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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 148, Issue 8 2363-2369, Copyright © 1992 by American Association of Immunologists

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In vitro and in vivo activation of murine gamma/delta T cells induces the expression of IgA, IgM, and IgG Fc receptors

M Sandor, B Houlden, J Bluestone, SM Hedrick, J Weinstock and RG Lynch
Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.

The present studies examined resting and activated murine gamma/delta T lymphocytes, in vitro and in vivo, for surface expression of FcR. Polyclonal gamma/delta TCR+ lymphocytes selectively grown from the spleen and intestine of normal mice did not express FcR when the cells were in a resting state, but when cells were activated with anti-CD3 antibody virtually all of the splenic gamma/delta lymphocytes and a large subpopulation of the intestinal gamma/delta lymphocytes expressed IgA and IgM FcR. This was confirmed by using transgenic mice. Resting gamma/delta TCR+ lymphocytes from the spleen, thymus, lymph node, and blood of gamma/delta TCR transgenic mice did not express FcR for any of the five major classes of Ig H chains. Activation of the gamma/delta TCR+ cells via the CD3/TCR complex induced high levels of IgM and IgA FcR and low levels of IgG FcR. Finally, in hepatic granulomas of schistosome-infected mice, activated gamma/delta TCR+ cells are present and express high levels of IgA and IgM FcR and low levels of IgG FcR. These investigations establish that transition of gamma/delta TCR+ lymphocytes from a resting to an activated state (triggered via the T3Ti TCR complex) is accompanied by the induction of surface membrane receptors specific for Ig H chain isotypes. The activation-linked expression of FcR on gamma/delta TCR+ lymphocytes provides potential mechanisms for coupling the functional activities of gamma/delta T lymphocytes with immune mechanisms that involve Ig molecules, such as antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity.


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