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. 1993 Jan;61(1):64–70. doi: 10.1128/iai.61.1.64-70.1993

Purification of a factor which provides a costimulatory signal for gamma interferon production.

K Nakamura 1, H Okamura 1, K Nagata 1, T Komatsu 1, T Tamura 1
PMCID: PMC302688  PMID: 8093360

Abstract

A protein factor which induces high levels of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in resting splenic nonadherent cells was isolated from the sera of mice with generalized inflammation caused by endotoxic shock. The factor was highly purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by ion-exchange column chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose, molecular sieving on Ultrogel AcA 44, and hydrophobic column chromatography with phenyl-Sepharose. It was further purified to apparent homogeneity by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. It induced IFN-gamma production in a dose-dependent manner in the presence of interleukin-2, monoclonal anti-CD3 antibody (anti-CD3 MAb), or concanavalin A (ConA) in spleen cells deprived of plastic plate- and nylon wool-adherent cells. Anti-CD3 MAb induced the highest level of production of the three. The factor, interleukin-2, anti-CD3 MAb, or ConA alone induced a trace of or no detectable IFN-gamma in these cells. The factor also exhibited an accessory function during proliferation in these cells in the presence of a suboptimal dose of ConA. However, the factor failed to stimulate IFN-gamma production when staphylococcal enterotoxin A, a superantigenic T-cell mitogen, was employed. Treatment with pronase or heat abolished these activities. These studies confirm the existence of a soluble protein factor which is able to exhibit a novel accessory function in IFN-gamma production in resting T or natural killer cells. It will be of interest to compare this factor with the recently cloned human natural killer stimulatory factor (NKSF/IL-12).

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