Dual inhibitory and stimulatory activities in serum from SLE patients and lupus mice that regulate the proliferation of an IL-2-dependent T cell line.
Lupus
; 4(4): 297-303, 1995 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
In serum and plasma from SLE patients, we have detected elevated levels of factors which regulate proliferative responses of CTLL cells to IL-2. Serum samples containing these factors have dose-dependent dual inhibitory and stimulatory activities on the proliferation of this IL-2-dependent T lymphocyte cell line. At high concentrations, the serum factors inhibit the proliferative responses of CTLL cells to IL-2. At low concentrations, they synergise with IL-2 stimulating the growth of cells. Similar inhibitory activity, but with lower titre, was also found to be elevated in sera of some MRL/lpr mice, an animal model of SLE. Functional characterisation of the serum factors shows that (1) the inhibitory activity cannot be neutralised by exogenous IL-2; (2) the stimulatory activity is not due to the presence of serum IL-2 but synergy of the factor with IL-2; (3) the factors bind directly to CTLL cells but they do not bind to protein A; and (4) the serum factors are not dialysable but heat labile. The possible pathological implications of the serum factors, particularly for the defective T cell functions in lupus disease, are discussed.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Linfócitos T
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Fatores Biológicos
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Interleucina-2
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Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Lupus
Assunto da revista:
REUMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido