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H E Broxmeyer

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Chemokines: signal lamps for trafficking of T and B cells for development and effector function.

Chemokines can act as signal lamps for trafficking of lymphocytes at the important crossing points of lymphoid tissues. Lymphoid progenitors at different differentiation stages are differentially localized in primary lymphoid tissues and have differential responsiveness to thymic or bone marrow chemokines: SDF-1, CKbeta-11/MIP-3beta/ELC, SLC/6Ckine/Exodus2, MIP-1beta, and TECK. Naive T cells and B cells circulate to secondary lymphoid tissues for possible activation. Chemokines, SDF-1, SLC/6Ckine/Exodus2, CKbeta-11/MIP-3beta/ELC, BLC/BCA-1, and DC-CK1/PARC, are expressed in the specialized microenvironments of secondary lymphoid tissues and regulate the migration of naive lymphocytes. Effector lymphocytes express a different set of chemokine receptors from naive lymphocytes. T helper (Th) 0 and 1 cells predominantly express CXCR3 and CCR5, whereas Th2 cells express CCR3, CCR4, and CCR8, which, with other factors such as expression patterns of adhesion molecules, likely determine the tissue-specific infiltration of effector lymphocytes.

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Flt3 signaling involves tyrosyl-phosphorylation of SHP-2 and SHIP and their association with Grb2 and Shc in Baf3/Flt3 cells.

Flt3 ligand (FL) is an early-acting potent co-stimulatory cytokine that regulates proliferation and differentiation of a number of blood cell lineages. Its receptor Flt3/Flk2 belongs to class III receptor tyrosine kinases that also include the receptors for colony-stimulating factor 1, Steel factor, and platelet-derived growth factor. Using CSF-1 receptor/Flt3 chimeras, two groups have characterized some of the post-receptor signaling events and substrate specificity of murine Flt3 receptor. However, there are few studies on the signaling pathway through human Flt3. We examined human Flt3 signaling pathways in a murine IL-3-dependent hematopoietic cell line Baf3, which stably expresses full-length human Flt3 receptor. This subline proliferates in response to human FL. Like the chimeric murine Flt3, human Flt3 undergoes autophosphorylation, associates with Grb2, and leads to tyrosine phosphorylation of Shc on ligand binding. We found that SHP-2, but not SHP-1, is tyrosine-phosphorylated by FL stimulation. SHP-2 does not associate with Flt3, but binds directly to Grb2. SHIP is also tyrosine-phosphorylated and associates with Shc after FL simulation. We further examined the downstream signaling pathway. FL transiently activates MAP kinase. This activation could be blocked by PD98059, a specific MEK inhibitor. PD98059 also blocked cell proliferation in response to FL. These results demonstrate that SHP-2 and SHIP are important components in the human Flt3 signaling pathway and suggest that SHP-2 and SHIP, by forming complexes with adapter proteins Grb2 and Shc, may modulate MAP kinase activation, which may be necessary for the mitogenic signaling of Flt3.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗

SLC/exodus2/6Ckine/TCA4 induces chemotaxis of hematopoietic progenitor cells: differential activity of ligands of CCR7, CXCR3, or CXCR4 in chemotaxis vs. suppression of progenitor proliferation.

Chemokines induce chemotaxis of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC), and suppress their proliferation. In this study we report that SLC/ Exodus2/6Ckine/TCA4 (hereafter termed SLC) is a chemoattractant for human CD34+ HPC. SLC mainly induces preferential chemotaxis of macrophage progenitors. We examined the chemotactic activity of CXCR3 ligands on CD34+ HPC because it has been reported that SLC is a potential ligand of CXC chemokine receptor, CXCR3, in addition to a CC chemokine receptor, CCR7. It was found that the CXCR3 ligands, MIG and interferon-gamma inducible protein-10 (IP-10), unlike SLC, did not induce chemotaxis of CD34+ HPC. In this regard, CCR7 ligands (SLC and CKbeta-11), but not IP-10 and MIG, induce actin polymerization in CD34+ cells. On the other hand, CCR7 ligands and CXCR3 ligands, but not the CXCR4 ligand SDF-1, showed inhibitory activity for proliferation of myeloid progenitor cells. Our results suggest that SLC is a potential trafficking factor for HPC, and that chemokines that bind CCR7, CXCR4, and CXCR3 have differential biological activities on HPC in terms of suppression and chemotaxis.

