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Alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (alpha 1-AGP) on the membrane of human lymphocytes: possible involvement in cellular activation.

A glycoprotein termed alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (alpha 1-AGP) is a component of normal human serum; its concentration is often increased in several pathological disorders, including acute inflammation and cancer. Inhibitory effects of alpha 1-AGP on some in vitro T and B cell function assays have been reported but our recent data indicated that alpha 1-AGP is indeed a T cell mitogen at physiological concentrations. The present study was designed to investigate: (a) the relationship between this glycoprotein and two other glycoproteins of the T and B cell membrane, i.e. the T3 and Ia antigens; (b) the ability of lymphocytes to take up exogenous alpha 1-AGP; (c) the different expression of alpha 1-AGP on the T cell membrane upon different activation pathways, i.e., autologous non-T-cells (B cells and monocytes) phytohemagglutinin and anti-T3 monoclonal antibody (MAb) stimulations. The data reported herein show no competition at the membrane level between anti-alpha 1-AGP and anti-T3 or anti-Ia MAbs. In addition, (1) the lymphocytes were able to absorb alpha 1-AGP from the culture medium and (2) the expression of this glycoprotein was enhanced upon T cell stimulation (all three stimulants employed induced an increase of alpha 1-AGP positive T cells), thus suggesting a possible role of this glycoprotein in in vitro T cell activation.