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Purification of a lamprey complement protein homologous to the third component of the mammalian complement system.
Authors: Nonaka M , Fujii T , Kaidoh T , Natsuume-Sakai S , Nonaka M , Yamaguchi N , Takahashi M 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
A lamprey protein homologous to the third component of mammalian complement was isolated from lamprey plasma and was tentatively designated lamprey C3. Lamprey C3 is a major protein in lamprey serum with electrophoretic mobility of beta-globulin and with m.w. of 190,000. It consists of three polypeptide chains (84,000-alpha, 74,000-beta, and 32,000-gamma chains) linked by disulfide bonds. The protein retains a unique internal thiolester bond on the alpha-chain that is cleaved on methylamine treatment or on limited proteolysis with trypsin. Lamprey C3 by itself could not bind to zymosan or rabbit red cells, but it could covalently bind to these substances when activated by other factors present in lamprey serum. The binding of lamprey C3 to activating surfaces is mediated by covalent bonds and is accompanied by limited proteolysis of the alpha-chain. A fragment with an m.w. of 35,000 containing the internal thiolester site was isolated from methylamine-treated lamprey C3 bound to activated thiol-Sepharose by extensive tryptic digestion followed by dithiothreitol treatment. Lamprey C3 functions as the essential factor in phagocytosis of rabbit red cells by lamprey phagocytes. However, it is not involved in naturally occurring hemolytic activity in lamprey serum.
Stereospecific receptors for substance P on cultured human IM-9 lymphoblasts.
Authors: Payan D G , Brewster D R , Goetzl E J 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The neuropeptide substance P (SP), which has been demonstrated to bind specifically to human blood T lymphocytes and to stimulate their uptake of [3H]thymidine and [3H]leucine, now is shown to bind stereospecifically to cultured human lymphoblasts of the IM-9 line. The specific binding of [3H]SP by IM-9 lymphoblasts increases linearly with the concentration of IM-9 lymphoblasts, achieves a plateau after approximately 15 to 20 min at 4 degrees C and 4 to 6 min at 37 degrees C, and is rapidly reversible at both 4 degrees C and 37 degrees C. The binding of [3H]SP at steady-state conditions demonstrates a dissociation constant (KD) of 0.65 +/- 0.19 nM (mean +/- SD, n = 5) and 22,641 +/- 6143 receptors per IM-9 lymphoblast. Maximal specific binding of [3H]SP to IM-9 lymphoblasts is observed at pH 7.4 and is dependent on the presence of Mg2+, but not Ca2+, in the medium. The peptide structural determinants of the inhibition of binding of [3H]SP to IM-9 lymphoblasts by substituent peptides and homologs of SP indicate that the receptors recognize predominantly the carboxy-terminal portion of SP. The characteristics of the interaction of SP with IM-9 lymphoblasts suggests a receptor-directed mechanism by which neuropeptides may modulate specifically the contributions of lymphocytes to immunity.
Flow cytometric quantitation of oxidative product formation by polymorphonuclear leukocytes during phagocytosis.
Authors: Szejda P , Parce J W , Seeds M S , Bass D A 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Stimulation of the oxidative metabolic burst of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) may occur by an all-or-none trigger mechanism or by a graded response to increasing stimulation of an individual cell. If the proposed all-or-none mechanism occurred during phagocytosis, a PMNL would expend all of its metabolic potential at once, yet PMNL can proceed to ingest multiple organisms. This study employed dual laser flow cytometry to correlate the number of cell-associated organisms with oxidative product formation in individual PMNL. Intracellular oxidation of nonfluorescent 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein (DCFH) to highly fluorescent 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein (DCF) provided a quantitative assay of H2O2-dependent oxidative product formation generated by the cell's oxidative metabolic burst. Staphylococcus aureus were fixed and stained with Texas red to allow simultaneous monitoring of bacteria (red fluorescence, greater than 580 nm) and DCF (green fluorescence, 510 to 550 nm) content of each cell. Computer correlation of bacterial and DCF fluorescence allowed determination of the DCF formation by PMNL containing specific numbers (0 to 15) of bacteria. Oxidative product formation was directly related to the number of bacteria ingested in a time-dependent manner (mean per cell of 6.4, 12.8, 19.1, and 24.4 attomoles (amol) DCF formed per cell per bacterium after 15, 30, 45, and 60 min, respectively. Opsonization of bacteria with fresh normal serum (primarily C3b opsonization) or with specific IgG demonstrated qualitatively similar responses, except that the response per IgG-opsonized organism was, on the average, more than twice the response to bacteria opsonized with serum. Thus, sequential phagocytosis of multiple bacteria elicits an incremental oxidative response of human PMNL.
