B7-dependent T-cell costimulation in mice lacking CD28 and CTLA4
Didier A. Mandelbrot, … , Mohammed H. Sayegh, Arlene H. Sharpe
Didier A. Mandelbrot, … , Mohammed H. Sayegh, Arlene H. Sharpe
Published April 1, 2001
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2001;107(7):881-887. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI11710.
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B7-dependent T-cell costimulation in mice lacking CD28 and CTLA4

Abstract

To examine whether B7 costimulation can be mediated by a molecule on T cells that is neither CD28 nor CTLA4, we generated mice lacking both of these receptors. CD28/CTLA4–/– mice resemble CD28–/– mice in having decreased expression of T-cell activation markers in vivo and decreased T-cell proliferation in vitro, as compared with wild-type mice. Using multiple approaches, we find B7-dependent costimulation in CD28/CTLA4–/– mice. The proliferation of CD28/CTLA4–/– T cells is inhibited by CTLA4-Ig and by the use of antigen-presenting cells lacking both B7-1 and B7-2. CD28/CTLA4–/– T-cell proliferation is increased by exposure to Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with B7-1 or B7-2. Finally, administration of CTLA4-Ig to CD28/CTLA4–/– cardiac allograft recipients significantly prolongs graft survival. These data support the existence of an additional receptor for B7 molecules that is neither CD28 nor CTLA4.

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Didier A. Mandelbrot, Mariette A. Oosterwegel, Koichi Shimizu, Akira Yamada, Gordon J. Freeman, Richard N. Mitchell, Mohammed H. Sayegh, Arlene H. Sharpe

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Generation of mice lacking both CD28 and CTLA4. (a) Structure of the CD2...
Generation of mice lacking both CD28 and CTLA4. (a) Structure of the CD28 targeting construct. The hygromycin-resistance gene is flanked by small parts of exon 2 and 3. The thymidine kinase gene (TK) lies external to the 5′ genomic fragment. The intron-exon organization of the genomic clone is shown. Exons coding for the extracellular, transmembrane, and intracellular domain of CD28 are depicted as filled rectangles. The 0.9-kb cDNA probe used for Southern blot analysis is indicated as a thin bar and is located in exon 4, external to the genomic DNA fragment used in the targeting construct. Gene targeting in ES cells by homologous recombination results in the replacement of part of exon 2, the intron between exon 2 and 3, and part of exon 3 by the hygromycin gene. Southern blot analysis uses the acquisition of an additional EcoRV site in the hygromycin gene (shown in bold) to distinguish genomic and targeted DNA. (b) Southern blot analysis of the CD28 locus. Tail DNA from wild-type (+/+), heterozygotes (+/–), and CD28/CTLA4 double-knockout (–/–) littermates were digested with EcoRV and hybridized with the probe indicated in Figure 1a, demonstrating the two bands indicative of the endogenous (12 kb) or targeted (5 kb) configuration. (c) Analysis of CD28 and CTLA4 expression. Cell-surface staining of CD28 is assayed on naive CD4 T cells; CTLA4 is stained intracellularly in activated CD4 cells. Thick lines depict staining with anti-CD28 or anti–CTLA4; thin lines depict staining with the isotype-matched hamster IgG control Ab.