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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 139, Issue 6 1786-1791, Copyright © 1987 by American Association of Immunologists

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Characterization and antigen-presenting function of a murine thyroid- derived epithelial cell line

ME Stein and MJ Stadecker

We have developed and evaluated the antigen-presenting function of a murine thyroid-derived epithelial cell line M.5 in order to further investigate the possible role of the thyroid follicular epithelium in the inductive phase of autoimmune thyroiditis. M.5 cells did not express class II major histocompatibility complex encoded (Ia) antigens constitutively, but these could be readily induced with interferon- gamma. We found that Ia expressing M.5 cells were ineffective in stimulating T cell proliferation when tested in a 4-day primary mixed leukocyte reaction (MLR). However, significant T cell stimulation was obtained when phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) was added either to the M.5-T cell co-cultures, or for a brief period to the M.5 cells prior to adding the responder T cells. Cytofluorographic analysis of M.5 cells disclosed that PMA did not significantly alter the expression of Ia antigens. Additional experiments indicated that interleukin 1 (IL-1) was unlikely to represent the co-stimulatory factor generated by PMA. This was based on the observations that M.5 cells failed to secrete significant IL-1 either spontaneously, or in the presence of various stimuli, and that murine recombinant IL-1 failed to substitute for PMA in the activation of T cells. The nature of the co-stimulatory signal is as yet unknown. We conclude from these experiments that a pure population of thyroid-derived epithelial cells may be able to function, under the described circumstances, as antigen presenting cells.


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