The Journal of Immunology, Vol 141, Issue 5 1476-1479, Copyright © 1988 by American Association of Immunologists

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Signal transduction of gamma/delta T cell antigen receptor with a novel mitogenic anti-delta antibody

YJ Wu, WT Tian, RM Snider, C Rittershaus, P Rogers, L LaManna and SH Ip
T Cell Sciences, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139.

Human T lymphocytes express either alpha/beta- or gamma/delta-TCR in association with the CD3 complex. We have isolated a mAb, delta TCS1, that immunoprecipitated the gamma/delta-TCR heterodimer from cell lysates of Peer and Molt-13 leukemia cell lines. After dissociation of the gamma- and delta-chains of TCR by treatment with SDS, delta TCS1 specifically immunoprecipitated the delta-chain. This antibody bound to the surface of other gamma/delta-positive T cell lines and clones and was able to stimulate the proliferation of a minor cell population (0.9 to 4.0%) of resting human PBL. Upon binding to gamma/delta-TCR-bearing Molt-13 cells and PBL, delta TCS1 elicited a fura-2 Caa+ signal indicating that the gamma/delta-receptor is functionally similar to the alpha/beta-heterodimer. These data indicate that the delta TCS1 antibody recognizes an epitope on TCR delta-chain and its mitogenic activity should be useful in characterizing the functional properties of human gamma/delta-positive T lymphocytes.

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