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  • Title: Subpopulations of the T4+ inducer T cell subset in man: evidence for an amplifier population preferentially expressing Ia antigen upon activation.
    Author: Reinherz EL, Morimoto C, Penta AC, Schlossman SF.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1981 Jan; 126(1):67-70. PubMed ID: 6161168.
    Abstract:
    Prior studies demonstrated that Ia molecules were expressed on a fraction of human peripheral T4+ inducer cells upon stimulation by soluble antigen. In the present study, we utilized a fluorescence-activated cell sorter to separate antigen-activated T4+,Ia+ and T4+,Ia- populations and characterized their function. It was found that the T4+,Ia+ population contained the majority of proliferating T cells as assessed by tritiated thymidine incorporation. This proliferation largely appeared to be nonspecific. Despite macrophage repletion, elimination of the Ia+ subset of T cells with monoclonal anti-Ia antibody and complement treatment equally diminished subsequent proliferation to both the triggering antigen and an unrelated antigen. Moreover, the antigen-induced Ia+ subset of T cells alone produced a nonspecific helper factor, LMF. In contrast, the the T4+,Ia- population showed minimal proliferation to soluble antigen and did not generate LMF. Nevertheless, both T4+,Ia+ and T4+,Ia- inducer T cells were required to generate maximal immunoglobulin production by B cells in an antigen-driven system. We conclude that the human T4+ inducer T cell subset is comprised of at least 2 functionally distinct subpopulations, which are capable of acting in a synergistic fashion to provide help to B cells.
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