Expression and Function of CTLA-4 in Th1 and Th2 Cells

CTLA-4 is expressed on T cells after activation and shares homology with the CD28 costimulatory receptor. In contrast to CD28, CTLA-4 is thought to be a negative regulator of T cell activation. Cross-linking of CTLA-4 during activation of peripheral T cells reduces IL-2 production and arrests T cell...

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Published in:The Journal of immunology (1950) 1998-10, Vol.161 (7), p.3347-3356
Main Authors: Alegre, Maria-Luisa, Shiels, Helena, Thompson, Craig B, Gajewski, Thomas F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abatacept
AIDS/HIV
Animals
Antigens, CD
Antigens, Differentiation - biosynthesis
Antigens, Differentiation - genetics
Antigens, Differentiation - physiology
Cell Compartmentation - immunology
Cell Line
Clone Cells
CTLA-4 Antigen
Cytokines - biosynthesis
Immunoconjugates
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Inbred DBA
Mice, Knockout
RNA, Messenger - biosynthesis
T-Lymphocyte Subsets - metabolism
Th1 Cells - immunology
Th1 Cells - metabolism
Th2 Cells - immunology
Th2 Cells - metabolism
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Summary:CTLA-4 is expressed on T cells after activation and shares homology with the CD28 costimulatory receptor. In contrast to CD28, CTLA-4 is thought to be a negative regulator of T cell activation. Cross-linking of CTLA-4 during activation of peripheral T cells reduces IL-2 production and arrests T cells in G1. Much less is known about the function of CTLA-4 in differentiated T cells. We have investigated the expression and function of CTLA-4 in established Th1 and Th2 clones and in bulk populations of Th1 and Th2 cells freshly derived in vitro from TCR transgenic splenocytes. We found that CTLA-4 was induced under similar conditions and with similar kinetics following activation of both Th1 and Th2 clones. However, CTLA-4 expression was much higher in Th2 than Th1 clones and lines. This was confirmed by flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, and Northern blot analysis. The ratio of surface to intracellular expression of CTLA-4 and its rate of endocytosis were similar in Th1 and Th2 clones. Inhibition of binding of CTLA-4 to its ligands using soluble anti-CTLA-4 mAb during stimulation with Ag increased the production not only of IL-2 by Th1 clones, but also that of IL-3 and IFN-gamma by Th1 clones and of IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, and IL-10 by Th2 clones. In contrast, when anti-CTLA-4 was coimmobilized with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 mAbs, a decrease in the production of multiple cytokines was observed. We conclude that CTLA-4 can function to suppress the production of cytokines produced by both Th1 and Th2 cells.
ISSN:0022-1767
1550-6606
DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.161.7.3347