Abstract
Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) peripheral blood T-lymphocyte subpopulations were assessed for the distribution of helper and suppressor/cytotoxic cells using the T-cell subset specific monoclonal antibodies T4 and T8 respectively. Highly purified T-lymphocytes (> 90% E-rosetted) were separated into subpopulations by rosetting with IgG (Tγ) and Igm (Tμ) sensitized bovine red blood cells, or by adsorption with insolubilized histamine. In this study, rhesus peripheral blood T-lymphocytes were found to express cell-surface determinates recognized by T4 and T8 monoclonal antibodies. Subset frequencies were found to be comparable to that found in humans (50% T4 and 33% T8). The helper subpopulation, Tμ, contained 30% T4 and 2% T8 type cells. These results suggest Tγ helper activity may be due to a selective depletion of suppressor cells, rather than an enrichment of helper T-cells. The suppressor subpopulations, Tγ, contained 9% T4 and 2% T8 type cells. These results suggest Tγ cells may represent either an undifferentiated suppressor cell or, perhaps, a separate suppressor subpopulation which does not express T8 differentiation antigens. The Tγ-subpopulation (depleted of cells with Fc-IgG receptors) was rich in helper T-cells (52% T4) and depleted of suppressor T-cells (6% T8). T-cells depleted of cells expressing IgM or IgG receptors, T-null, contained 47% T4 and 12% T8 type cells. Further, T-cells adsorbed with insolubilized histamine were selectively depleted (70% reduction) of T8 type cells, while the frequency of T4 type cells remained unaffected by histamine absorption. The majority of suppressor/cytotoxic T-cells (T8), therefore, appear to express cell-surface receptors for histamine.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 541-553 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1981 |
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Distribution of helper and suppressor/cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in subsets of rhesus macaque peripheral blood T-lymphocytes as determined by monoclonal antibodies : Tγ, Tμ, T-null, and histamine receptor bearing T-cells. / Ellingsworth, L. R.; Osburn, Bennie.
In: Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, Vol. 2, No. 6, 01.01.1981, p. 541-553.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Distribution of helper and suppressor/cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in subsets of rhesus macaque peripheral blood T-lymphocytes as determined by monoclonal antibodies
T2 - Tγ, Tμ, T-null, and histamine receptor bearing T-cells
AU - Ellingsworth, L. R.
AU - Osburn, Bennie
PY - 1981/1/1
Y1 - 1981/1/1
N2 - Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) peripheral blood T-lymphocyte subpopulations were assessed for the distribution of helper and suppressor/cytotoxic cells using the T-cell subset specific monoclonal antibodies T4 and T8 respectively. Highly purified T-lymphocytes (> 90% E-rosetted) were separated into subpopulations by rosetting with IgG (Tγ) and Igm (Tμ) sensitized bovine red blood cells, or by adsorption with insolubilized histamine. In this study, rhesus peripheral blood T-lymphocytes were found to express cell-surface determinates recognized by T4 and T8 monoclonal antibodies. Subset frequencies were found to be comparable to that found in humans (50% T4 and 33% T8). The helper subpopulation, Tμ, contained 30% T4 and 2% T8 type cells. These results suggest Tγ helper activity may be due to a selective depletion of suppressor cells, rather than an enrichment of helper T-cells. The suppressor subpopulations, Tγ, contained 9% T4 and 2% T8 type cells. These results suggest Tγ cells may represent either an undifferentiated suppressor cell or, perhaps, a separate suppressor subpopulation which does not express T8 differentiation antigens. The Tγ-subpopulation (depleted of cells with Fc-IgG receptors) was rich in helper T-cells (52% T4) and depleted of suppressor T-cells (6% T8). T-cells depleted of cells expressing IgM or IgG receptors, T-null, contained 47% T4 and 12% T8 type cells. Further, T-cells adsorbed with insolubilized histamine were selectively depleted (70% reduction) of T8 type cells, while the frequency of T4 type cells remained unaffected by histamine absorption. The majority of suppressor/cytotoxic T-cells (T8), therefore, appear to express cell-surface receptors for histamine.
AB - Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) peripheral blood T-lymphocyte subpopulations were assessed for the distribution of helper and suppressor/cytotoxic cells using the T-cell subset specific monoclonal antibodies T4 and T8 respectively. Highly purified T-lymphocytes (> 90% E-rosetted) were separated into subpopulations by rosetting with IgG (Tγ) and Igm (Tμ) sensitized bovine red blood cells, or by adsorption with insolubilized histamine. In this study, rhesus peripheral blood T-lymphocytes were found to express cell-surface determinates recognized by T4 and T8 monoclonal antibodies. Subset frequencies were found to be comparable to that found in humans (50% T4 and 33% T8). The helper subpopulation, Tμ, contained 30% T4 and 2% T8 type cells. These results suggest Tγ helper activity may be due to a selective depletion of suppressor cells, rather than an enrichment of helper T-cells. The suppressor subpopulations, Tγ, contained 9% T4 and 2% T8 type cells. These results suggest Tγ cells may represent either an undifferentiated suppressor cell or, perhaps, a separate suppressor subpopulation which does not express T8 differentiation antigens. The Tγ-subpopulation (depleted of cells with Fc-IgG receptors) was rich in helper T-cells (52% T4) and depleted of suppressor T-cells (6% T8). T-cells depleted of cells expressing IgM or IgG receptors, T-null, contained 47% T4 and 12% T8 type cells. Further, T-cells adsorbed with insolubilized histamine were selectively depleted (70% reduction) of T8 type cells, while the frequency of T4 type cells remained unaffected by histamine absorption. The majority of suppressor/cytotoxic T-cells (T8), therefore, appear to express cell-surface receptors for histamine.
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U2 - 10.1016/0165-2427(81)90014-3
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JO - Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
JF - Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
SN - 0165-2427
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