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Costimulation regulates the kinetics of interleukin-2 response to bacterial superantigens.

par Muraille, Eric ;Devos, Stéphane;Thielemans, Kris;Urbain, Jacques ;Moser, Muriel ;Leo, Oberdan
Référence Immunology, 89, 2, page (245-249)
Publication Publié, 1996-10

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The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms by which B7-related costimulatory molecules (CD80, CD86) increase T-cell responsiveness to extracellular ligands. As a model study, the in vitro response of purified splenic CD4+ T cells to a bacterial superantigen, SEB, was characterized. Previous analysis of this experimental model led us to conclude that expression of B7-related molecules is strictly required in order to activate CD4+ T cells in the presence of bacterial superantigens. In the present report, we demonstrate that antigen-presenting cell-derived costimulatory signals regulate the kinetics of interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by SEB-activated splenic CD4+ T cells. Indeed, experiments performed with purified subpopulations of antigen-presenting cells and using B7-transfected cell lines indicated that increased levels of CD80 and/or CD86 cell surface expression is associated with a faster kinetics of IL-2 production in response to SEB. Accordingly, blocking of CD80 or CD86-derived signals by specific monoclonal antibodies led to a slower kinetics of IL-2 production in response to SEB. Thus these data demonstrate that similar strength of signal through the T-cell receptor can lead to immune responses displaying distinct kinetics depending on the level of costimulatory ligands on APC.