The Journal of Immunology, Vol 144, Issue 4 1196-1201, Copyright © 1990 by American Association of Immunologists

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Induction of perforin and serine esterases in a murine cytotoxic T lymphocyte clone

CC Liu, SV Joag, BS Kwon and JD Young
Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.

The expression of perforin and serine esterase (SE) activities and genes was examined in a murine cytotoxic T lymphocyte line (R8i) that does not require exogenous IL-2 for proliferation. Although perforin (hemolytic) activity was detected in unstimulated R8i, it was induced 2- to 14-fold in the presence of IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, and IL-6, and to a lesser degree (less than 4-fold) by TNF and IFN-gamma. A transient induction was also observed at the mRNA level. Peak perforin protein and mRNA levels were reached within 24 h and started to decline 48 h after stimulation. A trypsinlike SE activity which cleaves the chromogenic substrate N, alpha-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine thiobenzyl ester was also induced 2- to 4-fold in the presence of the various IL tested. At the mRNA level, the message for SE SE1/granzyme A/Hanukah factor was absent from R8i whereas SE2/granzyme B/CTLA-1 increased by greater than 3-fold in the presence of IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, and IL-6 and occurred with the same kinetics and pattern as perforin. The induction response occurred without any enhancement of cell proliferation, suggesting that the cytokines tested may provide a direct differentiation signal to CTL. The induction response was abrogated effectively by inhibitors of protein (cycloheximide or emetine) and RNA (actinomycin D) syntheses. These findings suggest that the various IL may provide both a growth signal and a differentiation signal to CTL, resulting in the direct activation of perforin and SE genes.

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