1999; 29:1571-80. [PMID: 10359111 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199905)29:05<1571::aid-immu1571>3.0.co;2-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA) shares with the superantigens the property of activating T cell subsets bearing particular Vbeta segments of the TCR. However, UDA is a lectin capable of binding to many glycoproteins on cell membranes. The implication of MHC versus other glycoproteins in UDA presentation was presently studied. Using mutant mice lacking MHC class I (MHC-I), MHC class II (MHC-II) or both MHC antigens, we provided evidence that MHC-I and MHC-II molecules serve as UDA receptors. Presentation by either one of these molecules ensured similar T cell responses and co-stimulatory signals were mandatory for optimal T cell activation and proliferation both in MHC-I and MHC-II contexts. Remarkably, in the absence of MHC molecules, UDA could not be efficiently presented to T cells by other glycosylated proteins. Surface plasmon resonance studies were used to confirm the binding of UDA to MHC-I molecules using a fusion protein consisting of MHC-I domains and beta2-microglobulin. The results indicated that the interaction between UDA and MHC-I molecules implicated lectin-binding site(s) of UDA. Taken together, our data demonstrate that, in addition to MHC-II antigens, MHC-I molecules serve as an alternative ligand for UDA.
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- P Rovira
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from gramnegative bacteria is a well-known T cell-independent B lymphocyte mitogen and macrophage/monocyte activator. While the conventional view holds that LPS is ignored by T cells, we report here that administration of LPS to mice activates all B cells, but also engages most CD4 and CD8 T cells, as measured by the expression of the activation markers CD69 and CD25 and by size increase. T cells recruited in endotoxin-treated mice showed, following in vitro stimulation by concanavalin A, altered patterns of cytokine production. In vivo, massive T cell apoptosis was evidenced in the days following LPS exposure. The present observation may contribute novel insights into the mechanisms of endotoxin shock and of the immunological consequences of gram-negative infections.
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- A Castro
- Unité d'Immunobiologie, CNRS URA 1961, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Previous studies have shown that the capacity to clear an attenuated strain of Salmonella typhimurium after the second week of infection varies widely among mouse strains. Bacterial clearance is mediated by CD4+ T cells and is regulated in part by the H-2 complex. The aim of the present study was to compare the patterns of cytokine mRNA expression in the spleens of C57BL/6 (H-2b) and CBA (H-2k) mice, which exhibit a low and a high rate of bacterial clearance, respectively. A transient increase in interleukin-12 (IL-12) mRNA levels was found in both mouse strains. Gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) gene expression was higher and more sustained in C57BL/6 than in CBA mice. No increase in IL-4 mRNA was detected. A transient increase in IL-10 mRNA was found in C57BL/6 mice. Separation of spleen cells into CD4+ and CD4- fractions showed that CD4+ T cells produced the bulk of IFN-gamma in both mouse strains and of IL-10 in C57BL/6 mice. Infection of H-2 congenic mice induced a higher level of IFN-gamma mRNA expression by CD4+ T cells in mice with a low rate of clearance (H-2b) than in mice with a high rate of clearance (H-2q). Treatment of infected C57BL/6 mice with anti-IFN-gamma or anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies indicated that IFN-gamma participates in resistance in the early phase of infection, but not in bacterial clearance, and that CD4+ T cells mediate bacterial clearance during the 3rd week of infection. Taken together, these results suggest that defective bacterial clearance in H-2b mice is not linked to defective IFN-gamma production and that CD4+ T cells mediate bacterial clearance by an IFN-gamma-independent mechanism.
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- S Pie
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine de Paris-Ouest, Université Paris, Garches, France
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Peumans WJ, Winter HC, Bemer V, Van Leuven F, Goldstein IJ, Truffa-Bachi P, Van Damme EJ. Isolation of a novel plant lectin with an unusual specificity from Calystegia sepium. Glycoconj J 1997; 14:259-65. [PMID: 9111143 DOI: 10.1023/a:1018502107707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A novel plant lectin has been isolated from the rhizomes of Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) and partially characterized. The lectin is a dimeric protein composed of two identical non-covalently linked subunits of 16 kDa. Hapten inhibition studies indicate that the novel lectin is best inhibited by maltose and mannose and hence exhibits a sugar binding specificity that differs in some respects from that of all previously isolated plant lectins. Mitogenicity tests have shown that the Calystegia lectin is a powerful T-cell mitogen. Affinity purification of human, plant and fungal glycoproteins on immobilized C. sepium lectin demonstrates that this novel lectin can be used for the isolation of glycoconjugates from various sources. Moreover, it can be expected that by virtue of its distinct specificity, the new lectin will become an important tool in glycobiology.
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- W J Peumans
- Laboratory for Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Bemer V, Van Damme EJ, Peumans WJ, Perret R, Truffa-Bachi P. Colchicum autumnale agglutinin activates all murine T-lymphocytes but does not induce the proliferation of all activated cells. Cell Immunol 1996; 172:60-9. [PMID: 8806807 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1996.0215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Plant lectins with mitogenic properties for T-lymphocytes have been particularly useful for the study of T-cell activation and effector functions. In the search for mitogenic lectins possessing activation features different from the ones associated with the already known mitogens, we found that an agglutinin isolated from Colchicum autumnale tubers, Colchicum autumnale agglutinin (CAA), possesses interesting properties. First, contrasting with the classical mitogens, CAA induces the proliferation of a fraction of the CD4+ and CD8+ mouse T-lymphocytes. Second, the CAA-induced proliferation requires MHC class II and CD4 molecules. Third, although only a fraction of T-cells enters into the cell cycle, all T-lymphocytes are activated and express high levels of the activation markers CD69 and CD44. Finally, CAA-stimulation is characterized by a particular pattern of the cytokine gene expression, reflected by the transcription of the IL2, IL5, and IFN-gamma genes, while the IL4 and IL10 genes remained silent. Taken together these data demonstrate that CAA activation does not conform to the pathway of T-cell triggering observed with classical mitogenes and represents a new tool for the analysis of T-cell activation.
