bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Substance P and somatostatin can modulate the amount of IgG2a secreted in response to schistosome egg antigens in murine schistosomiasis mansoni.
Authors: Blum A M , Metwali A , Mathew R C , Elliott D , Weinstock J V 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Substance P (SP) and somatostatin 1-14 (SOM) have immunoregulatory properties. Cells within the granulomas of murine schistosomiasis mansoni make both. SP enhances, whereas SOM inhibits soluble egg Ag (SEA)-induced, IFN-gamma production. IFN-gamma is important during IgG2a isotype switching. Thus, we investigated whether SP or SOM could affect IgG2a production in murine schistosomiasis. Our results show that SEA and rIFN-gamma stimulate splenic IgG2a secretion in murine schistosomiasis. Moreover, SP at &gt; or = to 10(-10) M substantially increased both polyclonal as well as SEA-specific, IgG2a secretion from spleen cells challenged with SEA. However, cells exposed to SOM at &gt; or = 10(-10)M showed strong inhibition. Also, both SP and SOM modulated the frequency of IgG2a-producing cells. Splenic IgG2a production in response to SEA, SP, and SOM required the presence of Thy 1.2+ cells, whereas, rIFN-gamma- induced IgG2a synthesis did not. Also, experiments using irradiation lymphocytes showed that SP, SOM, or rIFN-gamma modulation of IgG2a release was not dependent on cell proliferation. The highly specific SP receptor antagonist, CP-96,345, completely inhibited the effect of SP but not SOM on IgG2a release. This suggests that SP acted through an authentic NK-1 receptor and that SOM required a different receptor interaction. Granuloma cells secreted IgG2a constitutively. Yet, neither SEA, SP, SOM, rIFN-gamma, nor blocking anti-IFN-gamma mAb could modulate this constitutive IgG2a release during short term culture conditions. Moreover, the IgG2a secretion also continued in the absence of Thy 1.2+ lymphocytes. However, mice treated with CP-96,345 or octreotide (SOM agonist) in vivo produced granulomas that made little or no IgG2a. Spleen cell experiments showed that SEA, SP, SOM, and rIFN-gamma could only affect SEA-induced, IgG2a production during early stages of Ag stimulation. Thus, unlike the spleen, it is probable that the granulomas contain mostly activated B cells that have completed switch recombination.
Inhibition of C3 and IgG proteolysis enhances phagocytosis of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Authors: Cutler C W , Arnold R R , Schenkein H A 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
In the face of an apparently competent immune response to Porphyromonas gingivalis, it is unclear how P. gingivalis evades the immune response and persists in human periodontitis. Particularly germane may be its ability to resist phagocytosis by degrading and not binding serum opsonins. In our study, the resistance by invasive (W83 and A7436) and noninvasive (ATCC 33277) P. gingivalis strains to phagocytosis by human neutrophils was compared with their C3- and IgG-proteolytic activity. The ability of opsonic human serum antibody to inhibit C3 proteolysis was also evaluated. Our results indicate that the more phagocytosis-resistant invasive strains accumulate less 125I-C3 than the noninvasive strain; moreover, invasive strains degrade complement C3 in a dose-dependent manner, inhibitable by rabbit antiserum or adult periodontitis serum. Opsonization and C3 accumulation on strain A7436 were both facilitated by pretreatment with rabbit antiserum, certain adult periodontitis sera, protease inhibitors (p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid, N alpha-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone, diisopropylfluorophosphate), heat (60 degrees C, 15 min), and were Mg2+ dependent. The sera from 13 human subjects with or without periodontitis were assayed for antibody titers to P. gingivalis (ELISA units), opsonic activity (% of PMN engaged in phagocytosis) and enhancement of C3 accumulation. Statistically significant associations were observed between % of PMN engaged in phagocytosis and % C3 accumulation, between % of PMN engaged in phagocytosis and ELISA units and between % C3 accumulation and ELISA units. Degradation of purified rabbit IgG, but not specific antibody-containing rabbit IgG by P. gingivalis A7436 was observed, and was inhibited by diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP) or cold (2 degrees C). Our data suggest that C3 and IgG cleavage by P. gingivalis proteases are inhibitable by antibody and are contributory factors in, but are not the sole determinants of, phagocytosis resistance.