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The proteasome regulates caspase-dependent and caspase-independent protease cascades during apoptosis of MO7e hematopoietic progenitor cells.

Withdrawal of trophic support from growth factor-dependent MO7e human myeloid progenitor cells induces apoptosis characterized by DNA fragmentation and degradation of the catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs). Inhibitors of caspase (ICE) protease family members did not inhibit apoptosis or DNA fragmentation induced by factor withdrawal, but blocked degradation of DNA-PKcs. Thus, caspase activity accounts for only a component of the apoptotic program in MO7e hematopoietic cells. The protease inhibitor TPCK, but not other protease inhibitors, blocked DNA fragmentation, but not degradation of DNA-PKcs during apoptosis of MO7e cells. Thus, caspase-independent and caspase-dependent protease cascades mediate distinct features of MO7e cell apoptosis. The proteasome inhibitors calpain inhibitor I and lactacystin promoted DNA fragmentation, degradation of DNA-PKcs and apoptosis of MO7e cells. The ability of lactacystin to promote DNA fragmentation was abrogated by TPCK, but not by caspase inhibitors, whereas the ability of lactacystin to promote degradation of DNA-PKcs was blocked by caspase inhibitors, but not by TPCK. Thus, caspase-dependent and caspase-independent protease cascades are downstream of and regulated by the proteasome, which plays a central role in regulating the multiple protease cascades that induce apoptosis.

Apoptosis↗

Regulation of hematopoiesis in a sea of chemokine family members with a plethora of redundant activities.

The field of chemokine biology is a rapidly advancing one, with over 50 chemokines identified that mediate their effects through one or more of 16 different chemokine receptors. Chemokines, originally identified as chemotactic cytokines, manifest a number of functions, including modulation of blood cell production at the level of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells and the directed movement of these early blood cells. This report reviews chemokines and chemokine/receptor activities mainly in the context of hematopoietic cell regulation and the numerous chemokines that manifest suppressive activity on proliferation of stem/progenitor cells. This is contrasted with the specificity of only a few chemokines for the chemotaxis of these early cells. The large number of chemokines with suppressive activity is hypothesized to reflect the different cell, tissue, and organ sites of production of these chemokines and the need to control stem/progenitor cell proliferation in different organ sites throughout the body.

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Suppression of p53-mediated growth factor withdrawal-induced apoptosis in the myeloid compartment by hematopoietic cytokines: an overview of hematopoiesis and apoptosis with a presentation of thrombopoietin and the M07E cell line as a model system.

The resistance of leukemic cells to apoptosis induction is one of the great obstacles in clinically alleviating the neoplastic state which they create. Even though p53 is the most commonly mutated protein found in tumors, there does exist the remaining body of cancers that possess wild-type p53. Within the hematopoietic compartment, the majority of acute myelogenous leukemia isolates fall into this latter category ([174, 175,375-377], for example). In particular, it is found that in most AML isolates p53 is genotypically wild-type but found to have an immunophenotype typical of mutant p53, or in the promoter conformation [170, 174,175,377]. The clinical significance of the research which aims to discern the molecular machinery involved in p53 conformational modulation must certainly include the notion that a therapeutic modality may be developed which interferes with the molecular process of shifting p53 from a viability-compromising suppressor conformation to the survival-enhancing promoter conformation. Further studies that investigate the interface between cytokine signaling transduction cascades and the subsystem(s) regulating the redox state of p53 are critical to advancing this field.

Apoptosis↗

SDF-1 suppresses cytokine-induced adhesion of human haemopoietic progenitor cells to immobilized fibronectin.

