Cytolytic T cell hybridomas. III. The antigen specificity and the restriction specificity of cytolytic T cells do not phenotypically mix

Eur J Immunol. 1985 Sep;15(9):963-5. doi: 10.1002/eji.1830150919.

Abstract

We have obtained cytolytic T-T hybrids by fusing an H-2Kk restricted clone specific for the hapten 3-(p-sulfophenyldiazo)-4-hydroxyphenyl acetic acid (SP) with an H-2Dd-restricted clone specific for the hapten fluorescein (FL). Several hybrid clones express both parental specificities but fail to lyse SP-coupled H-2Dd and FL-coupled H-2Kk target cells. We also fused the H-2Kk-restricted, SP-specific clone with a clone which recognizes FL in the context of any class I major histocompatibility complex antigen. Again several hybrids show both parental specificities but fail to recognize SP coupled to target cells which are not recognized by the parental SP-specific clone. These findings indicate that the observed cytotoxic T lymphocyte specificities for haptens on the one hand and polymorphic as well as nonpolymorphic class I major histocompatibility complex antigenic determinants on the other hand are not carried by independent proteins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Fusion
  • Cytotoxicity, Immunologic*
  • Epitopes / immunology*
  • Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
  • Fluoresceins / immunology
  • H-2 Antigens / immunology*
  • Haptens / immunology
  • Hybridomas / classification*
  • Hybridomas / immunology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred CBA
  • Mice, Inbred DBA
  • Phenotype
  • Phenylacetates / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / classification*
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology
  • Thiocyanates / immunology

Substances

  • Epitopes
  • Fluoresceins
  • H-2 Antigens
  • Haptens
  • Phenylacetates
  • Thiocyanates
  • Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate