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Potent Costimulation of Effector T Lymphocytes by Human Collagen Type I¹

Division of Dermatology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Purified, resting peripheral blood T lymphocytes were previously reported to undergo ß₁ integrin-dependent activation when cultured with anti-CD3 mAb coimmobilized with fibronectin, but not type I collagen. However, the extravascular T cells that encounter immobilized extracellular matrix proteins and are involved in disease pathogenesis have different properties from resting peripheral blood cells. In this study, we confirm that resting CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells from peripheral blood are costimulated by immobilized fibronectin, but not type I collagen. In contrast, Ag- or mitogen-stimulated CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cell lines, used as models of the effector cells involved in disease, are more potently costimulated by type I collagen than fibronectin. The collagen-induced effects are similar in assays with serum-free medium and in more physiological assays in which anti-CD3 mAb is replaced by a threshold concentration of Ag and irradiated autologous PBMC as APC. The responses are ß₁ integrin dependent and mediated largely by very late Ag (VLA) 1 and 2, as shown by their up-regulation on the T cell lines as compared with freshly purified resting PBL, and by the effects of blocking mAb. Reversed phase HPLC located the major costimulatory sequence(s) in the 1 chain of type I collagen, the structure of which was confirmed by amino acid sequencing. The results demonstrate the potential importance of type I collagen, an abundant extracellular matrix protein, in enhancing the activation of extravascular effector T cells in inflammatory disease, and point to a new immunotherapeutic target.

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