TY - JOUR
T1 - C3 receptors on human lymphocyte subsets and recruitment of ADCC effector cells by C3 fragments
AU - Wahlin, B.
AU - Perlmann, H.
AU - Perlmann, P.
AU - Schreiber, R. D.
AU - Müller-Eberhard, H. J.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - The presence of C3 receptors on human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) and on the ADCC-exhibiting subset (K cells) thereof was analyzed by rosetting with bovine erythrocytes [E(b)] or chicken erythrocytes [E(c)] carrying human C3b, C3bi, or C3d. The indicator cells were coated with 20,000 to 100,000 C3 fragments, obtained by C3 activation with purified proteins of the alternative pathway and trypsin treatment. ADCC was studied at the cellular level by means of a plaque assay, with complement-free or complement-carrying indicator cells as targets. Of the total lymphocytes, 12 to 14% bound EC3b; 6 to 8%, EC3bi; and ~2%, EC3d. Surface marker analysis indicated that approximately 75% of the C3b-binding lymphocytes in PBL were either B or null cells and approximately 60% of the C3bi-binding cells were T cells, as characterized by the monoclonal antibodies OKT3 and OKT4 or by presence of receptors for Helix pomatia hemagglutinin. Of the K cells, which constituted from 5 to 10% of the total lymphocytes, ~20% bound C3b; 30 to 35%, C3bi; and 7 to 8%, C3d. Here the majority of the C3b binders were null cells, and the majority of the C3bi and C3d binders were T cells. Only one-third of the C3b-binding K cells and one-fifth of the C3bi-binding K cells bound both fragments. The nature of these double binding cells is unknown. In contrast, all C3d-binding K cells bound C3bi as well. C3 fragment-carrying target cells did not induce K cell-mediated lysis in the absence of anti-target antibodies but strongly enhanced ADCC in the presence of sublytic concentrations of such antibodies. The rank order for C3 fragment-induced enhancement was C3bi > C3d > C3b. It reflected the relative proportions of effector cells binding the different fragments. Enhancement was the expression of effector cell recruitment rather than of increased cytolytic activity of individual K cells. This recruitment was selective in that C3b-carrying target cells primarily recruited effector cells of null type, binding C3b, while C3bi- or C3d-carrying targets primarily recruited C3bi- and/or C3d-binding K cells of Tγ type. Thus, these experiments show directly at the effector cell level that cell-bound C3 fragments constitute important recognition structures, which strongly amplify ADCC both by recruiting the proper effector cells into the cytolytic reaction and by very significantly decreasing the antibody concentration needed for its induction.
AB - The presence of C3 receptors on human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) and on the ADCC-exhibiting subset (K cells) thereof was analyzed by rosetting with bovine erythrocytes [E(b)] or chicken erythrocytes [E(c)] carrying human C3b, C3bi, or C3d. The indicator cells were coated with 20,000 to 100,000 C3 fragments, obtained by C3 activation with purified proteins of the alternative pathway and trypsin treatment. ADCC was studied at the cellular level by means of a plaque assay, with complement-free or complement-carrying indicator cells as targets. Of the total lymphocytes, 12 to 14% bound EC3b; 6 to 8%, EC3bi; and ~2%, EC3d. Surface marker analysis indicated that approximately 75% of the C3b-binding lymphocytes in PBL were either B or null cells and approximately 60% of the C3bi-binding cells were T cells, as characterized by the monoclonal antibodies OKT3 and OKT4 or by presence of receptors for Helix pomatia hemagglutinin. Of the K cells, which constituted from 5 to 10% of the total lymphocytes, ~20% bound C3b; 30 to 35%, C3bi; and 7 to 8%, C3d. Here the majority of the C3b binders were null cells, and the majority of the C3bi and C3d binders were T cells. Only one-third of the C3b-binding K cells and one-fifth of the C3bi-binding K cells bound both fragments. The nature of these double binding cells is unknown. In contrast, all C3d-binding K cells bound C3bi as well. C3 fragment-carrying target cells did not induce K cell-mediated lysis in the absence of anti-target antibodies but strongly enhanced ADCC in the presence of sublytic concentrations of such antibodies. The rank order for C3 fragment-induced enhancement was C3bi > C3d > C3b. It reflected the relative proportions of effector cells binding the different fragments. Enhancement was the expression of effector cell recruitment rather than of increased cytolytic activity of individual K cells. This recruitment was selective in that C3b-carrying target cells primarily recruited effector cells of null type, binding C3b, while C3bi- or C3d-carrying targets primarily recruited C3bi- and/or C3d-binding K cells of Tγ type. Thus, these experiments show directly at the effector cell level that cell-bound C3 fragments constitute important recognition structures, which strongly amplify ADCC both by recruiting the proper effector cells into the cytolytic reaction and by very significantly decreasing the antibody concentration needed for its induction.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 6222118
AN - SCOPUS:0020529549
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 130
SP - 2831
EP - 2836
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 6
ER -