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- V Bemer
- CNRS LA 1961, Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Musette P, Galelli A, Chabre H, Callard P, Peumans W, Truffa-Bachi P, Kourilsky P, Gachelin G. Urtica dioica agglutinin, a V beta 8.3-specific superantigen, prevents the development of the systemic lupus erythematosus-like pathology of MRL lpr/lpr mice. Eur J Immunol 1996; 26:1707-11. [PMID: 8765010 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830260807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The V beta 8.3-specific superantigenic lectin Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA) was used to delete the V beta 8.3+ T cells in MRL lpr/lpr mice. In contrast to the systemic lupus erythematosus-like pathology which progresses with age in the phosphate-buffered saline-injected MRL lpr/lpr controls, UDA-treated animals did not develop overt clinical signs of lupus and nephritis. The pathogenic T cell clones thus reside within the V beta 8.3+ T cell population, which includes an expanded T cell clone described previously. Finally, UDA alters the production of autoantibodies in a sex-dependent manner.
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- P Musette
- Unité de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène, unité INSERM U277, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Bemer V, Truffa-Bachi P. T cell activation by concanavalin A in the presence of cyclosporin A: immunosuppressor withdrawal induces NFATp translocation and interleukin-2 gene transcription. Eur J Immunol 1996; 26:1481-8. [PMID: 8766550 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830260712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cyclosporin A (CSA), an immunosuppressive agent used in organ transplantation and to treat some autoimmune diseases, blocks the Ca2+-dependent steps involved in T cell receptor triggering leading to interleukin (IL)-2 production. Considering that the early steps of T cell activation are insensitive to CSA, we asked whether the initial activation achieved in presence of this immunosuppressor could affect the capacity of the T cell to respond to a mitogenic restimulation. We found that T cells activated by concanavalin A (ConA) for 48 h in the presence of CSA retain the capacity to proliferate in response to ConA once the immunosuppressor is removed. These cells are able to transcribe anew the IL-2 gene, without the requirement of new protein synthesis, and to up-regulate the alpha chain of the IL-2 receptor. Furthermore, we present the first direct evidence that the nuclear factor AP-1 is present in the nucleus of the T cells primed for 48 h in presence of CSA and that withdrawal of the immunosuppressor leads to the translocation of NFATp from the cytoplasm to the nucleus.
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- V Bemer
- Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Delcourt M, Peumans WJ, Wagner MC, Truffa-Bachi P. V beta-specific deletion of mature thymocytes induced by the plant superantigen Urtica dioica agglutinin. Cell Immunol 1996; 168:158-64. [PMID: 8640861 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1996.0062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA), a plant protein, is a superantigen activating in a MHC class II-restricted manner the V beta 8. 3-bearing T-cells (Galelli and Truffa-Bachi, J. Immunol. 151, 1821, 1993). Administration of UDA to adult mice provokes the clonal expansion of the responding cells which is followed by the deletion of the major fraction of the UDA-sensitive cells, whereas the remaining cells become anergic (Galelli et al., J. Immunol. 154, 2600, 1995). We have analyzed the effect of UDA on thymocytes. Injection of UDA resulted in a rapid, but transient, deletion of a large fraction of the V beta 8.3-bearing mature T-cells. In contrast to other exogenous superantigens, this deletion was not preceded by the clonal expansion of the UDA-responding thymocytes. Moreover, the V beta 8.3-bearing mature T-cells escaping the deletion were not anergic to an in vitro UDA restimulation. UDA and the other superantigens also differ as the general, V beta-unrestricted, thymic atrophy induced by classical superantigens was not observed with UDA.
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- M Delcourt
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Bemer V, Motta I, Perret R, Truffa-Bachi P. Opposite effects of interleukin-4 on memory T helper cell development depend on interleukin-2. Res Immunol 1996; 147:139-47. [PMID: 8817743 DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)83166-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We previously reported that cyclosporin A (CSA) promotes the generation of T helper memory cells during antigenic priming of murine spleen cells in vitro. More recently, we have demonstrated that interleukin-2 (IL2) has a downmodulating effect on T helper memory cell generation. The present data address the role of the other T cell growth factor, IL4, upon induction of these cells. The data presented here show that IL4 can interfere with this process: addition of rIL4 to immunosuppressed priming cultures leads to a considerable decrease in the helper activity of the recovered cells. However, in standard cultures, in which IL2 is normally produced, no effect of IL4 on T helper memory cell generation was found. Addition of IL4 has important consequences for cytokines produced upon antigenic restimulation. In standard cultures, IL4 primes for cells expressing high levels of IL2 and IL4 mRNA. Strikingly, in immunosuppressed priming cultures, IL4 counterbalances the CSA-induced blockade of the IFN gamma gene. Taken together, our results suggest that the unique role of IL4 is to drive T helper memory precursors into an IL4 production differentiation pathway. However, IL4 has a downmodulating effect on memory T helper cell induction when IL2 is not produced. These results confirm that synergy between IL2 and IL4 is mandatory for the directive role of IL4 upon IL4-producing cells. Furthermore, the finding that IL4 promotes the induction of IFN gamma in a CSA-resistant pathway represents a new tool for analysis of regulation of the IFN gamma gene.
