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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 135, Issue 4 2256-2261, Copyright © 1985 by American Association of Immunologists

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Antigen-specific T cell activation results in an increase in cytoplasmic free calcium

DN Shapiro, BS Adams and JE Niederhuber

Free intracellular calcium acts as a messenger in response to extracellular stimuli, including those that result in cellular proliferation. For example, mitogenic lectins have been shown to increase intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca+2]i) during proliferation of T lymphocytes. To determine if similar changes in [Ca+2]i occur when T cells are activated by nominal antigen, [Ca+2]i was measured in murine T cells from a bovine insulin-specific, major histocompatibility-restricted T hybridoma by using the calcium- sensitive fluor quin-2. Quin-2-loaded T hybridoma cells were activated by incubation with antigen-pulsed antigen-presenting cells (APC) and [Ca+2]i determined by measurement of quin-2 fluorescence. T cell [Ca+2]i rose sharply within 20 min after incubation with APC. Incubation of T cells with unpulsed APC resulted in [Ca+2]i not significantly different from resting levels. Further evidence that this activation was antigen specific was demonstrated at the level of both the APC and the T cell. Incubation of quin-2-loaded T cells with APC pulsed with the inappropriate antigen, porcine insulin, did not result in an increase in [Ca+2]i. Additionally, pretreatment of T cells with a monoclonal antibody against the T cell antigen receptor abrogated the [Ca+2]i increase. Finally, the antigen-induced rise in [Ca+2]i could be blocked by pretreatment of APC with appropriate but not inappropriate Ia monoclonal antibodies. These results suggest that a rapid rise in [Ca+2]i is an early event in the antigen-specific activation of the T cell and may be related to later steps, such as the secretion of lymphocyte monokines.


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