T cells bearing V beta 6 T cell receptors in the cell-mediated immune response to Mycobacterium leprae.
Authors: Wang X , Golkar L , Uyemura K , Ohmen J D , Villahermosa L G , Fajardo T T , Cellona R V , Walsh G P , Modlin R L 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
The skin lesions of leprosy provide a window into the immunoregulatory events involved in the human immune response to infection. T cells are thought to play a vital role in the pathogenesis of different forms of the disease. To identify predominant specific T cell subpopulations in leprosy lesions, the TCR-beta chain repertoire was simultaneously studied in skin biopsy specimens and PBMC from both immunologically resistant tuberculoid leprosy and susceptible lepromatous leprosy patients. This was accomplished by obtaining RNA from lesions and PBMC, synthesizing cDNA, and performing the polymerase chain reaction. We found that TCR gene subfamilies V beta 6.1 through V beta 6.4 (V beta 6.1-4) were strikingly overrepresented in lesions vs PBMC of seven of nine tuberculoid patients but only one of nine lepromatous patients. Similarly, V beta 6.5/6.8/6.9 subfamilies were predominant in four of nine tuberculoid patients, but none of the nine lepromatous patients. To explore the influence of the complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) in selection of T cells expressing V beta 6 TCR, we sequenced the V beta 6.1-4-C beta polymerase chain reaction products derived from the lesions and PBMC of two tuberculoid patients. From the analysis of deduced amino acid sequences, we found conserved amino acid residues and amino acid motifs in the CDR3 region of the lesion-derived sequences from each patient. Our data suggest that the nominal Ag select T cells bearing V beta 6 TCR in the cell-mediated immune response to Mycobacterium leprae.
Induction of porcine granulocyte-mediated tumor cytotoxicity by two distinct monoclonal antibodies against lytic trigger molecules (PNK-E/G7).
Authors: Wierda W G , Johnson B D , Dato M E , Kim Y B 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
PNK-E and G7 mAb bind to distinct porcine granulocyte function-associated molecules and induce granulocyte-mediated cytotoxicity against tumor targets. PNK-E mAb binds to a 205-kDa molecule that reduces to a dispersed band of 50 kDa on SDS-PAGE analysis. Previous work demonstrates that G7 mAb immunoprecipitates a molecule that appears as a heterodispersed 40-kDa band under both reducing and nonreducing conditions on SDS-PAGE analysis. Whole but not F(ab')2 PNK-E and G7 mAb induce dose-dependent porcine granulocyte-mediated lysis of FcR+ but not FcR- targets, suggesting a redirected cytotoxicity mechanism of granulocyte-mediated killing. Fresh porcine granulocytes also mediate significant levels of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) against nucleated (SB) target cells. Neither whole nor F(ab')2 PNK-E mAb affects granulocyte-mediated ADCC against SB target cells. However, both whole and F(ab')2 G7 mAb inhibit granulocyte-mediated ADCC against SB targets by approximately 50%. Bound F(ab')2 G7 mAb inhibits PNK-E mAb-induced granulocyte-mediated cytotoxicity against K562 targets, but bound F(ab')2 PNK-E mAb does not inhibit G7 mAb-induced granulocyte-mediated cytotoxicity, suggesting a physical association between the PNK-E and G7 molecules on the surface of porcine granulocytes. PNK-E and G7 hybridoma cells are readily lysed by granulocyte effectors, further supporting that the PNK-E and G7 molecules are cytolytic trigger molecules on granulocytes. These data demonstrate that PNK-E and G7 mAb bind to distinct granulocyte lytic trigger molecules and induce potent granulocyte-mediated cytotoxicity against nucleated tumor targets through a mechanism of redirected cytotoxicity.
Combined anti-CD2 and anti-CD3 receptor monoclonal antibodies induce donor-specific tolerance in a cardiac transplant model.
