We investigated the mechanism involved in T cell unresponsiveness that follows the monoclonal antibody-induced surface modulation of the CD3-TCR complex. We determined whether modulation of CD3-TCR affected the early metabolic steps such as [Ca2+]i rise and InsP3 formation. A strong inhibition of the increase on [Ca2+]i mediated by either anti-TCR or anti-CD2 mAbs was detected. In contrast, surface modulation of CD2 molecules did not prevent the [Ca2+]i increase induced by anti-TCR mAb. Similarly, InsP3 increase was strongly reduced only after modulation of CD3-TCR complex (but not of CD2 molecules). Therefore, it appears that surface modulation of CD3-TCR complex causes T cell refractoriness by inhibiting the very early metabolic events that follow receptor-ligand interactions.
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August 01 1987
Antibody-induced modulation of the CD3/T cell receptor complex causes T cell refractoriness by inhibiting the early metabolic steps involved in T cell activation.
G Pantaleo
D Olive
A Poggi
T Pozzan
L Moretta
A Moretta
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1987) 166 (2): 619–624.
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G Pantaleo, D Olive, A Poggi, T Pozzan, L Moretta, A Moretta; Antibody-induced modulation of the CD3/T cell receptor complex causes T cell refractoriness by inhibiting the early metabolic steps involved in T cell activation.. J Exp Med 1 August 1987; 166 (2): 619–624. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.166.2.619
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