The Journal of Immunology, Vol 149, Issue 8 2541-2548, Copyright © 1992 by American Association of Immunologists

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Differential regulatory effects of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 on costimulation by the CD28 counter-receptor B7

NK Damle, K Klussman, PS Linsley, A Aruffo and JA Ledbetter
Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98121.

Although ligation of the CD3/TCR complex initiates an activation signal in T cells, additional costimulatory signals generated during cell-to- cell interactions with APC transduced via ligation of CD11a/CD18 and CD28 by their specific counter-receptor intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 and B7, respectively, are required for optimal T cell proliferation and cytokine synthesis. Using soluble IgC gamma 1 fusion proteins of these costimulatory counter-receptors, we have recently shown that unactivated resting CD4+ T cells and Ag-primed CD4+ T cells differ in their response to the costimulation by ICAM-1 and B7. Preferential proliferative responses of resting T and Ag-primed T cells to ICAM-1 and B7, respectively, prompted us to speculate that ICAM-1- induced signals may regulate coupling of the CD28 signaling pathway. Furthermore, both B7 and ICAM-1 are co-expressed on APC and thus, may co-regulate activation-driven maturation of T cells. In this study, we have examined regulatory effects of IgC gamma 1 fusion proteins of B7, ICAM-1, and ICAM-2 (a homologue of ICAM-1) on each other's costimulation. We first demonstrate that TCR-directed costimulation of resting CD4+ T cells with ICAM-1 (ICAM-1 priming) but not ICAM-2 induces increased responsiveness to B7. Priming of CD4+ T cells with ICAM-1 induced higher expression of both CD18 and CD28 than that with either B7 or ICAM-2. Cross-linking of CD28 induced faster and significantly higher cytoplasmic free calcium mobilization response in ICAM-1-primed CD4+ T cells than in resting, B7-primed, or ICAM-2-primed CD4+ T cells. B7 synergized with ICAM-1 but not ICAM-2 to augment proliferative responses of not only resting CD4+ T cells but also those that had been primed with either ICAM. Unlike resting or ICAM-2-primed CD4+ T cells, ICAM-1-primed CD4+ T cells efficiently proliferated in response to the synergistic costimulation of B7 and ICAM-2. In contrast, both ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 inhibit B7-driven proliferation of Ag- primed CD4+ T cells. Thus, B7 and ICAM-1 exert contrasting regulatory effects on the proliferation of CD4+ T cells depending on their state of activation-induced maturation.

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