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- V Bemer
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris
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Musette P, Galelli A, Truffa-Bachi P, Peumans W, Kourilsky P, Gachelin G. The J beta segment of the T cell receptor contributes to the V beta-specific T cell expansion caused by staphylococcal enterotoxin B and Urtica dioica superantigens. Eur J Immunol 1996; 26:618-22. [PMID: 8605929 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830260317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have used a new polymerase chain reaction-based technique to analyze at the clonal level the CDR3 diversity and the J beta usage associated with the V beta-dependent T cell receptor (TCR) recognition of two superantigens: the staphylococcal enterotoxin B and the Urtica dioica agglutinin. Our results show that subset of J beta elements is preferentially expanded in a given V beta family, independently of the nature of the superantigen. By contrast, the CDR3 loop does not contribute significantly to the T cell expansion induced by the superantigens. We conclude that the J beta segment of the TCR beta chain, but not the CDR3 region, participates in superantigen binding, presumably by influencing the quaternary structure of the TCR beta chain.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Enterotoxins/immunology
- Epitopes/chemistry
- Epitopes/immunology
- Epitopes/physiology
- Lectins/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Plant Lectins
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/physiology
- Staphylococcus aureus/immunology
- Superantigens/pharmacology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
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- P Musette
- Unité de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène, INSERM U277, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Pie S, Matsiota-Bernard P, Truffa-Bachi P, Nauciel C. Gamma interferon and interleukin-10 gene expression in innately susceptible and resistant mice during the early phase of Salmonella typhimurium infection. Infect Immun 1996; 64:849-54. [PMID: 8641791 PMCID: PMC173847 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.3.849-854.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Previous studies have shown that gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) plays a major role in natural resistance to Salmonella typhimurium during the early phase of infection. To assess whether the level of natural resistance in mice is related to the level of IFN-gamma gene expression, we compared IFN-gamma mRNA levels by means of reverse transcriptase-PCR in the spleens of genetically susceptible Itys (C57BL/6 and BALB/c) and resistant Ityr (CBA and DBA/2) mice during the first 5 days of infection. The mRNA expression of interleukin-10 (IL-10), a cytokine which antagonizes IFN-gamma effects, was also investigated. Mice were infected with 10(3) CFU of the virulent strain S. typhimurium C5, a dose which is lethal within a week for susceptible mice only. IFN-gamma mRNA increased to similar levels in both susceptible and resistant mice, suggesting that susceptibility to S. typhimurium infection is not related to defective IFN-gamma gene expression. In contrast, IL-10 mRNA reached much higher levels in susceptible than in resistant mice. Similar results were found in Ity congenic mice, confirming a link between the presence of the Itys allele and a high level of IL-10 gene expression during infection. High levels of IL-10 mRNA in susceptible mice correlated with high IL-10 serum levels (on day 5), whereas IL-10 was not detectable in the sera of resistant mice. However, administration of neutralizing anti-IL-10 monoclonal antibodies did not modify the course of infection. To evaluate the influence of bacterial multiplication on IL-10 mRNA expression, susceptible mice were infected with an attenuated strain of S. typhimurium. This strain induced a low level of IL-10 mRNA expression. When susceptible mice were immunized with an attenuated strain and challenged with the virulent strain, they inhibited the growth of the challenge bacteria and exhibited a low level of IL-10 mRNA. In contrast, when resistant mice were infected with a high (lethal) dose of the virulent strain, they exhibited a high level of IL-10 mRNA. Taken together, these results indicate that the level of IL-10 gene expression correlates with the level of bacterial multiplication in the organs and that the high level of IL-10 mRNA in Itys mice is a consequence rather than the cause of their susceptibility to S. typhimurium infection.
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- S Pie
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Faculte de Medecine de Paris-Ouest, Universite Paris, France
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Bemer V, Motta I, Perret R, Truffa-Bachi P. Interleukin-2 down-modulates memory T helper lymphocyte development during antigenic stimulation in vitro. Eur J Immunol 1995; 25:3394-401. [PMID: 8566029 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830251229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Using an in vitro antigenic stimulation model of murine spleen cells in the presence of the immunosuppressor cyclosporin A (CSA) we have previously reported that not only does this drug not interfere with the differentiation of T lymphocytes into memory cells it appears to favor this differentiation (Motta, I. et al., Eur. J. Immunol. 1991. 21:551). Because CSA blocks interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene expression, we have analyzed the effect of this cytokine on memory T helper cell development. Murine splenic cells were primed for 6 days with sheep red blood cells (SRBC) in protocols in which either IL-2 was not produced or its biological activity was neutralized by anti-IL-2 receptor (R) antibodies. The helper function of the recovered T cells was revealed by their capacity to help virgin B splenocytes produce anti-SRBC antibodies upon challenge in vitro. We found that CD4+ cells primed in the absence of IL-2, provoked either by IL-2 gene transcription blockade by CSA or by treatment with anti-IL-2R antibodies, afford the best helper functions. These cells exhibit a memory-type phenotype characterized by the low expression of the MEL-14 marker and the high expression of the CD44 marker. Evidence is also presented that memory T helper cells originate in part from naive subset displaying the MEL-14hi phenotype. The pattern of expression of the genes encoding different cytokines (IL-2, IL-4, IL-5 and interferon-gamma) following a secondary antigenic stimulation shows that the helper function of the cells primed in the absence of IL-2 correlates with the up-regulation of the IL-2 and the IL-5 genes. From these data, we conclude that IL-2 plays a major role in the control of memory T helper cell induction.
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- V Bemer
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Bemer V, Rovira P, Truffa-Bachi P. T-cell activation, anergy and immunomodulation by molecules of viral, fungal and vegetal origin. Res Immunol 1995; 146:249-62. [PMID: 8577987 DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)80260-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- V Bemer
- CNRS LA 1961, Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris
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Galelli A, Delcourt M, Wagner MC, Peumans W, Truffa-Bachi P. Selective expansion followed by profound deletion of mature V beta 8.3+ T cells in vivo after exposure to the superantigenic lectin Urtica dioica agglutinin. The Journal of Immunology 1995. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.154.6.2600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA) is a superantigen that, in vitro, binds to specific carbohydrate structures on class II and induces a sixfold enrichment of V beta 8.3+ BALB/c mice splenic T cells. Superantigens have pleiotropic effects in vivo, causing the activation, proliferation, and deletion of specific T cells, but are heterogenous in regard to their effects on T cell tolerization. We, therefore, compared the responses of peripheral T cells from adult BALB/c mice with the i.v. injection of 50 micrograms UDA or the bacterial superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) that also recognizes the V beta 8.3 gene product. The data presented indicate that activation, clonal expansion, anergy, and death of V beta 8.3+ T cells occur sequentially after UDA administration. Two days after UDA injection, the proportion of V beta 8.3+ T cells in the periphery is elevated to approximately twice that of normal mice. This expansion occurs in both CD4+ and CD8+ subsets. V beta 8.3+ T cells from UDA-primed mice are anergic to UDA restimulation and fail to proliferate or to produce IL-2. Futhermore, the proliferation of V beta 8.3+ T cells is followed by their rapid disappearance concomitant with their specific elimination by apoptosis. In 1 wk, all CD4+ V beta 8.3+ peripheral T cells are deleted. The decline of V beta 8.3+ T cells in the CD4+ subset is more than in the CD8+ subset. This occurs in thymectomized and in thymus-intact animals. Two months after UDA priming, the percentage of V beta 8.3+ T cells is still lower than in control mice.
