The Journal of Immunology, Vol 141, Issue 2 440-446, Copyright © 1988 by American Association of Immunologists

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Possible role of neuraminidase in activated T cells in the recognition of allogeneic Ia

S Taira and H Nariuchi
Department of Allergology, University of Tokyo, Japan.

In a primary MLR, predominant stimulators in spleen cells are adherent cells and not B cells, although B cells are one of the cell types expressing a large amount of Ia molecules. Our previous experiments showed that T cells treated with neuraminidase (Nase) responded to an allogeneic Ia on B cells. In our experiments, the relationship between the responsiveness to the allogeneic Ia molecules on B cells and Nase activity of T cells was examined. The results showed that T cells increased in Nase activity with the acquisition of the reactivity to Ia on B cells. T cells from normal mice increased in Nase activity after the incubation for 3 days or more in MLR, and these T cells responded to allogeneic Ia on B cells. However, T cells from mice genetically deficient in Nase responded poorly to the Ia on allogeneic B cells even after the incubation in MLR for 3 days. T cells incubated for 3 days in MLR decreased in electrophoretic mobility, indicating the decrease of net negative charge of the cells, and increased in their binding of peanut agglutinin which has been reported to bind to galactosyl residues exposed on T cell surface by removing sialic acids. These results suggest that Nase in T cells was activated by the cultivation in MLR for 3 days, and sialic acids of some molecules on T cell surface were removed by the enzyme and, in turn, T cells acquired the responsiveness to allogeneic B cells in a secondary MLR. Thus, Nase was suggested to play a regulatory role in the recognition of Ia molecules in T cells.

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