Mechanisms of indirect allorecognition: characterization of MHC class II allopeptide-specific T helper cell clones from animals undergoing acute allograft rejection.
Mechanisms of indirect allorecognition: characterization of MHC class II allopeptide-specific T helper cell clones from animals undergoing acute allograft rejection.
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间接同种异体识别机制:来自经历急性同种异体移植排斥的动物的 MHC II 类同种肽特异性 T 辅助细胞克隆的表征。
DOI:
10.1097/00007890-199804150-00004
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发表时间:
1998
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Sayegh,MH
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作者:
Waaga,AM;Chandraker,A;Spadafora-Ferreira,M;Iyengar,AR;Khoury,SJ;Carpenter,CB;Sayegh,MH
Background.Recent evidence indicates that T cells primed via the indirect pathway of allorecognition play an important role in allograft rejection, although the effector mechanisms remain unknown. The purpose of this study was to characterize and study the in vivo function of self-restricted MHC allopeptide-specific T-cell clones generated from animals undergoing allograft rejection.Methods and Results.We generated self-restricted class II MHC allopeptide-specific T-cell clones from the spleen and kidney of Lewis (LEW; RT1 1) rats undergoing acute rejection of MHC-incompatible Wistar Furth (WF; RT1 u) renal allografts. RT1. D u β20-44 peptide-specific CD4+ T helper 1 clones from the spleen and kidney of rejecting animals expressed a restricted T cell receptor (TCR) Vβ repertoire: Vβ4, 8.2, or 9. In comparison, clones generated from RT1. D u β20-44 immunized LEW rats all expressed TCR Vβ9. The amino acid sequence of RT1. D 1 (LEW) and RT1. D u (WF) residues 20-44 differ only at positions 30 and 38. T-cell clones expressing TCR Vβ9 preferentially proliferated to the peptide fragment RT1. D u β20-33. T-cell clones expressing TCR Vβ4 proliferated weakly to peptide fragments RT1. D u β20-33 and 31-44, whereas those expressing TCR Vβ8. 2 proliferated preferentially to the peptide fragment 31-44. Adoptive transfer of T-cell clones expressing TCR Vβ9 or Vβ8. 2, but not Vβ4, to naive LEW animals elicited significant delayed-type hypersensitivity responses after challenge with the RT1. D u β20-44 peptide or allogeneic WF (RT1 u) splenocytes.Conclusion.This is the first report on the cellular, molecular, and functional characterization of self-restricted MHC allopeptide-specific T-cell clones from animals undergoing acute rejection. Our data provide support for a biologically significant role of indirect allorecognition in allograft rejection.