In vitro T cell unresponsiveness following low-dose injection of anti-CD3 MoAb

Clinical and Experimental Immunology
A Ben-AmorM Dy

Abstract

Anti-CD3 MoAb treatment is widely used as an immunosuppressive therapy. In the present study we examined the in vitro T cell response in mice having received 24 h before a single i.v. injection of 10 microgram of anti-CD3 MoAb. We found that splenocytes from these mice displayed a dramatically decreased proliferative response to the T cell mitogens concanavalin A (Con A), anti-CD3, phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) + calcium ionophore, while the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was not impaired. T cell suppression persisted for about 10 days after anti-CD3 injection, returning to normal within 15 days. The F(ab')2 fragment of anti-CD3 had no such effect, indicating the requirement for in vivo activation. At the dose used, anti-CD3 resulted neither in T cell depletion nor in down-modulation of the CD3/T cell receptor (TCR) complex. The low proliferation was also not explained by apoptosis, following secondary challenge with Con A. Splenocytes from anti-CD3-injected mice were highly responsive to IL-2, but generated little or no IL-2, IL-3, IL-4 and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) when exposed to Con A. Normal cytokine production could not be restored by the addition of optimal doses of IL-2 during Con ...Continue Reading

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