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  • Title: Chymotryptic-type protease inhibitors block the increase in Ca2+ and Il-2 production in activated Jurkat T cells.
    Author: Auberger P, Mary D, Breittmayer JP, Aussel C, Fehlmann M.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1989 Feb 15; 142(4):1253-9. PubMed ID: 2521661.
    Abstract:
    Several chymotryptic-type protease inhibitors were found to inhibit both anti-CD3 mAb- and PHA-induced rise in Ca2+ and IL-2 production in Jurkat T cells. The magnitude of inhibition was a function of the effectors used to stimulate Ca2+ entry and depended on the concentration of the inhibitors. Neither tryptic-type protease inhibitors nor an elastase substrate prevented anti-CD3 mAb- or PHA-induced Ca2+ rise in Jurkat cells. The inhibitory effect of N-alpha-p-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl-ketone on anti-CD3 mAb- and PHA-induced rise in Ca2+ resulted from a rapid increase in Ca2+ efflux. The inhibitors which were effective on Ca2+ mobilization also inhibited IL-2 production initiated by an anti-CD3 mAb in the presence of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, and to a lesser extent by PHA or the calcium ionophore A23187. No inhibition of IL-2 production was observed when tryptic-type protease inhibitors or the elastase inhibitor were used. In addition, membrane preparations from Jurkat cells were found to hydrolyze the chymotryptic substrate Suc-Ala-Ala-Phe-paranitroaniline, an effect markedly inhibited by N-alpha-p-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethylketone. Moreover, this inhibitor protected one potential endogenous substrate (Mr 38 kDa) from proteolysis. Taken together, these observations show that chymotryptic-type protease inhibitors block the responses generated by the binding of anti-CD3 mAb to Jurkat cells, and suggest that a chymotryptic-like membrane protease contributes to T cell activation.
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