Ulmer A J, Scholz W, Flad H D
Immunology. 1982 Nov;47(3):551-6.
Wheat germ lectin (WGL) induced proliferation of T-lymphocyte colony-forming units (TL-CFU) from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in a one stage agar culture needing higher cell numbers than phytohaemagglutinin (PHA). However, WGL preactivated TL-CFU in a first stage liquid culture for the growth of PHA-dependent T-lymphocyte colonies in a subsequent agar culture. These results suggested that WGL and PHA have biological activities in common. WGL and PHA both induced the expression of Interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptors by PBMC to become responsive to IL-2, although production of IL-2 by WGL-stimulated PBMC was low compared with PHA-stimulated PBMC. This might account for the low proliferative response of PBMC to WGL.
小麦胚凝集素(WGL)在单阶段琼脂培养中可诱导人外周血单个核细胞(PBMC)的T淋巴细胞集落形成单位(TL-CFU)增殖,与植物血凝素(PHA)相比,该培养需要更高的细胞数量。然而,WGL在第一阶段液体培养中预激活TL-CFU,以便在随后的琼脂培养中生长依赖PHA的T淋巴细胞集落。这些结果表明WGL和PHA具有共同的生物学活性。WGL和PHA均可诱导PBMC表达白细胞介素2(IL-2)受体,使其对IL-2产生反应,尽管与PHA刺激的PBMC相比,WGL刺激的PBMC产生的IL-2量较低。这可能解释了PBMC对WGL的增殖反应较低的原因。