PMID: 6408186Aug 1, 1983Paper

Blockade of the interleukin-2 receptor by anti-Tac antibody: inhibition of human lymphocyte activation

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
J M DepperW C Greene

Abstract

We have previously shown that monoclonal anti-Tac antibody inhibits the proliferation of interleukin-2 (IL-2) dependent human continuous T cell lines. Further, we have shown that anti-Tac specifically blocks greater than 95% of the binding of radiolabeled II-2 to a continuous T cell line. In view of these data, we suggested that anti-Tac antibody may bind to and block the human T cell receptor for IL-2. We now report the effects of anti-Tac on the activation of human peripheral blood T lymphocytes. We find that anti-Tac: 1) blocks T cell proliferation induced by soluble antigens (80-90%), autologous antigens (90%) and alloantigens (75-90%); 2) partially inhibits T cell proliferation induced by mitogenic lectins, including Concanavalin A (50-88%), pokeweed mitogen (40-87%), and phytohemagglutinin (20-80%); 3) abrogates (greater than 95%) the generation of cytolytic T lymphocytes in allogeneic cell cocultures, but does not inhibit killing by cytolytic T lymphocytes once formed; 4) and inhibits T cell dependent pokeweed mitogen activated B cell immunoglobulin production (78-95%). We further demonstrate that anti-Tac inhibition of proliferation is not secondary to diminished production of IL-2. Finally, in antigen induced T cell pr...Continue Reading

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