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- A Galelli
- Institut Pasteur, Département d'Immunologie, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département d'Immunologie, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département d'Immunologie, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département d'Immunologie, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département d'Immunologie, Paris, France
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Galelli A, Delcourt M, Wagner MC, Peumans W, Truffa-Bachi P. Selective expansion followed by profound deletion of mature V beta 8.3+ T cells in vivo after exposure to the superantigenic lectin Urtica dioica agglutinin. J Immunol 1995; 154:2600-11. [PMID: 7876535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA) is a superantigen that, in vitro, binds to specific carbohydrate structures on class II and induces a sixfold enrichment of V beta 8.3+ BALB/c mice splenic T cells. Superantigens have pleiotropic effects in vivo, causing the activation, proliferation, and deletion of specific T cells, but are heterogenous in regard to their effects on T cell tolerization. We, therefore, compared the responses of peripheral T cells from adult BALB/c mice with the i.v. injection of 50 micrograms UDA or the bacterial superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) that also recognizes the V beta 8.3 gene product. The data presented indicate that activation, clonal expansion, anergy, and death of V beta 8.3+ T cells occur sequentially after UDA administration. Two days after UDA injection, the proportion of V beta 8.3+ T cells in the periphery is elevated to approximately twice that of normal mice. This expansion occurs in both CD4+ and CD8+ subsets. V beta 8.3+ T cells from UDA-primed mice are anergic to UDA restimulation and fail to proliferate or to produce IL-2. Futhermore, the proliferation of V beta 8.3+ T cells is followed by their rapid disappearance concomitant with their specific elimination by apoptosis. In 1 wk, all CD4+ V beta 8.3+ peripheral T cells are deleted. The decline of V beta 8.3+ T cells in the CD4+ subset is more than in the CD8+ subset. This occurs in thymectomized and in thymus-intact animals. Two months after UDA priming, the percentage of V beta 8.3+ T cells is still lower than in control mice.
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- A Galelli
- Institut Pasteur, Département d'Immunologie, Paris, France
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Galelli A, Truffa-Bachi P. Urtica dioica agglutinin. A superantigenic lectin from stinging nettle rhizome. The Journal of Immunology 1993. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.151.4.1821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA) is an unusual plant lectin that differs from all other known plant lectins with respect to its molecular structure and its extremely low specific agglutination activity. We recently reported that this small lectin (8.5 kDa) is a T cell mitogen distinguishable from classical T cell lectin mitogens by its ability to discriminate a particular population of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells as well as its capacity to induce an original pattern of T cell activation and cytokine production. The mechanism by which UDA activates T cells was investigated and compared with the conventional T cell mitogen Con A and the known superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B. Our data show that T cell proliferation induced by UDA is strictly dependent on AC expressing MHC class II molecules but is not MHC restricted. This proliferation can be partially inhibited by anti-I-A or anti-I-E mAb and completely blocked by a mAb recognizing monomorphic determinants on the Ia molecule. UDA indeed binds to specific carbohydrate structures present on class II molecules. UDA-induced T cell stimulation is dependent on TCR recognition of the unprocessed intact molecule in association with various Ia molecules. T cell response to UDA is clonally expressed and correlates with particular TCR V beta gene families usage. This stimulation leads to a sixfold enrichment of V beta 8.3+ T cells within 3 days. Therefore, UDA appears to use the same molecular mechanism as structurally unrelated bacterial or retroviral superantigens and we propose that this lectin is a superantigen. UDA, which is not a pathogenicity factor, could provide a useful probe for the analysis of T cell activation by superantigens.
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- A Galelli
- CNRS URA-359, Institut Pasteur, Department of Immunology, Paris, France
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- CNRS URA-359, Institut Pasteur, Department of Immunology, Paris, France
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Galelli A, Truffa-Bachi P. Urtica dioica agglutinin. A superantigenic lectin from stinging nettle rhizome. J Immunol 1993; 151:1821-31. [PMID: 8345184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA) is an unusual plant lectin that differs from all other known plant lectins with respect to its molecular structure and its extremely low specific agglutination activity. We recently reported that this small lectin (8.5 kDa) is a T cell mitogen distinguishable from classical T cell lectin mitogens by its ability to discriminate a particular population of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells as well as its capacity to induce an original pattern of T cell activation and cytokine production. The mechanism by which UDA activates T cells was investigated and compared with the conventional T cell mitogen Con A and the known superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B. Our data show that T cell proliferation induced by UDA is strictly dependent on AC expressing MHC class II molecules but is not MHC restricted. This proliferation can be partially inhibited by anti-I-A or anti-I-E mAb and completely blocked by a mAb recognizing monomorphic determinants on the Ia molecule. UDA indeed binds to specific carbohydrate structures present on class II molecules. UDA-induced T cell stimulation is dependent on TCR recognition of the unprocessed intact molecule in association with various Ia molecules. T cell response to UDA is clonally expressed and correlates with particular TCR V beta gene families usage. This stimulation leads to a sixfold enrichment of V beta 8.3+ T cells within 3 days. Therefore, UDA appears to use the same molecular mechanism as structurally unrelated bacterial or retroviral superantigens and we propose that this lectin is a superantigen. UDA, which is not a pathogenicity factor, could provide a useful probe for the analysis of T cell activation by superantigens.
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- A Galelli
- CNRS URA-359, Institut Pasteur, Department of Immunology, Paris, France
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Colle JH, Saron MF, Shidani B, Lembezat MP, Truffa-Bachi P. High frequency of T lymphocytes committed to interferon-gamma transcription upon polyclonal activation in spleen from lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-infected mice. Int Immunol 1993; 5:435-41. [PMID: 8318449 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/5.5.435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Splenic T lymphocytes from C3H/HeOur mice infected for 7 days with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) do not proliferate in response to concanavalin A (Con A). Although the IL-2 gene remained silent after polyclonal activation, the gene encoding the p55 chain of the IL-2 receptor was normally transcribed. These data indicated that the co-ordinated expression of the unique wave of cytokine and cytokine receptor expression, associated with T cell triggering, did not occur in T lymphocytes from LCMV-infected mice. In a first attempt to characterize the potential of these cells to initiate the transcription of cytokine genes, we have focused our attention on interferon (IFN)-gamma, a cytokine displaying multifocal activities on the immune response. We found that the IFN-gamma encoding gene, silent before Con A activation, was transcribed after triggering in normal and LCMV-infected cells. Notably, the level of induction was approximately 10-fold higher in LCMV mice than in non-infected control mice. IFN-gamma gene was induced in both CD4 and CD8 subsets. Induction was sensitive to cycloheximide addition and thus required de novo protein synthesis. The high level of IFN-gamma mRNA transcripts was correlated with a high frequency of cells transcribing this gene. By in situ hybridization we showed that the majority (approximately 70%) of the splenic T lymphocyte population were positive for IFN-gamma mRNAs. A matching increase in IFN-gamma protein corresponded to this elevated IFN-gamma mRNA level. This observation revealed the existence in LCMV-infected mice of a preponderant peripheral T lymphocyte population which displayed unusual activation and proliferative characteristics.
