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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 140, Issue 8 2543-2548, Copyright © 1988 by American Association of Immunologists

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Bidirectionality of mixed lymphocyte stimulation (Mls) response. Effects of Mlsb stimulator cells on Mlsa helper cells

U Hammerling, M Toulon, M Chun, S Palfree and MK Hoffmann
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY 10021.

The activation of BALB/c lymphocytes in the mixed lymphocyte reaction to Mls-disparate APC has been shown to encompass up to 20% of the mature resting helper T lymphocyte population. In addition to these overtly Mls-responsive cells, our studies have revealed a second population that respond to the Mls difference of DBA/2 spleen cells in conjunction with the mitogen Con A. This part of the Mls response is therefore latent. As mitogen and Mls-stimulating effect act in synergy, it is likely that both stimuli act on the same cell, and hence the Mls effect can be regarded as a regulatory interaction between APC and Th cell. By use of congenic BALB.Mlsa mice, the regulatory effect has been mapped to the Mls locus. The regulatory influence has also been demonstrated in DBA/2 Th cells (Mlsa) stimulated simultaneously with mitogen and Mls-disparate (Mlsb) APC, consistently causing inhibition of mitogen-induced proliferation in this reverse Mls direction. This antagonistic effect has also been linked to the Mls locus. We conclude that the Mls reaction governed by the a and b alleles is bidirectional, producing synergy with class II-dependent activation signals in the direction of Mlsa----Mlsb, and antagonism in the direction Mlsb---- Mlsa. Both the classical Mls and the reverse Mls effects have been demonstrated at the clonal level. These results are in accord with the previously proposed hypothesis that the Mls molecule serves as a down- regulatory stimulus in the activation of Th cells. Mls responses of Mlsb T cells are explained as the consequence of a diminished down- regulation by Mlsa APC. Conversely, the reverse Mls response described here can be considered a consequence of inordinately high down- regulation of the Mlsa T cell responses by Mlsb APC.




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