The immune response of the mouse to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. IV. Enumeration of antibody-producing cells in spleens during acute and persistent infection.
Authors: Moskophidis D , Lehmann-Grube F 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The solid-phase immunoenzymatic technique for the enumeration of single rat cells producing antibodies against ovalbumin has been adapted to mouse cells producing antibodies against lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) virus. After intravenous (i.v.) infection with 10(3) infectious units, IgM- and IgG-producing cells appeared on days 4 and 5, respectively. They rose to high numbers on days 7, 8, and 9 and were still detectable on day 38. After a second i.v. inoculation of 10(7) infectious units, antibody-producing cells (APC), most of which made IgG, appeared faster and reached much higher numbers. Mutatis mutandis, very similar results were obtained with mice inoculated with vesicular stomatitis virus. Antibodies were specific as to virus, but probably corresponded to more than one viral antigen. Relatively low numbers of APC were also detected in the spleens of NMRI strain carrier mice, which develop severe immune complex disease in later life, but not in spleens of persistently infected young mice of strains that remain free of late immune complex disease, namely CBA/J, C3H/HeJ, and gray house mice; APC were detected in spleens of aging CBA/J but not gray house mice.
Studies on the mechanism of natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity. V. Lack of NK specificity at the level of induction of natural killer cytotoxic factors in cultures of human, murine, or rat effector cells stimulated with mycoplasma-free cell lines.
Authors: Wright S C , Bonavida B 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
We have proposed that lysis of target cells by NK cells is mediated by NK cytotoxic factors (NKCF). According to our model, for a target cell to be NK-sensitive, it must be recognized by the NK cell, it must stimulate the release of NKCF, and it must be sensitive to lysis by these factors. This report examines whether the ability to stimulate release of NKCF is a characteristic restricted to NK-sensitive tumor cells or whether it is also a property of NK-resistant target cells. Many different types of cell lines were tested for their ability to stimulate release of NKCF in the human, rat, and murine systems. It was found that mycoplasma-free NK-sensitive cell lines, resistant cell lines, and Con A could stimulate the release of NKCF. Many different types of cell lines grown in suspension or in monolayers were found to be effective stimulators, including T or B lymphoid, myeloid, and those of histiocytic origin. Cells cultured in the absence of serum stimulated NKCF release, thus ruling out the possible involvement of serum components in stimulation. NKCF was also produced by xenogeneic combinations of effector and stimulator cells, demonstrating lack of species specificity in NKCF production. Factors stimulated by NK-resistant cell lines or by Con A exhibited the same NK target specificity as supernatants stimulated by NK-sensitive tumor cells. The finding that many different NK-resistant cell lines can stimulate the release of NKCF indicates that there is no apparent NK specificity at the level of induction of NKCF release from human, rat, or murine effector cells. Therefore, the NK specificity of a target cell is determined ultimately by its sensitivity to lysis by NKCF.
Graft-vs-host reactions (GVHR) across minor murine histocompatibility barriers. I. Impairment of mitogen responses and suppressor phenomena.
Authors: Holda J H , Maier T , Claman H N 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
In our laboratory, we have developed a murine model to examine GVHD across minor histocompatibility antigens. In our model, GVHD is induced by injecting B10.D2 spleen cells into irradiated BALB/c recipients. Seven to 10 days after irradiation and injection of cells, there are significant changes in cell function in the recipient spleens. In the B10.D2----BALB/c (600 rad) model, recipient spleen cells are profoundly unresponsive to Con A and LPS stimulation but show increased B cell activity measured by Staphylococcus aureus protein A plaque-forming activity. Spleen cells from such GVH mice profoundly suppress the mitogenic responses of normal BALB/c or B10.D2 spleen cells to Con A and LPS. The degree of impairment of the mitogenic response and the ability to suppress normal cells is proportional to the dose of cells used to induce GVH reactions. Both the inability to respond to mitogens and the capacity to suppress are also related to the dose of irradiation given to the recipients. In addition, immunosuppression across minor histocompatibility antigens shows an unevenhandedness. If we inject parental B10.D2 or BALB/c cells into F1 recipients (P----F1), there is greater inhibition of mitogenic responses when B10.D2 parental cells are given than when BALB/c cells are given to the irradiated F1 recipients. These experiments show that significant immunosuppression occurs during GVH reactions across minor histocompatibility barriers. The degree of suppression varies according to the dose of cells used to induce GVH, the dose of irradiation to the recipient and the "strength" of the GVH recognition system. Such experiments provide models for GVH disease seen in humans who receive treatment for leukemia or other diseases that involves recipient irradiation and infusion of HLA-identical bone marrow.
