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The biochemistry and in vitro activity of soluble factors of activated lymphocytes

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Activated lymphocytes release numerous products which are either synthesized de novo or in increased amounts; some of these products play a role in the regulation of the immune response and are designated as mediators of cellular immune reactions or lymphokines. The first lymphokine described was the macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) which has been studied most extensively with regard to its chemical and biological properties. Using sensitive radiolabelling techniques and an antiserum against highly purified fractions of MIF we were able to identify several products of activated guinea pig lymphocytes with different molecular weights of 15.000, 30.000, 45.000, 60.000 which all had an isoelectric point of 5.2 and were all inhibitory to macrophage migration. It is suggested, that these molecules are oligomers of a common subunit of molecular weight 15.000. It was further shown, that molecules of the same physical-chemical and serological characteristics are produced by activated B-cells, L2C leukemia cells and growing fibroblasts, thus further substantiating earlier reports on the production of MIF by lymphoid and non-lymphoid cells. The described molecules were also shown not to contain determinants of the major histocompatibility complex and to be distinct from lymphotoxin, another lymphocyte activation product. It is concluded, that MIF is not sa single molecule but rather a system of structurally related molecules. Thier interaction with macrophages and possible relationship to macrophage activating factor is discussed.

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Sorg, C. The biochemistry and in vitro activity of soluble factors of activated lymphocytes. Mol Cell Biochem 28, 149–167 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00223364

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