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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Vol 24, 589-595, Copyright © 1983 by Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

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Biologic properties of the thymocyte-activating factor (CETAF) produced by a rabbit corneal cell line (SIRC)

G Grabner, TA Luger, BM Luger, G Smolin and JO Oh

Rabbit corneal epithelial cell cultures produce a cytokine (CETAF) that greatly enhances the proliferation of C3H/HeJ mouse thymocytes. The rabbit corneal cell line SIRC was used to generate CETAF activity in the culture supernatant. CETAF was then partially purified by Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration, where peaks of activity eluted in a molecular weight range of 95,000-55,000 (CETAF I) and 30,000-15,000 (CETAF II). Similar to the epidermal cell-derived thymocyte-activating factor (ETAF), CETAF (I and II) stimulated the growth of a human dermal fibroblast line (CRL 1445) in a dose-dependent manner, but failed to enhance the proliferation of an Interleukin 2 (IL 2)-dependent T-cell line (CT 6). Although CETAF did not exhibit any IL 2 activity, it clearly enhanced the IL 2 production by C3H/HeJ mouse splenocytes stimulated with suboptimal doses of lectins. Crude SIRC supernatants as well as the partially purified CETAF preparations showed a marked inhibition of polymorphonuclear neutrophil migration at high concentrations, but were significantly chemotactic when diluted samples were tested. CETAF release by SIRC cells was increased by stimulation with mitomycin C, phorbolmyristate acetate, hydroxyurea, silica, lipopolysaccaride B, and when the cells were cultured under serum-free conditions. These observations suggest that corneal epithelial cells may not only interact with the immune system in a way similar to keratinocytes, but may also stimulate corneal stromal cell through the production of CETAF.


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