Authors: Chavin K D , Qin L , Lin J , Yagita H , Bromberg J S 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Administration of mAb against either the CD2 or CD3 receptor prolongs graft survival in CBA recipients in a heterotopic, nonvascularized cardiac transplant model, whereas the combination of mAb produces indefinite survival. Combined alpha-CD2 plus alpha-CD3 mAb synergistically prolonged allograft survival indefinitely for C57BL/6 donor hearts (&gt; 150 vs 13.4 +/- 0.5 days for controls, p &lt; 0.001, Wilcoxon's sign rank). All second donor-specific C57BL/6 allografts survived &gt; 100 days (p &lt; 0.001) without any additional immunosuppression. Third-party BALB/c allografts were rejected in a first set fashion (14.2 +/- 0.5 days). Anti-CD2 mAb of other epitopic specificities and isotypes demonstrate equivalent immunosuppressive capacity. The combination of mAb resulted in indefinite graft survival in other strain combinations. Therefore, these results are not restricted to a particular alpha-CD2 mAb or MHC combination. Combinations of alpha-CD2 plus mAb with specificities other than to CD3 did not result in tolerance, showing that the CD2-CD3 interaction was critical for tolerance induction. CTL and MLR responses from tolerant animals were normal both to H-2b and H-2d stimulators, indicating that clonal deletion of effector T cells did not occur. Adoptive transfer of naive recipient type cells broke tolerance, showing that graft adaptation was not the major determinant of tolerance maintenance. Flow cytometric analysis demonstrated that tolerance was not associated with deletion of T cells. The results imply that the mechanism of tolerance induction is related to suppression and/or anergy of helper and effector cells at the time of allografting, whereas maintenance of tolerance is associated with anergy in the Th cell compartment.
Immortalization of human T cell clones by Herpesvirus saimiri. Signal transduction analysis reveals functional CD3, CD4, and IL-2 receptors.
Authors: Bröker B M , Tsygankov A Y , Müller-Fleckenstein I , Guse A H , Chitaev N A , Biesinger B , Fleckenstein B , Emmrich F 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Investigation of human activated T cells has been complicated by the need for periodic restimulation with Ag/mitogen and accessory cells and by the limited life span of most human T cell clones. To overcome these problems, we have transformed established human T cell clones to permanent growth with Herpesvirus saimiri, a lymphoma-inducing virus of nonhuman primates. Three human CD4+ T cell clones were investigated in detail. They have been growing in the presence of exogenous IL-2 but without restimulation with mitogen or feeder cells for more than 11 mo with doubling times between 2 and 4 days. In contrast, their nontransformed parent clones needed to be restimulated with PHA and feeder cells every 14 to 21 days. To compare responses of H. saimiri-transformed clones with those of their parent clones, we stimulated the cells with IL-2 or with anti-CD3 and/or anti-CD4 mAb with and without cross-linking on the cell surface. Transformed and nontransformed T cell clones were strikingly similar in parameters of early signal transduction, namely, tyrosine phosphorylation and mobilization of calcium. Ligation of their TcR/CD3 complexes by mAb or by Ag in the presence of autologous accessory cells increased the proliferation and the secretion of IFN-gamma. Taken together, we have shown that human T cell clones immortalized with H. saimiri express functional CD3, CD4, and IL-2R. They constitute a simple, stable, reproducible and accessory cell-free model system for the investigation of signal transduction events in activated human T cells.
A conserved binding site on the receptor for polymeric Ig is homologous to CDR1 of Ig V kappa domains.
Authors: Bakos M A , Kurosky A , Czerwinski E W , Goldblum R M 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
We have previously shown that the binding of human secretory component (SC) to polymeric IgA (PIgA) is inhibited by a synthetic peptide fragment of SC (SC[15-37]), and also by a mAb (mAb 6G11) which specifically recognizes the unbound form of SC and SC[15-37]. In this report we show that the binding of bovine, rabbit, and rat SC to human PIgA can also be inhibited by SC[15-37], and that the relative affinity of these three species of SC for human PIgA correlated with their relative affinity for mAb 6G11. The binding of mAb 6G11 to SC isolated from various species was especially affected by amino acid substitutions at position 26 of SC. Structural modeling revealed that the side chain of residue 26 is located on the external face of a loop in SC domain I which is homologous in size and position to the first complementarity determining region (CDR1) of Ig V kappa domains. However, the surface topography of the CDR1-like loop of SC is distinct from other known V kappa CDR1 loops due to the unique distribution of charged and bulky polar side chains which locate to the exterior face of the loop. Together, these findings indicated that the binding site on the receptor for PIg is highly conserved among species, and is composed, in part, of residues of domain I of SC which may form a distinct CDR1-like loop on the surface of the molecule.
