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Lack of expression on cultured human T-lymphocytes of a T-cell antigen shared by the molt-4 cell line and normal human thymocytes

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Four hematopoietic cell lines (CCRF-CEM, HSB-2, MOLT-4, and RPMI-8402), derived from acute lymphoblastic leukemia and expressing T-cell surface markers (T-HCL), were studied with two specific anti-T-cell sera. The sera were raised in rabbits against human thymocytes (anti-HTY) and against T-cells cultured in the presence of conditioned medium derived from lymphocytes stimulated with PHA (anti-CTC). Both sera were absorbed to obtain a T-cell specific pattern of reaction and were further absorbed with normal peripheral blood lymphocytes or with each of the four T-HCL. The anti-HTY sera absorbed with CEM, 8402, and HSB-2 still reacted with MOLT-4. A similar pattern of reactivity was found only with the anti-CTC absorbed with 8402, whereas, after absorptions with the other cell lines, this antiserum was unreactive against MOLT-4. After absorption with normal peripheral blood lymphocytes, anti-HTY still reacted with thymocytes and MOLT-4 but was negative on CTC. In contrast, anti-CTC absorbed with peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) was negative on thymocytes and MOLT-4 but still reacted against CTC. Our data confirm the existence of a T-cell antigen (probably an early T-cell differentiation antigen) shared between thymus and MOLT-4. This antigen is not expressed on CTC, although these cells express an antigenic pattern more complex than PBL. Antisera to CTC represents a source of anti-T-cell sera free of contamination with antibodies to early thymus-related antigens but containing other T-cell-related specificities.

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    Franco Pandolfi, Douglas M. Strong, Guy D. Bonnard & Ronald B. Herberman

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    Franco Pandolfi, Douglas M. Strong, Guy D. Bonnard & Ronald B. Herberman

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    Franco Pandolfi, Douglas M. Strong, Guy D. Bonnard & Ronald B. Herberman

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Supported in part by Naval Medical Research and Development Command, Research Task No. ZF51.524.013.1025, and National Cancer Institute Contract No. Y01-CB-00319. The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private ones of the writers and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department or the naval service at large. The experiments reported herein were conducted according to the principles set forth in the current edition of the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals,” Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council.

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Pandolfi, F., Strong, D.M., Bonnard, G.D. et al. Lack of expression on cultured human T-lymphocytes of a T-cell antigen shared by the molt-4 cell line and normal human thymocytes. In Vitro 16, 754–760 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02619309

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