The Journal of Immunology, Vol 150, Issue 3 726-735, Copyright © 1993 by American Association of Immunologists

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Proliferation of human T lymphocytes induced with superantigens is not dependent on costimulation by the CD28 counter-receptor B7

NK Damle, K Klussman, G Leytze and PS Linsley
Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98121.

Staphylococcal enterotoxins, also known as superantigens (SAg), bind class II MHC molecules on APC and upon direct cell-to-cell contact stimulate proliferation of T cells expressing appropriate V beta gene products. The T cell surface molecule CD28 binds its costimulatory counter-receptor, B7 expressed on APC, and augments IL-2 production and T cell growth. Although the role of B7 costimulation during Ag-specific responses of T cells is established, its involvement during the activation of T cells with SAg has not been examined. Using a soluble Ig C gamma 1 chimera of CTLA-4, a second receptor for B7 and a homologue of CD28, this study examines the role of B7 expressed on APC during the induction of proliferation of CD4+ T cells upon stimulation with SAg (SAg/staphylococcal enterotoxins). CTLA-4lg, which has a higher avidity for B7 than CD28, had no effect on the synthesis of IL-2 as well as proliferative responses of CD4+ T cells induced by SAg presented on allogeneic EBV-transformed B cells, and IFN-gamma- activated endothelial cells. In contrast, T cell proliferation induced by alloAg presentation by the same APC was significantly inhibited by CTLA-4lg. mAb directed at the CD11a/CD18 molecule inhibited both SAg- induced and alloAg-induced proliferation of T cells. AlloAg-primed CD4+ T cells, which expressed both class II MHC and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 but not B7, presented SAg to and induced proliferation of both resting and SAg-primed T cells. These responses were inhibited by mAb directed at CD11a/CD18 but not by CTLA-4 Rg. These results suggest that SAg-induced responses differ from those induced by alloAg in that they are not obligatorily dependent on the costimulation by B7. In contrast, adhesive interaction between CD11a/CD18 on T cells and its counter-receptor on SAg-presenting cells is necessary and probably sufficient to support SAg-induced proliferation of T cells.

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