The Journal of Immunology, Vol 150, Issue 10 4270-4276, Copyright © 1993 by American Association of Immunologists

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Functional CD4 T cell subset interplay in an intact immune system

JS Murray, J Madri, T Pasqualini and K Bottomly
Department of Pathology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.

Immunization with human collagen IV has been shown to lead to the selective activation of Th-1 and Th-2-like cells in vivo depending on the I-A genotype of the mice. Mice expressing I-As generate Th-1 cells, and mice expressing I-Ab generate Th-2 cells after immunization. We examined the response of (bxs)F1 hybrid mice to determine the types of CD4 T cell activated. We found that Th-1-like responses dominated, in that CD4 T cells from human collagen IV-primed mice displayed good proliferative responses and little ability to induce antibody formation, and secreted IFN-gamma and not IL-5. Most of the Th-1-like activity of F1 hybrid T cells was I-As restricted. Inhibition of Th-1 cell priming using anti-I-As antibody administered with the priming Ag in vivo revealed Th-2-like activity, in that the CD4 T cells now secreted IL-5 and not IFN-gamma and induced antibody formation. Additional studies indicated that anti-IFN-gamma treatment in vivo also revealed Th-2 cells, suggesting that I-As-restricted CD4 T cells producing or controlling the production of IFN-gamma suppress Th-2 priming.

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