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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 146, Issue 6 1909-1913, Copyright © 1991 by American Association of Immunologists

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Regulation by glutathione of the effect of lymphokines on differentiation of primary activated lymphocytes. Influence of glutathione on cytotoxic activity of CD3-AK-

SM Liang, CM Liang, ME Hargrove and CC Ting
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892.

By activating murine lymphocytes with anti-CD3 antibodies for 1 to 2 days, we generated a subset of activated killer cells, namely CD3-AK-. CD3-AK- mediated the slow lysis (20-h 125I-UdR release assay) of allogeneic P815 but had little effect on syngeneic HFL/b cells. Addition of IL-2 (murine or human) or an IL-2 inducer such as PMA in the assay medium induced the cytolytic activity of CD3-AK- on HFL/b. The activating effect of murine IL-2 and PMA on CD3-AK- was decreased by anti-murine IL-2 mAb. Although anti-murine IL-4 mAb alone did not show any effect, it enhanced the inhibitory effect of anti-IL-2 mAb, suggesting that IL-2 and IL-4 may have a synergistic effect on the cytolytic activity of CD3-AK-. Incubation of CD3-AK- with L-buthionine- (SR)-sulfoximine (BSO), an inhibitor of de novo glutathione (GSH) synthesis, decreased cellular GSH levels and inhibited the cytolytic activity of CD3-AK-, in a concentration-dependent manner. This inhibitory effect of BSO was not primarily due to a general cytotoxic effect and was positively correlated with the requirement for IL-2 for the CD3-AK(-)-mediated killing of the target cells. Incubation of CD3- AK- with GSH or 2-ME, which increased the level of cellular GSH, reversed the inhibitory effect of BSO. These results suggest that cellular GSH may regulate the effect of lymphokine(s) such as IL-2 and thus affect the differentiation of activated primary cytotoxic lymphocytes.


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