Kristensson K, Borrebaeck C A, Carlsson R
BioInvent International AB, Lund, Sweden.
Immunology. 1992 May;76(1):103-9.
CD4+ T cells were separated into subpopulations according to their expression of different isoforms of the CD45R molecule, i.e. CD45RA and CD45RO. The separated cells were activated with staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) in the presence of formalin fixed Raji cells. Each set of cells was activated twice with a 6-day interval, and the lymphokine gene expression during the first 3 days after initiation of each stimulation was followed by use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology. The lymphokine messenger RNA (mRNA) profiles were found to differ between the subsets, since after the first stimulation the CD45RA+ cells produced mRNA encoding interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IL-1 alpha, whereas the CD45RO+ cells transcribed genes for IL-1 alpha, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5 and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). After 6 days of SEA stimulation both populations were mainly CD45RO reactive, and when restimulated displayed the lymphokine mRNA profile restricted to this subset. These results indicate that the CD45RA subset is a precursor of the CD45RO and further strengthen the hypothesis that the former cell population represents naive whereas the latter subset represents memory T cells within the CD4 subset.
CD4 + T细胞根据其CD45R分子不同异构体(即CD45RA和CD45RO)的表达被分离成亚群。分离出的细胞在甲醛固定的Raji细胞存在的情况下用葡萄球菌肠毒素A(SEA)激活。每组细胞以6天的间隔激活两次,并且在每次刺激开始后的前3天期间,通过使用聚合酶链反应(PCR)技术追踪淋巴因子基因表达。发现亚群之间的淋巴因子信使核糖核酸(mRNA)谱不同,因为在第一次刺激后,CD45RA +细胞产生编码白细胞介素-2(IL-2)和IL-1α的mRNA,而CD45RO +细胞转录IL-1α、IL-2、IL-4、IL-5和干扰素-γ(IFN-γ)的基因。SEA刺激6天后,两个群体主要对CD45RO有反应,并且在再次刺激时显示出仅限于该亚群的淋巴因子mRNA谱。这些结果表明,CD45RA亚群是CD45RO的前体,并进一步强化了以下假设:前一个细胞群体代表幼稚细胞,而后者亚群代表CD4亚群内的记忆T细胞。