Guo Y, Wu Y, Shinde S, Sy M S, Aruffo A, Liu Y
Michael Heidelberger Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA.
J Exp Med. 1996 Sep 1;184(3):955-61. doi: 10.1084/jem.184.3.955.
The interaction between CD40 ligand and CD40 is critical for activation of T and B cells in vivo. We have recently demonstrated that this interaction rapidly induces a novel costimulatory activity distinct from B7 and independent of CD28. To study the molecular basis of the costimulatory activity, we have produced a novel monoclonal antibody, TM-1, that binds an 85-kilodalton costimulatory molecule rapidly induced by CD40L. Expression cloning reveals that TM-1 binds CD44H. CD44H expressed on Chinese hamster ovary cells has potent costimulatory activity for clonal expansion of T cells isolated from both wild-type mice and these with a targeted mutation of CD28. Thus, CD44H costimulates T cell proliferation by a CD28-independent mechanism. These results revealed that CD44H is a costimulatory molecule rapidly induced by CD40L.
CD40配体与CD40之间的相互作用对于体内T细胞和B细胞的激活至关重要。我们最近证明,这种相互作用能迅速诱导一种不同于B7且不依赖于CD28的新型共刺激活性。为了研究这种共刺激活性的分子基础,我们制备了一种新型单克隆抗体TM-1,它能结合由CD40L迅速诱导产生的一种85千道尔顿的共刺激分子。表达克隆显示TM-1结合CD44H。在中国仓鼠卵巢细胞上表达的CD44H对从野生型小鼠和CD28靶向突变小鼠中分离出的T细胞克隆扩增具有强大的共刺激活性。因此,CD44H通过一种不依赖于CD28的机制共刺激T细胞增殖。这些结果表明,CD44H是一种由CD40L迅速诱导产生的共刺激分子。