Delayed reduction in T cell precursor frequencies accompanies diet-induced lifespan extension.
Authors: Miller R A , Harrison D E 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Recent experimentation has suggested that a decline in the proportion of lymphocytes that can respond to antigenic stimulation may contribute to the loss in immune function with increasing age. If a diminution of precursor frequency is a fundamental element of immunosenescence, then one would expect that manipulations which extend lifespan would also lead to a retarded decline in the measured proportion of reactive cell. Food restriction to about two-thirds of normal intake, initiated at weaning, has long been known to extend the lifespan of mice and rats. We show here that food restriction from weaning causes old mice to retain high levels of T cell precursors in both the helper and cytotoxic lineages. This association of delayed precursor cell loss with extended lifespan supports the hypothesis that changes in T cell precursor frequency may be a key component of age-related immunodeficiency.
Development and distribution of a human B cell subpopulation identified by the HB-4 monoclonal antibody.
Authors: Tedder T F , Clement L T , Cooper M D 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies have been successfully used to identify B cell differentiation antigens, few of which mark discrete B cell subpopulations. We have produced a monoclonal antibody, HB-4, against a cell surface antigen on the human B cell line, BJAB, which has an unusual distribution on normal lymphoid cells. HB-4, an IgM antibody, was found to react with an antigen that is expressed by a subpopulation of B cells, approximately 50% of natural killer cells, and not by other types of cells in bone marrow, blood, and lymphoid tissues. In two-color immunofluorescence assays, the HB-4-reactive antigen was found on less than 5% of immature IgM+ B cells in fetal liver and bone marrow and on 25% of B cells in fetal spleen. The HB-4 antibody reacted with 40% of IgM+ cells in newborn blood and 60% of B cells in adult blood. In contrast, only 2 to 26% of IgM+ B cells in the peripheral lymphoid tissues of adults were HB-4+. HB-4+ B cells could be induced to proliferate by cross-linkage of their surface immunoglobulins but not by T cell-derived growth factors. The subpopulation of activated B cells that is responsive to T cell-derived differentiation factors was HB-4-, as were plasma cells. The HB-4 antibody was reactive with some but not all B cell malignancies and cell lines, and not with malignancies or cell lines of other lineages. The HB-4 antigen may therefore serve as a useful nonimmunoglobulin marker for the identification of a subpopulation of mature resting B cells that are present in the highest frequency in the circulation.
Activation of a human T cell line: a two-stimulus requirement in the pretranslational events involved in the coordinate expression of interleukin 2 and gamma-interferon genes.
Authors: Wiskocil R , Weiss A , Imboden J , Kamin-Lewis R , Stobo J 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
In the resting state, the T3-positive, human T cell line Jurkat does not synthesize detectable amounts of either interleukin 2 (IL 2) or gamma-interferon (IFN-gamma). Activation of Jurkat as measured by the secretion of substantial amounts of both lymphokines requires two distinct signals. One signal is produced by the phorbol ester, phorbol myristate acetate, and the other by either phytohemagglutinin or antibodies to T3. To elucidate the molecular events by which these activation signals lead to the synthesis of IL 2 and IFN-gamma activity we used cDNA probes to follow the appearance of IL 2 and IFN-gamma-specific transcripts after activation of Jurkat. These studies demonstrate that both signals are required for the appearance of IL 2 or IFN-gamma-specific transcripts and that the appearance of IL 2 and IFN-gamma RNA is coordinate with regard to a) the signals required for their production, b) the kinetics of their appearance, and c) the inhibition of their appearance by cyclosporin A. These studies suggest that distinct T cell-activation signals may operate through a common regulatory pathway involved in the expression of both IL 2 and IFN-gamma genes.
