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We previously reported that lipoteichoic acid (LTA) of group A streptococci binds spontaneously to mammaliam cell membranes via lipid moieties ester-linked to the LTA molecule. We now describe biochemical and immunologic evidence that LTA binds to human and murine lymphocytes as an early event in the induction of mitogenesis in T lymphocytes. The biochemical studies showed that binding of radiolabeled LTA to lymphocytes was lymphocyte-concentration, and temperature dependent, and it reached a maximum in 15 min. Binding was reversible and specific with a dissociation constant of 89 micrometer for adult lymphocytes and 57 micrometer for cord blood lymphocytes. Immunologic studies showed that the LTA was mitogenic only for T lymphocytes. Dose response curves of lymphocyte mitogenesis induced by LTA and the binding of LTA to intact lymphocytes were shown to be related. The results suggest that LTA binds to specific receptor sites on T lymphocytes to trigger the mitogenic response.
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