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Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Arthritis and Immune Disorder Research Centre, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
Division of Molecular Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
The role of CD4 in T cell activation has been attributed to its capacity to increase the avidity of interaction with APC and to shuttle associated Lck to the TCR/CD3 activation complex. The results presented in this study demonstrate that ligation of CD4 inhibits ongoing responses of preactivated T cells. Specifically, delayed addition of CD4-specific mAb is shown to inhibit Ag- or mAb-induced responses of both primary T cells and T cell clonal variants. The Ag responses of the latter are independent of the adhesion provided by CD4; thus the observed inhibition is not due to blocking CD4-MHC interactions. Further, analysis of the clonal variants demonstrates that CD4-associated Lck is not essential for the inhibition observed, as anti-CD4 inhibits responses of clonal variants, expressing a form of CD4 unable to associate with Lck (double cysteine-mutated CD4). The inhibition is counteracted by the addition of exogenous IL-2, demonstrating that the block is not due to a lesion in IL-2 utilization, rather its production. It is demonstrated that the delayed addition of anti-CD4 results in a rapid reduction in steady-state levels of IL-2 mRNA in both primary T cells and clonal variants.
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