Monoclonal antibodies to murine gamma-interferon which differentially modulate macrophage activation and antiviral activity.
Authors: Schreiber R D , Hicks L J , Celada A , Buchmeier N A , Gray P W 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Four monoclonal IgG antibodies to purified, recombinant murine gamma-interferon (rIFN-gamma) have been produced by fusion of immune hamster splenocytes with HAT-sensitive murine myeloma cells. Specificity was confirmed either with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that used immobilized rIFN-gamma or with a radioimmunoassay that employed soluble 125I-rIFN-gamma and heat-killed, fixed Staphylococcus aureus-bearing Protein A. Competition binding experiments suggested that the monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) displayed two distinct epitope specificities: one displayed by H1 and H2, and the other displayed by H21 and H22. By using murine-human recombinant IFN-gamma hybrid molecules, the H1/H2 epitope was shown to depend on the amino-terminus of IFN-gamma, whereas the H21/H22 epitope was formed by the carboxy-terminal amino acid sequence. The MoAb also reacted with natural IFN-gamma. When bound to a surface, all four MoAb, but not normal hamster IgG, removed 100% of the antiviral and MAF activities present in supernatants of cultures of the murine 24/G1 T cell hybridoma. In free solution, all four antibodies inhibited IFN-gamma dependent antiviral activity, but with different efficiencies. Soluble H21/H22 also blocked all of the 24/G1-derived activity that induces nonspecific tumoricidal activity in macrophages (MAF) while H1/H2 enhanced MAF activity. The differential inhibitory or enhancing activities of H21 or H1 reflected their ability to inhibit or enhance binding of 125I-rIFN-gamma to macrophages, respectively. Soluble H21/H22 and solid-phase H1/H2 inhibited 100% of the MAF, microbicidal, and Ia-inducing activities from lymphokine preparations produced by mitogen stimulation of normal murine splenic cells. These results help to establish definitive structure-function relationships for the IFN-gamma molecule, and indicate that IFN-gamma is the primary lymphokine responsible for inducing nonspecific tumoricidal activity and Ia antigen expression, and for enhancing microbicidal activity in macrophages.
Ontogeny of proliferative and cytotoxic responses to interleukin 2 and concanavalin A in murine fetal thymus.
Authors: Teh H S , Ho M 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The ontogeny of proliferative and cytotoxic responses to concanavalin A (Con A) and interleukin 2 (IL 2) in C57BL/6J (B6) fetal thymus (FT) was investigated. Embryonic thymocytes were either taken from embryos at different times of gestation or from 14 day B6 FT that were maintained as organ cultures for various times. It was found that the B6 FT could proliferate to Con A and EL4 SN (an IL 2 containing culture supernatant) in a synergistic fashion. This synergy between Con A and EL4 SN was first observed at the 16th to 17th day of gestation. A similar differentiation process took place in 14-day FT that had been maintained as organ cultures; the synergy between Con A and EL4 SN was first observed after 3 days in organ culture. This synergy increased with increasing time of organ culture, and was most evident after 10 days. The synergy between Con A and EL4 SN was also observed when the EL4 SN was replaced with IL 2 which had been purified from crude EL4 SN to apparent homogeneity. B6 FT could also form cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) on stimulation with Con A and EL4 SN. Con A-activated CTL (polyspecific) were detected by including phytohemagglutinin in the assay medium. CTL response was first detected in the 17-day fetal thymus by using this assay. In organ cultures, CTL responses were first detected after 4 days in organ culture, and reached peak levels after 12 to 14 days. The CTL precursor (CTL-P) frequencies in the B6 FT after 2, 5, 10, and 14 days in organ culture were less than 1/10,000, 1/2232, 1/297, and 1/70, respectively; the corresponding CTL-P frequency in adult thymus was 1/60. After 6 days in organ culture, B6 FT could also form CTL in response to Con A and pure IL 2. This finding suggests that the ability to synthesize other differentiation factors that are required for CTL responses is acquired at an early time of thymic differentiation.
The roles of T cell factors in activation, cell cycle progression, and differentiation of human B cells.
