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Involvement of altered B7 expression in dioxin immunotoxicity: B7 transfection restores the CTL but not the autoantibody response to the P815 mastocytoma.

R A Prell and N I Kerkvliet
J Immunol March 15, 1997, 158 (6) 2695-2703;
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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), a highly toxic environmental contaminant, suppresses both CTL and cytotoxic alloantibody production in C57BL/6 mice challenged with allogeneic P815 tumor cells. Recent evidence suggests that TCDD interferes with the initial activation of CD4+ Th cells, possibly through an indirect mechanism. In this study, we examined the effect of TCDD on the expression of the important costimulatory molecules, B7-1 and B7-2, in P815 allograft immunity. Expression of B7-2, but not B7-1, was up-regulated on splenic B220+ and Mac-1+ cells in P815-challenged mice. Exposure to TCDD significantly decreased the expression of B7-2 on B220+ and Mac-1+ cells in P815-challenged mice. Providing exogenous B7-mediated costimulation, in the form of B7-transfected P815 tumor cells, induced CTL activity in TCDD-treated mice by a mechanism that was independent of CD4+ T cells. In contrast, B7-transfected P815 cells did not restore the cytotoxic alloantibody response in TCDD-treated mice. These results are consistent with a model in which MHC class II-, B7-transfected P815 tumor cells can directly activate CD8+ CTL precursors but cannot directly stimulate CD4+ T helper cells required for B cell activation. These results also demonstrate that CTL precursors in TCDD-treated mice are functional and able to differentiate into effector CTL provided they receive adequate costimulation via B7 and suggest that defective costimulation, through reduced B7-2 expression, may play a role in TCDD-induced immunotoxicity. In support of this hypothesis, we show that blocking B7-2/CD28 interactions, and to a lesser degree B7-1/CD28 interactions, suppressed the alloimmune responses to P815 tumor cells, which further indicates that B7-2 represents the dominant B7 molecule involved in the generation of an immune response to allogeneic P815 tumor cells.

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R A Prell, N I Kerkvliet
The Journal of Immunology March 15, 1997, 158 (6) 2695-2703;

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Involvement of altered B7 expression in dioxin immunotoxicity: B7 transfection restores the CTL but not the autoantibody response to the P815 mastocytoma.
R A Prell, N I Kerkvliet
The Journal of Immunology March 15, 1997, 158 (6) 2695-2703;
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