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Requirements for activation of CD8+Murine T cells

I. Development of cytolytic activity

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Cytolytic effector function fails to develop if proliferation of allospecific cytolytic T lymphocyte precursors is inhibited, but the requirements for generation of cytolytic activity have not been fully defined. In contrast, the cytolytic effector function of cytolytic T lymphocyte clones does not change during the cell cycle, and the level of cytolytic activity is independent of cellular proliferation. The requirement for proliferation by primary responding populations may reflect the need for clonal expansion of a few inherently cytolytic effector cells in order to reach a threshold number which can readily be detected in conventional cytolytic assays. Alternatively, proliferation may be required for cytolytic T lymphocyte precursors to differentiate into mature, functional cytolytic cells. Using CD8+T cells which express an antigen-specific transgenic α/β T cell receptor, we have studied the requirements for acquisition of cytolytic capacity. Stimulation of the T cell receptor alone appears to be sufficient to render naive, CD8+ transgenic T cells sensitive to the growth effects of interleukin-2 (IL-2), and in some circumstances to interleukin-4 (IL-4), but not to induce either lymphokine production or cytolytic activity. Costimulatory molecules expressed by allogenic stimulating cells appear to be required for lymphokine production, and CD8+ transgenic T cells initially appear to secrete only IL-2 and interferon-γ. Stimulation of the T cell receptor of naive, CD8+ transgenic T cells appears to induce cytolytic activity only if cell proliferation occurs, either in response to IL-2 produced by the stimulated cells themselves when costimulatory molecules are present, or to IL-2 or IL-4 from exogenous sources if costimulatory molecules are absent.

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    David C. Cronin, David W. Lancki & Frank W. Fitch

  2. Ben May Institute, University of, Chicago, Ill., USA

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  3. Department of Pathology, MC1089, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, 60637, Chicago, IL, (USA)

    David C. Cronin & David W. Lancki

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Cronin, D.C., Lancki, D.W. & Fitch, F.W. Requirements for activation of CD8+Murine T cells. Immunol Res 13, 215–233 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02935614

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