Antigen-specific human T-cell hybridomas with helper activity

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1982 Nov;79(21):6646-50. doi: 10.1073/pnas.79.21.6646.

Abstract

Human T cell hybridomas were produced by fusing the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase-deficient line of the human T cell lymphoma Jurkat with a continuous line of normal human T cells specific for tetanus toxoid (TeT). The hybridomas were selected for their ability to produce interleukin 2 after exposure to TeT on semiautologous monocytes and for their ability to bind to TeT-pulsed semiautologous monocytes. These antigen-specific T hybridomas demonstrated potent helper activity for semiautologous B cells as determined by the production of high levels of anti-TeT antibody in vitro.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antibody Formation
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Cell Line
  • Humans
  • Hybridomas / immunology*
  • Interleukin-2 / biosynthesis
  • Lymphocyte Cooperation*
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Tetanus Toxoid / immunology

Substances

  • Interleukin-2
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
  • Tetanus Toxoid