The process of haemopoietic cell homing to the microenvironment includes migration and adhesion. SDF-1 is a C-X-C chemokine that acts as a chemoattractant for haemopoietic progenitors. Adhesion of haemopoietic progenitors to immobilized fibronectin is up-regulated by stimulation with cytokines. We assessed the effects of SDF-1 on cytokine-induced adhesion of progenitor cells to fibronectin. In factor-dependent human MO7e cells and primary CD34+ cord blood cells, treatment with SDF-1 dose-dependently suppressed cytokine-induced adhesion. Pretreatment with pertussis toxin reversed adhesion-inhibition, suggesting that activation of G-coupled proteins are involved in the intracellular signalling of this process. These data suggest that SDF-1 not only acts as a chemoattractant but also participates in modulating adhesiveness of haemopoietic progenitors to extracellular matrix components.

Cell Adhesion↗

Altered responsiveness to chemokines due to targeted disruption of SHIP.

SHIP has been implicated in negative signaling in a number of hematopoietic cell types and is postulated to downregulate phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase- (PI-3K-) initiated events in diverse receptor signaling pathways. Because PI-3K is implicated in chemokine signaling, we investigated whether SHIP plays any role in cellular responses to chemokines. We found that a number of immature and mature hematopoietic cells from SHIP-deficient mice manifested enhanced directional migration (chemotaxis) in response to the chemokines stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and B-lymphocyte chemoattractant (BLC). SHIP(-/-) cells were also more active in calcium influx and actin polymerization in response to SDF-1. However, colony formation by SHIP-deficient hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPCs) was not inhibited by 13 myelosuppressive chemokines that normally inhibit proliferation of HPCs. These altered biologic activities of chemokines on SHIP-deficient cells are not caused by simple modulation of chemokine receptor expression in SHIP-deficient mice, implicating SHIP in the modulation of chemokine-induced signaling and downstream effects.

Actins↗

The effects of GM-CSF, steel factor and MIP-1alpha on the expression and activation of Cdc25A phosphatase in Mo7e cells.

Active cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are required for progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle and entry into S phase. Activity of G1 CDKs is controlled by mechanisms including phosphorylation of Thr14 and Tyr15 residues. Removal of inhibitory phosphates on these amino acid residues is required for G1 CDK activation, and is mediated by the Cdc25A phosphatase. Regulation of active Cdc25A phosphatase levels may be important for the proliferation of hematopoietic progenitor cells, effects assessed in the human growth-factor-dependent cell line Mo7e. Constitutive Cdc25A protein levels were enhanced with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) plus steel factor (SF). Cdc25A is thought to exert its activity in the nucleus, and nuclear protein levels of Cdc25A were also enhanced with GM-CSF and SF. GM-CSF plus SF promote synergistic growth of Mo7e cells. Pretreatment with macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP-1alpha) inhibited GM-CSF- plus SF-induced growth and upregulation of Cdc25A protein levels. Stimulation with GM-CSF and SF also rapidly increased Cdc25A phosphatase activity, an effect suppressed by MIP-1alpha. A concomitant inhibition of increased CDK4 kinase activity correlated with increased phosphotyrosine levels on CDK4 when cells were pretreated with MIP-1alpha prior to GM-CSF and SF. These data suggest that Cdc25A expression and activity are regulated during proliferation of Mo7e cells.

Blotting, Western↗

Differential in vitro maturation of hematopoietic stem cells from wild-type and immunoglobulin transgenic mice.

During B-cell lymphopoiesis, hematopoietic stem cells commit to the B-cell lineage as monitored by the expression of phenotypic cell surface antigens and the production of immunoglobulin chains. Two cytokines, interleukin-7 (IL-7) and Flt-3 ligand (FL), appear to act in conjunction to drive this development process. Using an in vitro, stroma-free culture system and these cytokines, the commitment of murine Sca+ Lin- bone marrow cells to the B-cell lineage was examined with stem cells from immunoglobulin (Ig) transgenic and wild-type mice. After 12 days of culture in IL-7 and FL, stem cells from wild-type animals had matured to express surface B220, CD19, CD43, BP-1 and heat-stable antigen (HSA). These cells lacked detectable intracellular mu chains while exhibiting partial D-J rearrangement. In contrast, Sca+Lin- cells from Ig transgenic mice that were cultured similarly expressed B220, CD19, IgD, intracellular and surface mu, HSA but not CD43 or BP-1. These results suggest that expression of the Ig transgene during in vitro development overcame a block in B-cell lymphopoiesis and recapitulated in vivo events. Thus, IL-7 and FL treatment allowed uncommitted stem cells to progress to the early pre-B-cell stage while similarly treated Ig transgenic cells progressed completely to the mature B-cell stage.

