Lymphocyte chemoattractant factor (LCF) is a tetrameric glycoprotein of 56,000 relative molecular mass produced by activated T lymphocytes. LCF binds to CD4 and has previously been found to stimulate migration of CD4+ lymphocytes and monocytes. Because human eosinophils, like T cells and monocytes, express CD4, we examined functional responses of eosinophils to LCF. Recombinant LCF (rLCF) expressed in COS cells was purified on a CD4 affinity column. Migration of eosinophils was elicited by rLCF at low concentrations: the 50% effective dose (ED50) was 10(-12) to 10(-11) M, concentrations 100- to 1,000-fold lower than the ED50s for the recognized eosinophil chemoattractants C5a and platelet-activating factor. Two other ligands which bound to CD4, human immunodeficiency virus-1 envelope glycoprotein gp120 and monoclonal antibody OKT4, also stimulated eosinophil migration. Monovalent OKT4 Fab competitively inhibited eosinophil responses to rLCF. rLCF did not influence other functional responses of eosinophils tested, including degranulation, superoxide generation, leukotriene C4 production, in vitro survival, or surface expression of the adherence receptor CR3 (CD11b), human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen DR, or interleukin 2 receptor p55 (CD25). We conclude that CD4 on eosinophils is capable of transducing a migratory stimulus and serves as a receptor for a chemoattractant lymphokine LCF. T cell-derived LCF may contribute to recruitment of eosinophils and CD4+ mononuclear cells concomitantly at inflammatory reactions.
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June 01 1991
CD4-mediated stimulation of human eosinophils: lymphocyte chemoattractant factor and other CD4-binding ligands elicit eosinophil migration.
T H Rand,
T H Rand
Harvard Thorndike Laboratory, Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
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W W Cruikshank,
W W Cruikshank
Harvard Thorndike Laboratory, Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
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D M Center,
D M Center
Harvard Thorndike Laboratory, Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
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P F Weller
P F Weller
Harvard Thorndike Laboratory, Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
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T H Rand
Harvard Thorndike Laboratory, Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
W W Cruikshank
Harvard Thorndike Laboratory, Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
D M Center
Harvard Thorndike Laboratory, Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
P F Weller
Harvard Thorndike Laboratory, Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1991) 173 (6): 1521–1528.
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T H Rand, W W Cruikshank, D M Center, P F Weller; CD4-mediated stimulation of human eosinophils: lymphocyte chemoattractant factor and other CD4-binding ligands elicit eosinophil migration.. J Exp Med 1 June 1991; 173 (6): 1521–1528. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.173.6.1521
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