Figure 4.

IL-2 release by T cell hybridomas transfected with the wt 2C or high-affinity mutant m6 TCRs. 2C TCR (○) or m6 TCR (•) transfectants were incubated with T2-Ld APCs in the presence of various concentrations of peptides. After 30 h, supernatants were harvested and assayed for IL-2 by ELISA. Assays were done in triplicate and the mean A450 value for each concentration is shown. ELISA curves from one representative experiment are shown for each peptide and transfectant. IL-2 standard curves demonstrated that an A450 value of 0.3 corresponded to ∼1,200 pg/ml IL-2. The null peptide MCMV did not elicit detectable IL-2 at even the highest concentration tested (1 μM).