The Journal of Immunology, Vol 146, Issue 2 405-413, Copyright © 1991 by American Association of Immunologists

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CD4+ T lymphocyte-induced target cell detachment. A model for T cell- mediated lytic and nonlytic inflammatory processes

SI Abrams and JH Russell
Department of Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110.

We have been exploring the hypothesis that T lymphocytes have the potential to mediate immune damage through nonlytic disruption of tissue organization. In this report, we have examined the ability of purified, primary cultures of alloreactive CD4+ T cells to mediate Ag- specific target cell detachment and/or lysis of L cell lines transfected with MHC class II determinants. Using this model, we demonstrate that: 1) MHC class II-specific CD4+ T cells can cause detachment as a distinct event of the E:T interaction, although the pathways or mechanisms involved appear to be different from those utilized by MHC class I-specific CD8+ T cells; 2) detachment and lysis by CD4+ T cells are distinct activities that involve different functional requirements: 3) CD4+ T cell-induced detachment is initiated by direct cell-cell interaction, independent of TNF-alpha/beta; 4) CD4+ T cell-mediated lysis can be accomplished by TNF-alpha/beta-dependent and independent pathways; and 5) the nature of a particular target cell response to alloreactive CD4+ T cell attack reflects its intrinsic susceptibility to one or more potential effector mechanisms.

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