The Journal of Immunology, Vol 151, Issue 1 38-47, Copyright © 1993 by American Association of Immunologists

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Differential activation of Th1 and Th2 CD4+ cells by murine brain microvessel endothelial cells and smooth muscle/pericytes

Z Fabry, M Sandor, TF Gajewski, JA Herlein, MM Waldschmidt, RG Lynch and MN Hart
Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.

CD4+ Th cell infiltration into the brain and the activation by cellular elements of the central nervous system (CNS) are thought to be important steps in the initiation of CNS autoimmune diseases. T cell activation requires Ag-specific stimulation and additional costimulatory signals provided by the APC. Here we describe how murine brain microvessel endothelial (En) cells and smooth muscle/pericytes (SM/P) selectively induce the Ag-specific activation of different Th1 and Th2 CD4+ T cell clones. Th1 and Th2 cell clones were used that were specific for the same peptide Ag in the context of the same class II allotype. SM/P preferentially activated Th1 cell clones, whereas En cells activated Th2 cell clones better, as reflected by cell proliferation and production of IL-2 by SM/P-activated Th1 clones and IL-4 by Th2 clones. There was no difference in the level of expression of CD4, CD2, or LFA-1 molecules between these Th cell clones, and anti- CD4, CD2, LFA-1 or ICAM-1 mAb did not differentially affect Ag-induced proliferation among the clones. Moreover, antibody to CD28 did not influence Ag presentation by brain microvessel En or SM/P cells to Ag- specific Th1 and Th2 clones. These results suggest that: 1) different The subsets might require different signals for their activation; 2) different APC might provide different costimulatory signals for Th cell subsets; and 3) brain microvessel En and SM/P might play a differential role in induction of autoreactive T cell responses in the CNS.

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