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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 142, Issue 8 2583-2589, Copyright © 1989 by American Association of Immunologists

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Activation of cord T lymphocytes. I. Evidence for a defective T cell mitogenesis induced through the CD2 molecule

R Gerli, A Bertotto, S Crupi, C Arcangeli, I Marinelli, F Spinozzi, C Cernetti, P Angelella and P Rambotti
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy.

A study was carried out on cord blood T cell activation via the CD2- mediated pathway. Despite similar percentages of circulating CD3+ and CD2+ cells in adult and cord blood, the proliferation of cord PBMC to the anti-CD3 mAb and cord T cells to anti-CD2 mAb were defective. The T cell CD3-surface structure was normally able to control CD2-mediated activation, as its modulation by a non-mitogenic anti-CD3 mAb blocked cord PBMC proliferation induced by anti-CD2 mAb. CD2-stimulated cord T cells did not proliferate and did not produce a significant amount of IL-2 in culture, although they expressed the IL-2R. This observation was confirmed by the optimal proliferation of CD2-induced cord T cells when rIL-2 was added. Despite the alternative T cell activation pathway is monocyte-independent in adults, the defective cord T cell activation via the CD2 molecule could also be bypassed by the addition of PMA, small amounts of either autologous or allogeneic adult and cord AC or simply rIL-1 alone. Our findings provide evidence for an intrinsic functional defect in cord CD2-mediated T cell activation, which is linked to an impaired increase of free cytoplasmic calcium, as confirmed by the effectiveness of calcium ionophore A23187 in restoring a good CD2-induced cord T cell proliferation and by measurement of cellular calcium uptake after activation via the CD2 molecule. The characteristics of cord T cells revealed by this study recall the thymocyte functional pattern and may represent functional expression of the previously described phenotypic immaturity of cord T cells.


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