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Macrophage-inflammatory protein-3 beta/EBI1-ligand chemokine/CK beta-11, a CC chemokine, is a chemoattractant with a specificity for macrophage progenitors among myeloid progenitor cells.

Chemoattractants are potential factors influencing cell migration. Stromal cell-derived factor-1, a CXC chemokine, is the only chemokine reported to have chemotactic activity for hemopoietic progenitor cells (HPC). We report in this work another chemokine of the CC subfamily, which is chemotactic for HPC. Macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-3 beta/EBI1-ligand chemokine/CK beta-11 attracted bone marrow and cord blood CD34+ cells. In contrast to stromal cell-derived factor-1, which attracts multiple types of HPC, MIP-3beta attracted mainly CFU granulocyte macrophage, but not other HPC such as burst-forming unit erythrocyte or CFU granulocyte, erythrocyte, macrophage, and megakaryocyte. Chemoattracted CD34+ cells formed CFU granulocyte macrophage-like colonies, which were morphologically determined as large macrophages. These progenitors were selectively responsive to stimulation by macrophage CSF, demonstrating that MIP-3 beta attracts macrophage progenitors. Expression of CCR7, the receptor for MIP-3 beta, was detected at a mRNA level in the attracted CD34+ cells as well as input CD34+HPC. Expression of MIP-3 beta mRNA was not constitutive, but was inducible in bone marrow stromal cells by inflammatory agents such as bacterial LPS, IFN-gamma, and TNF-alpha. Taken together, our findings suggest that MIP-3 beta is expressed in the bone marrow environment after induction with certain inflammatory cytokines and LPS, and may play a role in trafficking of macrophage progenitors in and out of the bone marrow in inflammatory conditions.

Antigens, CD34↗

Interleukin-3 and Flt3-ligand induce adhesion of Baf3/Flt3 precursor B-lymphoid cells to fibronectin via activation of VLA-4 and VLA-5.

Adhesion of hematopoietic cells to extracellular matrix components is important for blood cell development. However, little is known regarding the potential influence of IL-3 on this process for precursor B cells and Flt3-ligand has not yet been implicated in induction of adhesion of any blood cell types to extracellular matrix components. Therefore, we examined the characteristics of cytokine-induced cell adhesion to fibronectin (FN), using as a model the murine precursor B cell line, Baf3, a factor-dependent cell line requiring IL-3 for both growth and survival. Since factor-dependent hematopoietic cell lines expressing Flt3 receptor are extremely rare, we also studied Baf3/Flt3, a subline of Baf3 transduced with the Flt3 receptor gene. IL-3 induced adhesion of Baf3 and Baf3/Flt3 cells to FN, while Flt3-ligand induced adhesion of Baf3/Flt3 cells only. Whereas both Baf3 and Baf3/Flt3 cells expressed VLA-4 and -5 integrins as FN receptors, expression levels of VLA-4 and -5 were not affected by IL-3 or Flt3-ligand treatment. However, blocking experiments using anti-integrin antibodies showed that cytokine-induced adhesion of cells depended on both VLA-4 and -5 suggesting that IL-3 and Flt3-ligand activated these integrins. PI-3 kinase inhibitor wortmannin, PKC inhibitor H-7, or PKA inhibitor HA1004 did not suppress adhesion induced by IL-3 or Flt3-ligand; in contrast, PLC inhibitor U-73122 did suppress adhesion, suggesting the possibility that PLC, but not PI-3 kinase, PKC, or PKA, may be involved in this process. Since it is known that IL-3 and Flt3-ligand receptors are expressed on precursor B cells, and these receptors are downregulated during B cell maturation of primary cells, the induction of precursor B cell adhesion to FN by IL-3 and Flt3-ligand may contribute a mechanism by which precursor B cells adhere to bone marrow stroma, thereby influencing their development.