Analysis of cytokine mRNA expression during primary granuloma formation induced by eggs of Schistosoma mansoni.
Authors: Wynn T A , Eltoum I , Cheever A W , Lewis F A , Gause W C , Sher A 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Granulomas induced by parasite eggs are the primary lesions in mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Temporal analysis of cytokine mRNA expression in lung tissue containing synchronized granulomas demonstrated a Th0-like pattern of lymphokine expression. IFN-gamma, IL-1 beta, and IL-6 were the primary cytokines induced by day 1 in developing lung granulomas initiated by i.v. egg injection. These changes were followed by increases in expression of IL-2, IL-4, and IL-10 mRNA on day 3 and TNF-alpha and IL-5 mRNA on day 6. Nearly all cytokine mRNA reached maximal levels by day 6, which preceded the peak in granuloma size seen on day 14. In vivo treatment of egg-injected mice with either anti-IL-2 or anti-IL-4 antibodies significantly diminished the size of circumoval granulomas in the lungs. Both groups of antibody-treated animals displayed a marked reduction in IL-4 as well as IL-5 mRNA expression, although IFN-gamma and IL-2 mRNA levels were unchanged or slightly increased. These findings confirm previous observations suggesting a role for IL-2 in egg-induced pathology via the generation of Th2-associated responses, and also indicate a primary function for IL-4 in granuloma formation. Analysis of responses after injection of eggs into nude mice demonstrated that only the Th2 cytokines IL-4 and IL-5 are exclusively dependent on T cells for their induction. Taken together, these data suggest that Th2 cells producing IL-4 play a major role in egg granuloma formation, and that the induction and ultimate down-modulation of Th2-like responses may be influenced by non-T-cell-derived cytokines.
Orthovanadate induces translocation of phospholipase C-gamma 1 and -gamma 2 in permeabilized mast cells.
Authors: Atkinson T P , Lee C W , Rhee S G , Hohman R J 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Rapid activation of phospholipase C (PLC) with a resultant increase in phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis occurs after aggregation of the high affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RI) on the surface of mast cells. We previously described an increase in PLC activity associated with the particulate fraction of rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cells after Fc epsilon RI aggregation, and this redistribution of enzyme activity correlated with an increase in immunoreactivity of the gamma 1 isozyme of PLC in the particulate fraction by Western blot analysis (J. Immunol. 148:2194-2200, 1992). We now report that the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor orthovanadate mimics Fc epsilon RI-mediated activation of PLC-gamma 1 in RBL cells after permeabilization with Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin. Orthovanadate treatment of permeabilized cells induced: 1) a large increase in phosphoinositide hydrolysis in endogenously labeled cells; 2) an increase in PLC activity associated with the particulate fraction; and 3) an increase in immunoreactivity of PLC-gamma 1 in Western blots of the particulate fraction. In addition, incubation of RBL cells with either oligomeric IgE or orthovanadate results in the translocation of PLC-gamma 2 from the cytosol to the particulate fraction. All of the above effects were qualitatively similar to those seen after Fc epsilon RI aggregation. These data suggest that translocation and activation of PLC in mast cells are controlled by tyrosine phosphorylation of either the enzyme itself or some regulatory component. The equilibrium can be shifted to the phosphorylated state during either receptor-mediated activation of a tyrosine kinase or by blockade of dephosphorylation.
Phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae type B opsonized with polyclonal human IgG1 and IgG2 antibodies. Functional hFc gamma RIIa polymorphism to IgG2.
