Phenotypic determination of T-lymphocytes responding to chemotactic stimulation from fMLP, IL-8, human IL-10, and epidermal lymphocyte chemotactic factor
✍ Scribed by C. O. C. Zachariae; T. Jinquan; V. Nielsen; K. Kaltoft; K. Thestrup-Pedersenl
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 644 KB
- Volume
- 284
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-3696
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✦ Synopsis
Human T lymphocytes were collected after they had migrated towards N-formyl-methionyl-leukylphenylalanine (fMLP), rIL-8, human IL-10 (hIL-10), and epidermal lymphocyte chemotactic factor (ELCF). They were stained for determination of their phenotype by FACS analysis using anti-CD4, -CD8, -CD18, -CD45R0 and OPD4 antibodies. Human IL-10 increased the percentage of CD8+ T lymphocytes in the migrating cell population by 152% compared with cells migrating towards the medium and decreased the number of CD4+ T lymphocytes by 79%. ELCF increased the number of CD4+ T lymphocytes by 18%, and the number of CD45R0+ T lymphocytes by 52%, while the number of CD8+ T lymphocytes was decreased by 20%. rIL-8 increased the number of CD4+ T lymphocytes and decreased the CD8+ T lymphocytes. The distribution of the different subpopulations of T lymphocytes was not changed significantly by fMLP. The observed changes in the phenotypes did not occur when incubating T lymphocytes with the chemotaxins. Our observations demonstrate that individual chemotactic factors will attract specific subsets of T lymphocytes. They may help to explain the predominance of memory T lymphocytes (CD4R0+, CD4+) in allergic contact dermatitis and certain other skin diseases. They also confirm the results of a recent study, that showed hIL-10 to be selectively chemotactic for CD8+ T lymphocytes.