Activation of human T lymphocytes by ganglioside-containing liposomes |
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Authors: | Kazuhiro Yanagihara Eiichi Kato Shigeki Hitomi Junzo Sunamoto Hiromi Wada |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8397, Japan;(2) Department of Synthetic Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Hommachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan;(3) Department of Medical Systems Control, Field of Medical System Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8397, Japan |
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Abstract: | We investigated the in vitro stimulatory effect of ganglioside (GM3, GD1a, GD1b, GT1b, or GQ1b)-containing liposomes on human immune cells. The effect of ganglioside-containing liposomes on the concentration of cytoplasmic free calcium ions ([Ca2+]1) in human immunocytes was examined using the confocal laser fluorescence microscopic method. The GD1a- and GT1b-containing liposomes significantly increased [Ca2+]1 of human T lymphocytes compared with the GM3-, GD1b- and GQ1b-containing ones. The response of CD8+ and CD4+ cells was significantly higher than that of CD20+ cells. Our results show that the increase in [Ca2+]i may be caused by not the number of sialic acids contained in the gangliosides but the conformation of the sialic acid moiety to protrude exteriorly from the liposomal membrane surface, and that a sort of receptor recognizing the sialic acid moiety exists on human T lymphocytes (both CD8+ and CD4+ cells), which may be involved in the activation of the cells. The present results are almost the same as those obtained for the rat T lymphocyte system previously reported. This clearly confirms that a sort of ganglioside surely stimulates T lymphocytes directly, which is not species-specific but conserved in humans and rats among animal species. |
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Keywords: | ganglioside liposome human T lymphocyte cytoplasmic free calcium ion sialic acid |
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