The Journal of Immunology, Vol 144, Issue 6 2096-2101, Copyright © 1990 by American Association of Immunologists

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T cell receptor-mediated DNA fragmentation and cell death in T cell hybridomas

C Odaka, H Kizaki and T Tadakuma
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.

Activation of Ag-specific T cell hybridomas with a high density of immobilized anti-CD3 antibody resulted in not only secretion of IL-2 but also cell death of up to 60 to 80% in selected hybridomas after 14 h. Similar results were obtained with V beta 8+ T cell hybridomas stimulated with cross-linked F23.1 antibody. In these activated hybridomas, we found that DNA was fragmented into 180- to 200-bp multiples. DNA fragmentation was not observed when T cells were maintained after killing with anti-Thy-1 plus C or with heat treatment at 45 degrees C, nor when T cells were incubated with fixed anti-CD4 antibody. Furthermore, fragmentation was detectable at 6 h after incubation when almost all of the cells were still viable as evaluated by trypan blue dye exclusion test. Cell death was prevented by addition of EGTA, cycloheximide, actinomycin D, and zinc, suggesting that the induction of cell death requires Ca2+ influx, newly synthesized protein(s), and involvement of endonuclease.

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