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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 143, Issue 2 397-402, Copyright © 1989 by American Association of Immunologists

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Cell surface comodulation of CD4 and T cell receptor by anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody

JA Cole, SA McCarthy, MA Rees, SO Sharrow and A Singer
Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.

In our study we have used anti-CD4 mAb to investigate the cell surface association between CD4 and the Ag-specific TCR complex on mature peripheral T cells. Anti-CD4 mAb was administered in vivo and in vitro and its effects on CD4 and CD3 cell surface expression were determined. In vivo, anti-CD4 mAb reduced cell surface expression of its ligand, CD4, and secondarily also reduced cell surface expression of CD3/TCR on CD4+ splenic T cells. In vitro, multivalent cross-linking of CD4 by anti-CD4 mAb and either FcR+ cells or anti-Ig mAb also resulted in decreased surface expression of CD4 and specific comodulation of CD3/TCR. The secondary reduction in cell surface CD3/TCR expression induced by CD4 cross-linking could be pharmacologically disrupted by high doses of PMA, indicating that the comodulation of CD3 with CD4 was dependent upon intracellular mediators, possibly including protein kinase C. These results demonstrate that, in the presence of anti-CD4 mAb, CD4 is functionally associated with the CD3/TCR complex, and that this association is dependent upon the activity of intracellular mediators. Such intracellular mediators might induce the coordinate down-modulation of physically unassociated CD4 and CD3/TCR molecules, or, alternatively, might promote a physical interaction between CD4 and CD3/TCR molecules.


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