The Journal of Immunology, Vol 130, Issue 3 1231-1235, Copyright © 1983 by American Association of Immunologists

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Lymphokine production by human T cell hybridomas

J Le, J Vilcek, JR Sadlik, MK Cheung, I Balazs, MG Sarngadharan and W Prensky

Human T cell hybridomas were generated by hybridization of SH9 cells, the 6-thioguanine-resistant variant of human T lymphoma Hut102-B2, with concanavalin A-stimulated human peripheral blood lymphocytes. The hybrid nature of the established cell lines was documented by the difference in D14S1 restriction fragment length polymorphism between SH9 and the hybridoma cell DNA, and by the expression of OKT11 antigen on hybrid cells. T cell growth factor, macrophage growth factor (MGF), and interferon (IFN) activities have been demonstrated in the supernatants of different hybrid cultures, but not in SH9 cell cultures. Substantial quantities of MGF were secreted by several hybrids including the L23 line. MGF activity was dose-dependent, heat- labile, and synergistic with indomethacin. High titers of IFN activity were found in the cultures of hybridoma L415 and its subclones. Neutralization with specific antisera showed the IFN synthesized by L415 clones was immune interferon (IFN-gamma). Like the parental SH9 line, all of the hybridomas producing these lymphokines exhibited a cell surface phenotype typical for helper T cells. The hybridoma system therefore shows potential for the study of various lymphokines produced by human helper T lymphocytes.

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