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Isolation and characterization of LMC, a novel lymphocyte and monocyte chemoattractant human CC chemokine, with myelosuppressive activity.

By searching the Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) data base, we identified a partial cDNA sequence encoding a novel human CC chemokine. The entire cDNA sequence was determined and revealed a CC chemokine whose mature protein consisted of 100 amino acids with predicted molecular weight of 11 kd. The chemokine preferantially chemoattracted lymphocytes and monocytes but not neutrophils. It was, therefore, named LMC (Lymphocyte and Monocyte Chemoattractant). LMC exhibited potent myelosuppressive activity, which was comparable to that of MIP-1alpha. We identified several bacterial artificial clones (BAC) containing the LMC gene along with two human CC chemokine subfamily members; leukotactin-1 (Lkn-1) and CKbeta8-1/CKbeta8. This data suggests that the LMC gene is located at human chromosome 17q which encompasses a human CC chemokine gene cluster.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Differential chemotactic behavior of developing T cells in response to thymic chemokines.

Differentiation-dependent thymocyte migration in the thymus may be important for T lymphopoiesis and might be regulated by thymic chemoattractants. We examined modulation of chemotactic responsiveness of thymocyte subsets during their early to late stages of development in response to 2 thymus-expressed chemokines, SDF-1 and CKbeta-11/MIP-3beta/ELC. SDF-1 shows chemotactic preference for immature thymocytes (subsets of triple negative thymocytes and double positive [DP] subset) over mature single positive (SP) thymocytes. CKbeta-11/MIP-3beta/ELC shows low chemotactic activity on the immature thymocytes, but it strongly attracts mature SP thymocytes, effects opposite to that of SDF-1. SDF-1-dependent chemoattraction of immature thymocytes is not significantly desensitized by a negative concentration gradient of CKbeta-11/MIP-3beta/ELC, and chemoattraction of mature SP thymocytes to CKbeta-11/MIP-3beta/ELC is not antagonized by SDF-1, demonstrating that these two chemokines have different chemoattractant preferences for thymocyte subsets and would probably not inhibit each other's chemotaxis in the event of microenvironmental coexpression. The chemotactic responsiveness of thymocytes and mature T cells to the 2 chemokines is respectively enhanced after selection process and migration to the spleen. These studies demonstrate the presence of thymocyte chemoattractants with differential chemotactic preference for thymocytes, a possible mechanism for thymocyte migration in the thymus.

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Multiple inhibitory cytokines induce deregulated progenitor growth and apoptosis in hematopoietic cells from Fac-/- mice.

We used a murine model containing a disruption of the murine homologue (Fac) of Fanconi Anemia group C (FAC) to evaluate the role of Fac in the pathogenesis of bone marrow (BM) failure. Methylcellulose cultures of BM cells from Fac-/- and Fac+/+ mice were established to examine the growth of multipotent and lineage-restricted progenitors containing inhibitory cytokines, including interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha). Clonogenic growth of Fac-/- progenitors was reduced by 50% at 50- to 100-fold lower concentrations of all inhibitory cytokines evaluated. We hypothesized that the aberrant responsiveness to inhibitory cytokines in clonogenic cells may be a result of deregulated apoptosis. To test this hypothesis, we performed the TUNEL assay on purified populations of primary BM cells enriched for hematopoietic progenitors or differentiated myeloid cells. After stimulation with TNF-alpha, accentuated apoptosis was observed in both populations of Fac-/- cells. In addition, deregulated apoptosis was also noted in the most immature phenotypic population of hematopoietic cells after stimulation with MIP-1alpha. Together these data suggest a role of Fac in affecting the signaling of multiple cytokine pathways and support cytokine-mediated apoptosis as a major mechanism responsible for BM failure observed in FA patients.

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Characterization of CKbeta8 and CKbeta8-1: two alternatively spliced forms of human beta-chemokine, chemoattractants for neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes, and potent agonists at CC chemokine receptor 1.