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- J H Colle
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Colle JH, Saron MF, Truffa-Bachi P. Altered cytokine genes expression by conA-activated spleen cells from mice infected by lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. Immunol Lett 1993; 35:247-53. [PMID: 7685735 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(93)90190-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The intravenous injection of mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) induces a rapid and long-lasting immunodeficiency. T lymphocytes from 7-day-infected mice do not proliferate in vitro in response to ConA stimulation, do not produce IL-2 but display high affinity IL-2 receptors on their membrane. The non-coordinated regulation of these genes suggested that other cytokine-encoding genes may also be affected in their regulation. We have thus analyzed the expression of the genes encoding different cytokines transcribed during spleen cell activation by ConA. The genes encoding T lymphocyte-derived cytokines can be classified in three groups: the genes expressed similarly by normal and LCMV-cells (the p55 and the p75 chains of the IL-2 receptor [1]), the genes under expressed in LCMV-cells (IL-2, IL-3, IL-4 and IL-5) and the genes over expressed by these cells (GM-CSF and IFN-gamma). These results show that the viral infection has provoked a profound alteration of the overall regulation of the genetic program that follows T lymphocyte activation. Since T cell activation depends strictly on accessory cell-derived cytokines, we measured the level of transcription of IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-alpha; and our data show that the expression of these genes is equivalent in normal cells and in cells from LCMV-infected mice.
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- J H Colle
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Le Moal MA, Colle JH, Galelli A, Truffa-Bachi P. Mouse T-lymphocyte activation by Urtica dioica agglutinin. I.--Delineation of two lymphocyte subsets. Res Immunol 1992; 143:691-700. [PMID: 1439141 DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(92)80007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA) is a mouse T-lymphocyte-specific mitogen endowed with proliferative characteristics different from ConA, the prototypic T-lymphocyte mitogen. In particular, UDA induces 2-3-fold-reduced thymidine incorporation as compared to ConA. In an attempt to define the basis of this reduced proliferation, we analysed whether UDA binds to a unique subset of T lymphocytes or whether it activates only a T-cell subset. Cytofluorimetric analysis showed that this lectin binds uniformly to all T lymphocytes and does not, on this criterion, distinguish a particular T-cell subset. We next analysed whether UDA provokes the activation of all T lymphocytes. This was carried out by measuring the increase in cell size and the induction of the p55 chain of the IL2 receptor. The analysis showed that, throughout the kinetics of cell activation, only one subset of T lymphocytes increased in size and expressed the p55 chain of the IL2 receptor, suggesting that UDA activates only a subpopulation of T cells. This conclusion was strengthened by the analysis of 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation into the DNA of UDA-activated cells. Two populations were easily identifiable: a BrdU-negative subset consisting of all the small p55-negative lymphocytes, and a BrdU-labelled subset including all the large p55-positive cells. BrdU was incorporated in both CD4+ and CD8+ cells, indicating that UDA did not distinguish helper from cytotoxic T lymphocytes. In addition to the p55 chain of the IL2R, all cycling cells expressed the Pgp-1 activation marker. The T lymphocytes, which bound UDA but did not proliferate, remained fully susceptible to subsequent stimulation by ConA. In conclusion, the capacity to proliferate upon UDA binding differentiates a UDA-sensitive from a UDA-refractory subset among splenic mouse T lymphocytes.
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- M A Le Moal
- Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris
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Le Moal MA, Colle JH, Galelli A, Truffa-Bachi P. Mouse T-lymphocyte activation by Urtica dioica agglutinin. II.--Original pattern of cell activation and cytokine production induced by UDA. Res Immunol 1992; 143:701-9. [PMID: 1439142 DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(92)80008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA) is a T-lymphocyte-specific polyclonal activator that differs from ConA, the classical mouse T-cell mitogen, by inducing a late and limited proliferation of a distinct T-cell subset recruited among both CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes. We investigated the possibility that the particular kinetics may originate from UDA-specific activation processes in which the known early mandatory signals were completed only after an extended delay. We report that the time of contact required between lectin and the cell membrane to acquire the capacity to proceed into cell cycle was much longer (36-40 h) for UDA than for ConA (8-10 h). Addition of phorbol ester, which artificially induces PKC translocation, or ionomycin, which provokes Ca2+ mobilization, did not accelerate the proliferative kinetics, suggesting that these early mandatory signals are not the limiting factors in the delayed proliferation. The induction of c-myc was retarded in the UDA group, and there was a good correlation between the kinetics of c-myc induction and the kinetics of cell proliferation. The comparison of the level of transcription of the genes encoding different cytokines revealed additional differences between the two mitogens: the whole wave of cytokine gene expression was delayed with UDA. In particular, IL2, IL3 and IFN gamma gene expression was retarded compared to the ConA-induced single wave. An even later transcriptional wave took place at around 72 h for IL4 and IL5. Finally, this particular kinetics corresponded to an unusually high level of IL3 and IFN gamma and a low level of IL4 and IL5 gene transcripts.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M A Le Moal
- Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris
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Saron MF, Colle JH, Dautry-Varsat A, Truffa-Bachi P. Activated T lymphocytes from mice infected by lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus display high affinity IL-2 receptors but do not proliferate in response to IL-2. The Journal of Immunology 1991. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.147.12.4333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The i.v. injection of mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) initiates a rapid and long lasting immunodepression which can be monitored in vivo or in vitro. Splenic T lymphocytes taken from mice infected for 7 days with LCMV are characterized by a low proliferative capacity in response to Con A stimulation in vitro. In an initial attempt to understand the molecular mechanisms regulating the general anergy induced by the viral infection, we have analyzed the transcription of IL-2 and of p55 IL-2R alpha gene, two genes involved in T cell proliferation. IL-2 gene transcripts were hardly detected after Con A activation of spleen cells from LCMV-infected mice. In contrast, the expression of the gene encoding IL-2R alpha chain was induced as in control noninfected cells. In addition, the expression of the p75 IL-2R beta chain was not modified. The transcripts of the IL-2R alpha and of the IL-2R beta genes were normally translated as high affinity. IL-2R were expressed on the membrane of T lymphocytes from LCMV-infected mice. Despite the finding that these receptors could also internalize IL-2, the exogenous addition of this growth factor did not induce cell proliferation, indicating that the virus-induced blockade is multifocal.
