Cell-to-cell contact is required for the inhibition of IL-2 production
Culture day . | Group . | IL-2 . |
---|---|---|
4 | Naive anti-bm12 | 245 |
4 | Naive + tolerized anti-bm12 | |
Cell-to-cell contact | 0 | |
Transwell | 304 | |
6 | Naive anti-bm12 | 466 |
6 | Naive + tolerized anti-bm12 | |
Cell-to-cell contact | 6 | |
Transwell | 412 |
Culture day . | Group . | IL-2 . |
---|---|---|
4 | Naive anti-bm12 | 245 |
4 | Naive + tolerized anti-bm12 | |
Cell-to-cell contact | 0 | |
Transwell | 304 | |
6 | Naive anti-bm12 | 466 |
6 | Naive + tolerized anti-bm12 | |
Cell-to-cell contact | 6 | |
Transwell | 412 |
Primary mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) cultures were established with naive B6 CD4+ T cells as responders and irradiated, T-cell-depleted bm12 splenic stimulators. Tolerized cells were directly added to some wells of the primary MLR, permitting cell-to-cell contact, or were added with stimulators to transwells suspended above the MLR, permitting the diffusion of soluble factors but denying direct cell-to-cell contact. A ratio of 1 tolerized cell to 10 naive B6 CD4+ T cells was used. Supernatants were harvested on days 4 and 6 of culture. These data were reproduced in a second experiment. Final concentration of naive B6 CD4+ T cells was 0.5 × 106 cells per milliliter. Values are in pg per milliliter, and sensitivity of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is 3.0 pg/mL.