Authors: Jelinek D F , Lipsky P E 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The relationship of the T cell influences involved in human B cell activation and differentiation into immunoglobulin-secreting cells (ISC) was investigated. T cell supernatants (T supt) generated by stimulating T cells with phytohemagglutinin and phorbol myristate acetate contained activities capable of augmenting DNA synthesis and the growth of mitogen-stimulated B cells and supporting the differentiation of ISC. To examine the role of T supt in B cell activation and the progression through the cell cycle, T cell- and monocyte-depleted B cells were stimulated with formalinized Cowan I strain Staphylococcus aureus (SA), and the percentages of cells in G1, S, and G2 + M were determined by acridine orange staining and analysis. In all experiments, a similar percentage of cells entered G1 during the first 24 to 36 hr of culture when stimulated with SA or SA + T supt. Similar results were seen when B cell activation was analyzed by acquisition of a number of other markers of cell activation. Analysis of cell cycle progression with mithramycin staining of cellular DNA in the presence or absence of vinblastine to arrest mitosis indicated that SA-activated B cells were able to complete S and divide in the absence of T supt. Although an effect of T supt on the progression of B cells through the S phase was evident during the first cell cycle, the major effect only became apparent after the first round of cell division. Although T supt was not necessary for initial B cell activation, T cell influences were absolutely necessary for the differentiation of ISC. T supt did not need to be present during the initial 24 to 36 hr of incubation to permit subsequent generation of ISC. However, when T supt was present initially, an increased number of ISC were produced. Hydroxyurea elimination of cells traversing the G1-S interphase indicated that reception of the differentiation signal occurred before the S phase, but that the generation of ISC required subsequent DNA synthesis and/or cell division. Although precursors of ISC were entirely contained within the population triggered to divide by SA alone, there was no preferential expansion of such precursors as a result of SA stimulation. These results indicate that T cell signals are not absolutely necessary for initial B cell activation and progression through the first cell cycle, although T cell factors promote DNA synthesis by some activated B cells. In contrast, differentiation into ISC is completely dependent on T cell influences.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Pregnancy-associated growth factor. II. A T-dependent polyclonal activator of human adult peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL).
Authors: Carlino J A , Morse J H 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
This study examined the ability of pregnancy-associated growth factor (PAGF), a substance found in crude human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), to induce plaque-forming cells (PFC) in cultured human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL). PAGF, 0.25 to 1 mg/ml, induced maximal PFC at 6 to 7 days as measured by the staphylococcal protein A-coupled SRBC reverse hemolytic plaque assay with a rabbit anti-human Ig antiserum. PAGF-induced PFC/culture ranged from 1800 to 39,000 with a mean of 11,524 in unfractionated PBL (N = 24), as compared to 540 to 77,840 with a mean of 17,303 for pokeweed (PWM) (N = 22). Comparison of PAGF- and PWM-induced PFC showed that both induced specific IgG, IgA, and IgM PFC. In most individuals, PAGF induced more IgM and PWM more IgG PFC. The kappa: lambda ratio was 1.5 for unstimulated PBL, and approximately 3.5 for PAGF and PWM. To see if PAGF was a T-dependent polyclonal activator of B cells, T and non-T populations were obtained by SRBC rosettes and negatively selected T4 and T8 cells by complement-mediated lysis of SRBC+(T) cells. Only the recombined subsets which included T4 cells and non-T cells supported PAGF- and PWM-induced PFC. These data indicate that PAGF, a substance derived from commercial extracts of pregnancy urine, is a T4-dependent polyclonal activator of normal human B cells.
Induction of cAMP-dependent protein kinase I during human monocyte differentiation.
Authors: Wenger G D , O'Dorisio M S 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Differentiation of human peripheral blood monocytes into macrophages was accompanied by induction of the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase I as determined by photoaffinity labeling of cytosol proteins with 8-N3-[32P]cAMP and DEAE-Sephacel chromatography. The appearance of cAMP-dependent protein kinase I in macrophages was not due to translocation from the particulate fraction of monocytes. The regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase II was present in both monocytes and in vitro-differentiated macrophages. Protein kinase I in macrophages demonstrated higher affinity for 8-N3-cAMP (KD = 0.7 nM) than did protein kinase II from either monocytes (KD = 14.5 nM) or macrophages (KD = 4.9 nM). These studies demonstrate induction of the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase I during the differentiation of a normal human cell and support the hypothesis that cAMP may regulate some stages of differentiation.