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- M F Saron
- Laboratoire de Virologie Expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Virologie Expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Virologie Expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Virologie Expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Saron MF, Colle JH, Dautry-Varsat A, Truffa-Bachi P. Activated T lymphocytes from mice infected by lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus display high affinity IL-2 receptors but do not proliferate in response to IL-2. J Immunol 1991; 147:4333-7. [PMID: 1753103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The i.v. injection of mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) initiates a rapid and long lasting immunodepression which can be monitored in vivo or in vitro. Splenic T lymphocytes taken from mice infected for 7 days with LCMV are characterized by a low proliferative capacity in response to Con A stimulation in vitro. In an initial attempt to understand the molecular mechanisms regulating the general anergy induced by the viral infection, we have analyzed the transcription of IL-2 and of p55 IL-2R alpha gene, two genes involved in T cell proliferation. IL-2 gene transcripts were hardly detected after Con A activation of spleen cells from LCMV-infected mice. In contrast, the expression of the gene encoding IL-2R alpha chain was induced as in control noninfected cells. In addition, the expression of the p75 IL-2R beta chain was not modified. The transcripts of the IL-2R alpha and of the IL-2R beta genes were normally translated as high affinity. IL-2R were expressed on the membrane of T lymphocytes from LCMV-infected mice. Despite the finding that these receptors could also internalize IL-2, the exogenous addition of this growth factor did not induce cell proliferation, indicating that the virus-induced blockade is multifocal.
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- M F Saron
- Laboratoire de Virologie Expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Motta I, Galelli A, Colle JH, Truffa-Bachi P. FK 506 favors the generation of memory T cells in vitro. Transplant Proc 1991; 23:2953-4. [PMID: 1721324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- I Motta
- Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Motta I, Colle JH, Shidani B, Truffa-Bachi P. Interleukin 2/interleukin 4-independent T helper cell generation during an in vitro antigenic stimulation of mouse spleen cells in the presence of cyclosporin A. Eur J Immunol 1991; 21:551-7. [PMID: 1672640 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830210304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Cyclosporin A (CsA), an immunosuppressive drug which completely suppresses the humoral response to thymus-dependent antigens, does not affect the generation of T helper (Th) cells during an in vitro stimulation of murine spleen cells with sheep red blood cells. The appearance of Th cells depends on time and their development can be prevented by X-ray irradiation performed at the onset of the culture and up to 3-4 days later; however, beyond this time, irradiation is ineffective, suggesting that cell proliferation is essentially completed by this time. The activity of Th cells generated in the presence of CsA is resistant to irradiation, indicating that the effector cells belong to a memory subset. Limiting dilution analysis has shown that the frequency of the Th cells recovered from 6-day sheep red blood cell-stimulated and CsA-treated cultures is of approximately 1.4 X 10(-3), representing an increment of about 500-fold compared to naive spleen cells. The increased frequency of Th cells and the sensitivity to irradiation of the generation of these cells demonstrate that Th cell precursors proliferate in the presence of CsA. Lymphokine genes transcription analysis confirms that the inhibition of interleukin (IL) 2/IL 4 gene expression is one target of CsA action. That the generation of Th memory cells can nevertheless take place strongly argues in favor of the existence of an IL 2/IL 4-independent pathway for murine T cell proliferation. Our finding that the transcription of the IL 7 gene is not inhibited by CsA raises the possibility for a role of this T cell growth factor in the generation of memory Th cells.
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- I Motta
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Saron MF, Shidani B, Nahori MA, Guillon JC, Truffa-Bachi P. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-induced immunodepression: inherent defect of B and T lymphocytes. J Virol 1990; 64:4076-83. [PMID: 2143539 PMCID: PMC247869 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.64.9.4076-4083.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Infection of mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) produces a rapidly induced immuno-suppression manifested by low lymphocyte proliferation in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and concanavalin A (ConA). Analysis of the mechanisms underlying the unresponsiveness to these mitogens was undertaken at the cellular and molecular levels 7 days after infection. The selective elimination of CD8+ T cells and the results of coculture experiments demonstrated that unresponsiveness was not due to suppressor cells. Similarly, the role of inhibitory factors such as prostaglandins was excluded, since indomethacin, which inhibits their production, did not reverse the unresponsiveness. Analysis of different cytokines secreted by ConA-activated macrophages or T cells revealed that interleukin-1 (IL-1), synthesized during the T-dependent activation of macrophages by ConA, was normally produced by cells from LCMV-infected mice. In contrast, IL-2, which is produced by activated CD4+ T cells, was undetectable. Addition of exogenous IL-2 did not restore the proliferative response, although the p55-kilodalton protein of the IL-2 receptor was induced by ConA on CD4+ cells from LCMV-infected mice. Our results can be interpreted as showing that (i) unresponsiveness to mitogens of cells from LCMV-infected mice is not due to altered functions of the macrophages with respect to IL-1 production; (ii) CD4+ cells are activated, since the p55 chain of the IL-2 receptor is induced; (iii) the lack of IL-2 production cannot explain T-cell unresponsiveness, since addition of exogenous IL-2 did not restore the proliferative response. Taken together, these data suggest that T-lymphocyte unresponsiveness should be related to an inherent proliferative defect subsequent to T-cell activation and IL-2 receptor expression.
