T cell functions in granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor deficient mice
AUTOR(ES)
Wada, Hisashi
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
RESUMO
Immunological functions were analyzed in mice lacking granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). The response of splenic T cells to allo-antigens, anti-mouse CD3 mAb, interleukin 2 (IL-2), or concanavalin A was comparable in GM-CSF +/+ and GM-CSF −/− mice. To investigate the responses of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells against exogenous antigens, mice were immunized with ovalbumin peptide or with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). Cytotoxic CD8+ T cells with specificity for ovalbumin peptide could not be induced in GM-CSF −/− mice. After immunization with KLH, there was a delay in IgG generation, particularly IgG2a, in GM-CSF −/− mice. Purified CD4+ T cells from GM-CSF −/− mice immunized with KLH showed impaired proliferative responses and produced low amounts of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and IL-4 when KLH-pulsed B cells or spleen cells were used as antigen presenting cells (APC). When enriched dendritic cells (DC) were used as APC, CD4+ T cells from GM-CSF −/− mice proliferated as well as those from GM-CSF +/+ mice and produced high amounts of IFN-γ and IL-4. To analyze the rescue effect of DC on CD4+ T cells, supernatants from (i) CD4+ T cells cultured with KLH-pulsed DC or (ii) DC cultured with recombinant GM-CSF were transferred to cultures of CD4+ T cells and KLH-pulsed spleen cells from GM-CSF −/− mice. Supernatants from both DC sources contained a factor or factors that restored proliferative responses and IFN-γ production of CD4+ T cells from GM-CSF −/− mice.
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