Specific in vitro antibody response to influenza virus by human blood lymphocytes.

Advances in understanding of human immune responses depend, for obvious reasons, on the use of in vitro techniques for culture of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL). We report here that specific antibody responses to influenza virus can readily be obtained using simple, reproducible methods. The system will be useful for the analysis of the cellular requirements for antibody production, the genetics of immune responsiveness and in clinical studies of immunosuppressed and immunodeficient patients.     

In vivo somatic mutations in human lymphocytes frequently result from major gene alterations

Somatic mutations, either spontaneous or produced by identifiable mutagens, are thought to be important in the aetiology of cancer and in the ageing process. The study of somatic mutations in human cells in vivo has recently been made possible by the development of techniques for enumeration and clonal expansion of lymphocytes mutated at the chromosome X-linked hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) locus. We have studied the molecular basis of in vivo hprt mutations in human lymphocytes and report here that a surprisingly high proportion (57%) involve substantial gene alterations which are not evident cytogenetically. These major gene alterations include deletions, exon amplifications and novel, sometimes amplified, bands on Southern analysis. Such changes emphasize the fluid nature of information in DNA and may be indicative of general mechanisms by which functional gene loss is involved in the aetiology of cancer and the homeostatic failure of ageing.     

红车轴草提取物对小鼠T淋巴细胞体外活化与增殖的影响

目的:探讨红车轴草提取物(Trifoliumpratense Leguminosaeextract,TLE)对小鼠T淋巴细胞的体外活化和增殖的影响.方法:MTT比色法检测TLE对细胞的毒副作用及增殖抑制情况;双色荧光抗体染色结合流式细胞术分析TLE对小鼠T淋巴细胞在多克隆刺激剂(ConA)刺激下体外活化抗原CD69表达的影响;羧基荧光素乙酰乙酸(carboxyfluorescein diacetate,succinimidyl ester,CFDA-SE)标记技术结合流式细胞术,分析CD3 T淋巴细胞增殖相关指数.结果:TLE对小鼠淋巴结来源的淋巴细胞微毒副作用;终质量浓度为10、20、30、40 mg/L的TLE对ConA刺激下的T淋巴细胞体外活化抗原CD69表达具有明显的抑制作用(P＜001),40 mg/L抑制达到峰值;MTT法和CFDA-SE染色法都显示,10、20、30、40 mg/L TLE对ConA诱导的T淋巴细胞增殖具有显著的抑制作用(P＜001).