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- M F Saron
- Laboratoire de Virologie Expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Le Moal MA, Truffa-Bachi P. Functional heterogeneity of virgin and memory B murine lymphocytes revealed by the utilization of cyclosporin A: an overview. Biochem Cell Biol 1989; 67:490-4. [PMID: 2803727 DOI: 10.1139/o89-079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The effects of cyclosporin A on the generation and revelation of B memory cells by thymus-independent (TI) antigens was investigated. A class 1 (TNP-LPS) and a class 2 (TNP-Ficoll) TI antigens were used for priming an elicitation. Evidence is presented that cyclosporin A does not interfere with the generation of hapten-specific (TNP) B memory cells by TNP-LPS or DNP-Ficoll. Cyclosporin A does not affect the revelation of B memory cells by TNP-LPS, but inhibits their revelation by TNP-Ficoll. These findings are discussed in terms of two distinct B cell lineages leading to antibody-forming cells and memory cells precursors, and in terms of heterogeneity of B memory cells.
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- M A Le Moal
- Unité d'immunophysiologie moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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We improved an ELISA bioassay for murine IFN-gamma (MuIFN-gamma) based on measurement of Ia antigen on P388D1, a mouse macrophagic tumour line. Cells were cultured in microtitre plates in medium containing dilutions of IFN-gamma source. They were then washed and stained with a rat anti-mouse I amAb followed by mouse anti-rat peroxidase-labelled antibody. After incubation with substrate, the OD was read directly from microtitre plates. Standard curves obtained with reference NIH MuIFN-gamma showed that this assay allowed for the definition of unit values (giving 50% of the maximal effect) comparable to NIH international units (IU). It detected as low as 0.2 IU/ml of MuIFN-gamma and, in contrast to antiviral assays, was insensitive to IFN-alpha/beta. We used a concanavalin A-conditioned supernatant, which is a mixed source of lymphokines, to assess the specificity of our assay. Indeed, Ia expression induced by ConA-conditioned supernatant was fully inhibited by preincubation with anti-MuIFN-gamma antibodies. Using a stable indicator cell line, the present cell surface assay is easier to perform than other ELISA using bone-marrow-derived macrophages, and does not require cell fixation; its high sensitivity and specificity are comparable to that of immunoradiometric assays. It is thus valuable for routine MuIFN-gamma quantitations in culture supernatant and biological fluids.
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- M A Le Moal
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris
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Immunological memory has been defined by the finding that upon a secondary injection of an antigen into an animal the immune response obtained differs from the response produced after the first inoculation of the antigen, independent of the length of time that can elapse between the first and second contact with antigen. In this report we have investigated the life-span of memory to a thymus-independent antigen, trinitrophenylated lipopolysaccharide (TNP-LPS), using a cell transfer system that allows the study of the function of isolated LPS-reactive "memory" B cells from C57BL/6 mice in histocompatible LPS-nonresponder C57BL/10ScCr hosts. We found that the longer the elapse of time between the transfer of TNP-LPS-primed C57BL/6 cells and the challenge of hosts with TNP-LPS, the lower the anti-TNP serum antibody level of the secondary response, i.e. in the absence of antigen, TNP-LPS memory cells have a short life-expectancy in the adoptive hosts as they do not persist for more than one or two weeks after transfer. Our present results suggest that induction and long-term persistence of memory to TNP-LPS in adoptive hosts cannot be solely explained by the long life-span of a subpopulation of antigen-specific memory B cells, but rather through the continuous recruitment of newly formed cells and probably antigen persistence.
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- J H Colle
- Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Le Moal MA, Truffa-Bachi P. Urtica dioica agglutinin, a new mitogen for murine T lymphocytes: unaltered interleukin-1 production but late interleukin 2-mediated proliferation. Cell Immunol 1988; 115:24-35. [PMID: 3261205 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(88)90159-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Urtica dioica agglutinin, a small-molecular-weight lectin purified from stinging nettle rhizomes, induces murine cell proliferation. U. dioica agglutinin is a specific T-cell mitogen for both thymocytes and spleen T lymphocytes; its mitogenic properties are strictly dependent on the presence of accessory cells. The kinetics of proliferation are markedly different from those of the classical T-cell mitogen concanavalin A, with a 2 to 3-day delay for both splenic and thymic populations and a rate of DNA synthesis twofold lower than that observed with concanavalin A. The late T-lymphocyte proliferation induced by U. dioica agglutinin correlates well with (i) the observed late interleukin-2 production and interleukin-2 receptor expression, and (ii) the long-lasting cyclosporin A-sensitive early activation period. In contrast, the production of interleukin-1 is not different, both in terms of concentration and kinetics, from that observed with concanavalin A.
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- M A Le Moal
- Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Colle JH, Truffa-Bachi P. The utilization of thymus-independent antigens in the understanding of the immune response. Ann Inst Pasteur Immunol 1988; 139:203-9. [PMID: 3130843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The thymocyte costimulator (LAF) assay, the standard biological test used for IL-1 titration, has a low sensitivity and lacks specificity since it can be potentiated by the IL-2 which is frequently present in IL-1-containing biological fluids. We describe here a new IL-1 titration method which takes advantage of the capacity of a thymoma line, EL4-6.1, to differentiate and express IL-2 receptors upon stimulation by IL-1 in the presence of a suboptimal dose of phorbol diester. Membrane IL-2R measurement on this indicator cell line permits the detection of 1-2 X 10(-4) ng/ml IL-1, compared to 5 X 10(-2) ng/ml in the LAF assay. In addition, rIL-2 up to 250 U/ml has no effect on IL-1 measurement by this assay, which also exhibits a 100-fold lower sensitivity to inhibitory effects of prostaglandin, compared to the LAF assay. Finally, tumor necrosis factor alpha only exerts a weak costimulation effect at very high doses. A flow cytometry technique and an ELISA are described for IL-2 receptor detection. Due to its high sensitivity and specificity, this novel assay should now permit reliable IL-1 titration in biological fluids such as IL-2-rich lymphocyte culture supernatants.
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- M A Le Moal
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Shidani B, Motta I, Truffa-Bachi P. Cyclosporin A does not affect the in vitro induction of antigen-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity-mediating T cells. Eur J Immunol 1987; 17:291-4. [PMID: 3549328 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830170222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The effect of cyclosporin A (CsA) on the in vitro induction of sheep red blood cell (SRBC)-specific T cells mediating the delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction was studied. CsA (1 microgram/ml) addition to the culture medium totally inhibits the in vitro anti-SRBC humoral response but does not interfere with the generation of anti-SRBC DTH-mediating T (TDTH) cells. The induction of TDTH requires the presence of antigen and their expression is mediated selectively by the antigen used in the culture. The TDTH cells generated are Lyt-1+,2- and their induction occurs with a similar efficiency in CsA-treated and untreated cultures: the frequency of the TDTH cells increases by a factor of 10 to 20 during the 6-day incubation period. Lyt-2+ suppressor cells are also generated in CsA-treated or untreated cultures. Our results suggest that a small fraction of T cells can be driven into the proliferative pathway by antigen even in presence of CsA.