Authors: Bredius R G , de Vries C E , Troelstra A , van Alphen L , Weening R S , van de Winkel J G , Out T A 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
To assess the function of IgG subclass antibodies we studied the opsonization of Staphylococcus aureus (STAW) and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) by natural IgG1 and IgG2 antibodies from five healthy individuals. Phagocytosis by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) was analyzed using FITC-labeled bacteria and flow cytometry. All PMN donors were typed for the High- and Low-Responder phenotype of the human Fc gamma receptor (hFc gamma) type IIa (CD32) and the NA1/NA2 allotype of the hFc gamma RIIIb (CD16). When PMN were used that were heterozygous for hFc gamma RIIa and hFc gamma RIIIb, phagocytosis of STAW opsonized with IgG1 antibodies was similar to that with IgG2, both in the presence and absence of a source of complement (agammaglobulinemic serum). Phagocytosis of Hib opsonized with IgG2 anti-Hib proved significantly lower (p &lt; 0.05) than with IgG1 anti-Hib using preparations from 4 of the 5 individuals tested. IgG2 anti-Hib from one donor, however, proved more effective than IgG1 anti-Hib. The properties of PMN with hFc gamma RIIaLR,LR and hFc gamma RIIaHR,HR were compared, using hFc gamma RIIIb NA1/NA2-matched PMN. hFc gamma RIIaHR,HR PMN were virtually incapable of phagocytosing STAW and Hib opsonized with IgG2 anti-bodies without complement, in contrast to hFc gamma RIIaLR,LR PMN. Phagocytosis of IgG2-oposonized bacteria by hFc gamma RIIaLR,LR PMN was effectively inhibited by mAb against hFc gamma RIIa (IV.3). IgG1-mediated phagocytosis was blocked by mAb against hFc gamma RIIIb (CLB/FcRGran 1) to a greater extent than by anti-hFc gamma RIIa mAb. Inhibition studies with mAb against CR3 (B2.12) and hFc gamma RIIa showed that both receptors cooperated in phagocytosis. We conclude that PMN phagocytosis can be effectively mediated by antibacterial IgG2 anti-STAW and anti-Hib. Thus, IgG2 may have a critical role in the immune defense against these bacteria. However, the role of antibacterial IgG2 in opsonization and phagocytosis may be limited in individuals homozygous for hFc gamma RIIaHR.
Neuroprotective role of IL-4 against activated microglia.
Authors: Chao C C , Molitor T W , Hu S 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Microglia have been proposed to play a pathogenetic role in immunologically mediated neurodegenerative diseases. In our study, using microglial/neuronal cell cocultures primed with IFN-gamma, we found that both LPS and TNF-alpha triggered neuronal cell injury (impairment of gamma-aminobutyric acid uptake and neuronal loss) via a nitric oxide mechanism. Pretreatment of cell cocultures with IL-4, an immunosuppressive cytokine, prevented, in a dose-dependent manner, neuronal cell injury induced by activated microglia. The mechanism by which IL-4 exerts its neuroprotective effect was found to involve the inhibition of IFN-gamma priming of microglia with a subsequent decrease in the production of TNF-alpha and nitric oxide.
Gene targeting yields a CD18-mutant mouse for study of inflammation.
Authors: Wilson R W , Ballantyne C M , Smith C W , Montgomery C , Bradley A , O'Brien W E , Beaudet A L 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
CD18 is the common beta subunit for the heterodimeric leukocyte integrins that mediate many inflammatory cell adhesion responses including binding to intercellular adhesion molecules 1 and 2. CD18 deficiency in humans causes a severe granulocyte disorder with susceptibility to bacterial infections and high morbidity and mortality. Gene targeting was used to prepare an insertion mutation in the murine CD18 gene. The insertion mutation resulted in a hypomorphic rather than a null allele due to low expression from a cryptic promoter in the plasmid construct. Homozygous mutant mice are viable and fertile, demonstrate a mild granulocytosis, and have 2 or 16% of normal CD18 expression on granulocytes in the resting or activated state, respectively. Mutant mice show an impaired inflammatory response to a chemical peritonitis and delayed rejection of cardiac transplants. These CD18-mutant mice provide a model of the moderate form of the human disease and should be extremely valuable for in vivo analysis of the role of leukocyte integrin-dependent adhesion in inflammatory disease models.