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T cell activation responses are differentially regulated during clinorotation and in spaceflight

Life Sciences Research Laboratories/SD3, NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, USA

¹Correspondence: Life Sciences Research Laboratories/SD3, NASA—Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA. E-mail: csams{at}ems.jsc.nasa.gov

Studies of T lymphocyte activation with mitogenic lectins during spaceflight have shown a dramatic inhibition of activation as measured by DNA synthesis at 72 h, but the mechanism of this inhibition is unknown. We have investigated the progression of cellular events during the first 24 h of activation using both spaceflight microgravity culture and a ground-based model system that relies on the low shear culture environment of a rotating clinostat (clinorotation). Stimulation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with soluble anti-CD3 (Leu4) in clinorotation and in microgravity culture shows a dramatic reduction in surface expression of the receptor for IL-2 (CD25) and CD69. An absence of bulk RNA synthesis in clinorotation indicates that stimulation with soluble Leu4 does not induce transition of T cells from G0 to the G1 stage of the cell cycle. However, internalization of the TCR by T cells and normal levels of IL-1 synthesis by monocytes indicate that intercellular interactions that are required for activation occur during clinorotation. Complementation of TCR-mediated signaling by phorbol ester restores the ability of PBMCs to express CD25 in clinorotation, indicating that a PKC-associated pathway may be compromised under these conditions. Bypassing the TCR by direct activation of intracellular pathways with a combination of phorbol ester and calcium ionophore in clinorotation resulted in full expression of CD25; however, only partial expression of CD25 occurred in microgravity culture. Though stimulation of purified T cells with Bead-Leu4 in microgravity culture resulted in the engagement and internalization of the TCR, the cells still failed to express CD25. When T cells were stimulated with Bead-Leu4 in microgravity culture, they were able to partially express CD69, a receptor that is constitutively stored in intracellular pools and can be expressed in the absence of new gene expression. Our results suggest that the inhibition of T cell proliferative response in microgravity culture is a result of alterations in signaling events within the first few hours of activation, which are required for the expression of important regulatory molecules.—Hashemi, B. B., Penkala, J. E., Vens, C., Huls, H., Cubbage, M., Sams, C. F. T cell activation responses are differentially regulated during clinorotation and in spaceflight.

Key Words: microgravity culture • clinostat • DNA synthesis • CD69 • CD25

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