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Two anti-TNP antibodies exhibiting unusual features are described. They were obtained in two independent fusions. Spleen cells from CB20 mice sensitized with TNP-Ficoll and challenged with TNP-LPS were fused with SP2/0 myeloma cells. One of these hybridomas, CBT3, secretes antibodies which react with both monospecific anti-gamma 2b and anti-gamma 3 anti-isotypic sera; the second hybridoma, CBT4, secretes antibodies reacting with monospecific anti-mu and anti-gamma 2b sera. Only one type of immunoglobulin is secreted by each hybridoma, ruling out the hypothesis of hybrid molecules formed by distinct heavy chains. These results imply that the two heavy chains are made up from elements encoded by gamma 3 and gamma 2b genes in CBT3 and by gamma 2b and mu genes in CBT4. The molecular mechanisms underlying the production of these singular heavy chains are discussed.
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Bordenave G, Truffa-Bachi P. Metchnikoff, Bordet, Oudin and immunology today: the Pasteur Institute's first 100 years. Immunol Today 1987; 8:283-285. [PMID: 25290830 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(87)90011-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cumano A, Vieira P, Colle JH, Truffa-Bachi P, Freitas A. Effects of hydroxyurea in vivo treatment on the antibody response in mice. Ann Inst Pasteur Immunol 1986; 137D:355-67. [PMID: 2950904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In the present work, we investigate the effects of hydroxyurea (HU) treatment given before antigen priming on the antibody response in the mouse. We have studied the response to both thymus-independent and thymus-dependent antigens. With both types of antigens, we have found a two- to ten-fold increase in the number of antigen-specific IgM PFC in the spleens of HU-treated primed mice. In the case of the T-dependent antigens, a simultaneous decrease in the IgG PFC response was also observed in HU-treated mice. These results suggest that major changes in the dynamic equilibrium of the cells of the immune system, induced by HU treatment, may result in different homeostatic regulation, as revealed by the modified pattern of response to exogenous antigens.
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Mami F, Guenet JL, Perret R, Truffa-Bachi P. The expression of the sIgD isotype in wild-derived mice. J Immunol 1986; 136:4432-7. [PMID: 2423594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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IgD and IgM are concomitantly expressed on the surface of most mouse B lymphocytes and both molecules serve as receptor for antigen. In this communication we report that in contrast to IgM, which is expressed in a constant manner on the surface of spleen B lymphocytes of different laboratory and wild-derived mice, IgD expression is variable among the spleen cells of wild-derived mice. SPE, SEI, and SFM mice belonging to the Mus 3 subgroup show a fluorescence profile characterized by a marked diminution in the population of B lymphocytes expressing the IgD isotype; in addition, these cells have a low sIgD density on their membranes. These findings were confirmed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the iodinated membrane proteins. Polyclonal in vitro activation with lipopolysaccharide increases the frequency of surface IgD (sIgD)-bearing spleen cells and sIgD density in the SPE strain but decreases both the frequency and the density of IgD bearing cells in the BALB/c strain. This result suggests that delta gene expression is regulated differently in SPE and BALB/c mice. In addition, genetic analysis of sIgD expression in (BALB/c X SPE)F1 hybrids suggests that the proportion of sIgD-bearing cells and sIgD density are independently regulated.
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Mami F, Guenet JL, Perret R, Truffa-Bachi P. The expression of the sIgD isotype in wild-derived mice. The Journal of Immunology 1986. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.136.12.4432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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IgD and IgM are concomitantly expressed on the surface of most mouse B lymphocytes and both molecules serve as receptor for antigen. In this communication we report that in contrast to IgM, which is expressed in a constant manner on the surface of spleen B lymphocytes of different laboratory and wild-derived mice, IgD expression is variable among the spleen cells of wild-derived mice. SPE, SEI, and SFM mice belonging to the Mus 3 subgroup show a fluorescence profile characterized by a marked diminution in the population of B lymphocytes expressing the IgD isotype; in addition, these cells have a low sIgD density on their membranes. These findings were confirmed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the iodinated membrane proteins. Polyclonal in vitro activation with lipopolysaccharide increases the frequency of surface IgD (sIgD)-bearing spleen cells and sIgD density in the SPE strain but decreases both the frequency and the density of IgD bearing cells in the BALB/c strain. This result suggests that delta gene expression is regulated differently in SPE and BALB/c mice. In addition, genetic analysis of sIgD expression in (BALB/c X SPE)F1 hybrids suggests that the proportion of sIgD-bearing cells and sIgD density are independently regulated.
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Le Moal MA, Guénet JL, Truffa-Bachi P. Murine primary in vivo response to TNP-Ficoll: multigenic control involving H-2. Ann Inst Pasteur Immunol (1985) 1986; 137C:283-98. [PMID: 3527031 DOI: 10.1016/s0771-050x(86)80047-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Since the primary PFC response to TNP-Ficoll, a thymus-independent type 2 antigen, displays an important variability in vivo among diverse inbred mouse strains, we used, in the present report, H-2 congenic strains possessing different genetic backgrounds to show that the amplitude of this response is governed by MHC genes, with one regulating locus situated in or near the centromeric part of the I-A subregion. In addition, this H-2 control was largely modulated by gene(s) located outside MHC and IgH haplotypes, as evidenced by the response of recombinant inbred strains (BXH) between the high responder C3H/HeJ and the low responder C57BL/6J. Our results are discussed in terms of humoral regulations and the requirement for self-recognition in cellular interactions which lead to activation of B lymphocytes in the in vivo primary response towards TI-2 antigens.
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Saron MF, Shidani B, Guillon JC, Truffa-Bachi P. Mechanism of action of cyclosporine A on the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection of mice. Med Microbiol Immunol 1986; 175:125-8. [PMID: 3487702 DOI: 10.1007/bf02122431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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