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. 1973 Jul 1;138(1):163–175. doi: 10.1084/jem.138.1.163

IMMUNOGLOBULIN MOLECULES ON THE SURFACE OF ACTIVATED T LYMPHOCYTES IN THE RAT

Irving Goldschneider 1, Ronald B Cogen 1
PMCID: PMC2180533  PMID: 4197830

Abstract

Lewis strain rat lymphocytes were exposed in vitro to a variety of specific and nonspecific blastogenic stimuli. The surfaces of the transformed lymphocytes were examined by indirect immunofluorescence for the presence of T cell antigens and immunoglobulin molecules. More than 90% of lymphocytes that underwent blast transformation after exposure to foreign histocompatibility antigens (mixed lymphocyte reaction; in vitro allograft reaction), purified tuberculin, phytohemagglutinin (PHA), and concanavalin A (Con-A) had T cell antigenic markers on their surfaces. 70–92% of the antigen-stimulated blast cells also had readily detectable surface immunoglobulin molecules, whereas less than 3% of the PHA- and Con-A-activated cells were Ig+. Pokeweed mitogen (PWM) appeared to activate both B and T cells, but the T cells did not have detectable surface immunoglobulin molecules. Nonactivated control cultures contained T+Ig- lymphocytes almost exclusively. The results suggest that thymus-dependent rat lymphocytes express increased amounts of detectable immunoglobulin on their surface in response to specific stimulation with antigen. It is postulated that the acquisition of immunological competence by activated T cells may be related to this expression of surface immunoglobulin.

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