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. 1991 Sep;59(9):3053–3059. doi: 10.1128/iai.59.9.3053-3059.1991

Increase of T-cell receptor gamma/delta-bearing T cells in cord blood of newborn babies obtained by in vitro stimulation with mycobacterial cord factor.

I Tsuyuguchi 1, H Kawasumi 1, C Ueta 1, I Yano 1, S Kishimoto 1
PMCID: PMC258134  PMID: 1652559

Abstract

Cord blood T lymphocytes proliferated in vitro in response to mycobacterial organisms but did not proliferate in the presence of tuberculin purified protein derivative. Components recognized by cord blood T cells were resistant to protease digestion. In contrast, T lymphocytes derived from tuberculin-positive adult peripheral blood proliferated when stimulated by the protease-sensitive component of mycobacterial organisms or purified protein derivative, confirming that adult T cells respond to protein components whereas cord blood T cells respond to the nonpeptide component of mycobacteria. In vitro culture of cord blood lymphocytes stimulated by either mycobacterial lysates or the lipid fraction showed increases in the numbers of T-cell receptor (TcR) gamma/delta T lymphocytes with no changes in the numbers of TcR alpha/beta T lymphocytes in contrast to the in vitro cultures of adult blood lymphocytes stimulated with mycobacterial ligands in which no increase of TcR gamma/delta cells was observed. Interleukin-2 receptor (CD25) and Ia antigen (HLA-DR) analyses evidenced the activation of a large proportion of cord blood gamma/delta T cells which had increased after stimulation with mycobacteria in vitro. Further characterization of mycobacterial ligand suggested that the lipid fraction of mycobacterial lysate or trehalose dimycolate-cord factor was the most plausible cause for T-cell proliferation in cord blood. These results suggest that when the gamma/delta T cells in a newborn infant not yet sensitized to any pathogenic organisms are confronted by a mycobacterium, they respond nonspecifically to the mycobacterial organism or its lipid component (cord factor). gamma/delta T cells may therefore play a distinct role in forming the first line of the host defense system against certain microorganisms.

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