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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
T cell activation requires the engagement of the TCR as well as a second, costimulatory signal. In this study, we demonstrate that MRC OX-2 (OX-2) mediates a previously unrecognized T cell costimulatory signal leading to enhanced T cell proliferation. One extensively studied costimulatory pathway, the B7/CD28 pathway, delivers its signal when CD28 is engaged by either of two ligands, B7-1 or B7-2, expressed on APC. Recent data have suggested that an additional ligand may exist in this pathway. This possibility prompted us to search previously cloned genes with both structural and expression characteristics similar to B7-1 and B7-2. Our search yielded OX-2, a rat lymphocyte activation marker, as a promising candidate gene. We now report that Chinese hamster ovary cell transfectants expressing the OX-2 protein can costimulate murine CD4+ T cells to proliferate in an Ag-independent fashion using anti-CD3, as well as an Ag-dependent fashion using peptide. In contrast to B7-1-mediated costimulation, OX-2 does not result in detectable levels of IL-2, IL-4, or IFN-gamma. In addition, OX-2 transfectants do not bind the soluble receptor reagents of the B7/CD28 pathway (CD28-Ig and CTLA4Ig). Furthermore, OX-2 costimulation is not inhibited by CTLA4Ig, as is B7-1-mediated costimulation, but is readily inhibited with an anti-OX-2 mAb. Thus, OX-2 is a T cell costimulatory ligand that acts through a non-B7/CD28 pathway, which leads to functionally distinct consequences, as reflected by the resulting cytokine profile.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
158
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4548-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Antigen-Presenting Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Antigens, CD80, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Antigens, CD86, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Rats, Inbred Lew, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:9144466-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
MRC OX-2 defines a novel T cell costimulatory pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. frank@mbcrr.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't