Thomas Y, Rogozinski L, Irigoyen O H, Friedman S M, Kung P C, Goldstein G, Chess L
J Exp Med. 1981 Aug 1;154(2):459-67. doi: 10.1084/jem.154.2.459.
In this report, we explored the functional heterogeneity within the OKT4+ subset of human T cells. Evidence was obtained that although in vitro pokeweed mitogen-activated OKT4+ cells can function as radioresistant helper cells, these activated OKT4+ cells could also exert potent feedback suppression. Despite the induction of suppressor cells after pokeweed mitogen activation, the OKT4+ population maintains its original OKT3+, OKT4+, nd OKT8- surface phenotype. The suppressor cells contained within the activated OKT4+ population were found to be radiosensitive. Importantly, the suppression mediated by activated OKT4+ cells required the presence of radiosensitive cells contained within the resting OKT4+ population. Taken together, these results suggest that the OKT4+ subset of human T cells contains cells that can be activated to differentiate into suppressor cells independent of OKT8+ cells.
在本报告中,我们探究了人T细胞OKT4+亚群内的功能异质性。有证据表明,虽然体外商陆有丝分裂原激活的OKT4+细胞可作为抗辐射辅助细胞发挥作用,但这些激活的OKT4+细胞也能发挥强大的反馈抑制作用。尽管商陆有丝分裂原激活后诱导出了抑制细胞,但OKT4+群体仍保持其原始的OKT3+、OKT4+和OKT8-表面表型。发现激活的OKT4+群体中所含的抑制细胞对辐射敏感。重要的是,激活的OKT4+细胞介导的抑制作用需要静止的OKT4+群体中所含的辐射敏感细胞的存在。综上所述,这些结果表明,人T细胞的OKT4+亚群包含可被激活以分化为抑制细胞的细胞,且该过程独立于OKT8+细胞。