Two new members of human beta-chemokine cDNA were isolated based on structural and functional similarities to human leukotactin-1. One of these clones was identical to the previously isolated human beta-chemokine, CKbeta8, whereas the other is a splicing variant of CKbeta8, therefore named CKbeta8-1. CKbeta8 was short in 51 nucleotides (17 amino acids) compared with CKbeta8-1. The mature proteins of CKbeta8-1 and CKbeta8 consisted of 116 and 99 amino acids with calculated molecular weights of 12,500 and 10,950, respectively. Both CKbeta8-1 and CKbeta8 were potent agonists at CCR1. These chemokines chemoattracted neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes. They also significantly suppressed colony formation by human bone marrow, granulocyte-macrophage, erythroid, and multipotential progenitor cells stimulated by combinations of growth factors. To our knowledge, this is the first example that an alternative splicing produces two active beta-chemokines from a single gene.

Alternative Splicing↗

Identification of human and mouse hematopoietic stem cell populations expressing high levels of mRNA encoding retrovirus receptors.

One obstacle to retrovirus-mediated gene therapy for human hematopoietic disorders is the low efficiency of gene transfer into pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). We have previously shown a direct correlation between retrovirus receptor mRNA levels in mouse HSC and the efficiency with which they are transduced. In the present study, we assayed retrovirus receptor mRNA levels in a variety of mouse and human HSC populations to identify HSC which may be more competent for retrovirus transduction. The highest levels of amphotropic retrovirus receptor (amphoR) mRNA were found in cryopreserved human cord blood HSC. The level of amphoR mRNA in Lin- CD34(+) CD38(-) cells isolated from frozen cord blood was 12-fold higher than the level in fresh cord blood Lin- CD34(+) CD38(-) cells. In mice, the level of amphoR mRNA in HSC from the bone marrow (BM) of mice treated with stem cell factor and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor was 2.8- to 7.8-fold higher than in HSC from the BM of untreated mice. These findings suggest that HSC from frozen cord blood and cytokine-mobilized BM may be superior targets for amphotropic retrovirus transduction compared with HSC from untreated adult BM.

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Alloantigen-induced unresponsiveness in cord blood T lymphocytes is associated with defective activation of Ras.

Human umbilical cord blood T lymphocytes (CBTL) respond to primary allostimulation but they do not proliferate upon rechallenge with alloantigen. Using PKH-26-labeled cells created a proliferative block that was observed only in CBTL that have divided during primary stimulation (PKH-26(dim)) but not in unstimulated (PKH-26(bright)) CBTL. CBTL's secondary unresponsiveness resembles anergy and can be overcome by treatment with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and ionomycin or by high doses (50-100 units/ml) of interleukin 2. Addition of interleukin 2 to the primary cultures does not prevent the induction of secondary unresponsiveness. Defective Ras activation is detected in PKH-26(dim) CBTL during secondary response to alloantigen or after antibody-mediated T cell receptor stimulation whereas Ras is activated and proliferation is induced in CBTL during primary alloantigenic stimulation. Upon stimulation with PMA plus ionomycin, PMA plus alloantigen, but not alloantigen plus ionomycin, Ras is activated in PKH-26(dim) CBTL, and the block in proliferation is overcome. Correction of PKH-26(dim) CBTL's proliferative defect correlates with PMA-induced Ras activation, suggesting a defect in the signaling pathway leading to Ras. Ras-independent signals, necessary but not sufficient to induce PKH-26(dim) CBTL proliferation, are provided by alloantigen exposure, as evident by the ability of PMA plus alloantigen but not PMA alone to overcome the proliferative block. Functional signal transduction through CD28 in PKH-26(dim) CBTL is supported by detectable CD28-mediated PI-3 kinase activation after PKH-26(dim) CBTL's exposure to alloantigen or CD28 cross-linking. These results suggest that defective activation of Ras plays a key role in PKH-26(dim) CBTL's secondary unresponsiveness and point to a defect along the T cell receptor rather than the CD28 signaling pathway.

Adult↗