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Zidovetzki R, Rost B, Pecht I. Role of transmembrane domains in the functions of B- and T-cell receptors. Immunol Lett 1998; 64:97-107. [PMID: 9870660 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(98)00100-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The antigen receptors on the surface of B- and T-lymphocytes are complexes of several integral membrane proteins, essential for their proper expression and function. Recent studies demonstrated that transmembrane (TM) domains of the components of these receptors play a critical role in their association and function. It was specifically demonstrated that in many cases point mutations in the TM domains can partially or completely disrupt the receptor surface expression and function. Here we review studies of the TM domains of B- and T-cell receptors. Furthermore, we use a novel method, PHDtopology, to provide estimates of the exact locations and lengths of the TM domains of the subunit components of these receptors. Most previous studies used single residue hydrophobicity as a criterion for determining the position and length of the TM domains. In contrast, PHDtopology utilizes a system of neural networks and the evolutionary information contained in multiple alignments of related sequences to predict the location, length, and orientation of transmembrane helices. Present results significantly differ from most published estimates of the TM domains of the B- and T-cell receptor components, primarily in the length of the TM domains. These results may lead to modification of putative TM motifs and re-interpretation of the results of studies using mutated TM domains. The availability of PHDtopology on the Internet would make it a valuable tool in the future studies of the TM domains of integral membrane proteins.
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- R Zidovetzki
- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA.
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Schrenzel MD, Ferrick DA. Horse (Equus caballus) T-cell receptor alpha, gamma, and delta chain genes: nucleotide sequences and tissue-specific gene expression. Immunogenetics 1995; 42:112-22. [PMID: 7607702 DOI: 10.1007/bf00178585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Horse (Equus caballus) T-cell receptor alpha (TCRA), gamma (TCRG), and delta (TCRD) chain genes were isolated from a cDNA library and characterized. Five unique TCRAV families, including four full-length sequences, five distinct TCRAJ genes, and a single TCRAC gene were identified. TCRAV genes had closest homology with human sequences and least similarity to rat genes. Among eight horse TCRG genes, two distinct constant region genes with considerable variation in the connecting region were identified, but no variable or joining genes were present. Southern blot hybridization confirmed the presence of at least two TCRGC genes and indicated that the vast majority of horse alpha beta T cells rearrange either one or both TCRG alleles. Analysis of horse TCRD genes revealed the presence of eight unique TCRDV genes representing seven families, each having closest nucleotide homology with sheep sequences. Six unique TCRDJ genes were isolated; however, four of these sequences differed by only one base pair and thus likely represented alleles of a single gene. One horse TCRDC gene was present among fifteen clones analyzed and, based on Southern blot hybridizations, was deleted in polyclonal alpha beta T-cell populations, indicating that the TCRD locus is probably located within the TCRA locus as in other species. Polymerase chain reaction using horse-specific primers for the detection of TCRAC and TCRDC gene expression indicated that gamma delta T cells are located at numerous sites throughout the body, and with the exception of bone marrow where only TCRAC transcripts were detected, are closely associated with alpha beta T cells. This finding indicates that these two T-cell populations may be functionally interactive.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Complementary
- Gene Expression
- Horses/immunology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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- M D Schrenzel
- University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Balasubramaniam V, Appasamy PM. Development of murine pre-T cells into gamma delta T-cell receptor bearing cells. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 1994; 18:179-191. [PMID: 8001697 DOI: 10.1016/0145-305x(94)90010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Murine T cells bearing the gamma delta T-cell receptor (gamma delta TCR) are the major lymphocyte subset in the thymus early in fetal development, and postnatally they are the major population of T cells in the epithelia of nonlymphoid tissues including the intestine, skin, tongue, lung, and reproductive organs. The site of origin of gamma delta T-cell precursors (pre-T cells) changes during fetal development, reflecting the sites of active hematopoiesis. In addition, the pattern of expression of specific gamma delta TCR variable (V) region genes changes during fetal and neonatal development, and is unique in different epithelial tissues postnatally. We herein review the literature describing these developmental changes and provide a model for the developmental pathways of murine gamma delta T cells.
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- V Balasubramaniam
- Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA
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Kimura M, Watanabe H, Ohtsuka K, Iiai T, Tsuchida M, Sato S, Abo T. Radioresistance of intermediate TCR cells and their localization in the body of mice revealed by irradiation. Microbiol Immunol 1993; 37:641-52. [PMID: 8246826 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1993.tb01687.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Extrathymic generation of T cells in the liver and in the intestine was recently demonstrated. We investigated herein whether such T cells, especially those in the liver, are present in other organs of mice. This investigation is possible employing our recently introduced method with which even a minor proportion of extrathymic, intermediate TCR cells in organs other than the liver can be identified. Intermediate TCR cells expressed higher levels of IL-2R beta and LFA-1 than bright TCR cells (i.e., T cells of thymic origin) as revealed by two-color staining. Although intermediate TCR cells were present at a small proportion in the spleen and thymus, they predominated in these organs after irradiation (9 Gy) and bone marrow reconstitution, or after low dose irradiation (6 Gy). This was due to that intermediate TCR cells were relatively radioresistant, whereas bright TCR cells were radiosensitive. Microscopic observation and immunochemical staining showed that intermediate TCR cells in the spleen localized in the red pulp and those in the thymus localized in the medulla. These intermediate TCR cells displayed a large light scatter, similar to such cells in the liver. The present results suggest that intermediate TCR cells may proliferate at multiple sites in the body.
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- M Kimura
- Department of Immunology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan
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Ishida A, Yoshikai Y, Murosaki S, Hidaka Y, Nomoto K. Administration of milk from cows immunized with intestinal bacteria protects mice from radiation-induced lethality. BIOTHERAPY (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 1992; 5:215-25. [PMID: 1419469 DOI: 10.1007/bf02171054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Oral administration of "immune milk", that had been obtained from cows immunized with a variety of human gut bacteria containing E. coli, S. typhimurium, S. dysenteriae and 23 others, protected AKR/J mice from the lethal effect of radiation, when immune milk was orally given to mice at 150 g kg-1 day-1 for 7 days prior to gamma-irradiation of 8 Gy. Mean survival times were 24.8 days for the group given immune milk but only 16.8 days for the group given control milk from unimmunized cows. Enterobacteriaceae were detected in various organs such as liver, lung and kidney on day 13 after irradiation, whereas the numbers were significantly fewer in the study group as compared with the control group. And fewer number of intestinal Enterobacteriaceae were detected in the study group compared with the control group prior to irradiation. Immune milk also enhanced the mitogenic response to mesenteric lymph node cells, the redirected cytolytic activity of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes to P815 tumor cells with anti-CD3 mAb, and in vitro killing activities of the phagocytes in mesenteric lymph nodes to E. coli as compared with control milk. These results suggest that immune milk may reduce the number of bacteria translocating from the intestinal-tract and augment the activities of the gut-associated lymphoid tissues against the invasion of intestinal bacteria, causing protection against the lethal effect of radiation.
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- A Ishida
- Department of Immunology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Obata Y, Taguchi O, Matsudaira Y, Hasegawa H, Hamasima N, Takahashi T. Abnormal thymic development, impaired immune function and gamma delta T cell lymphomas in a TL transgenic mouse strain. J Exp Med 1991; 174:351-62. [PMID: 1713249 PMCID: PMC2118907 DOI: 10.1084/jem.174.2.351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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During derivation of transgenic mouse strains with various TL and TL/H-2 chimeric genes, one strain, Tg.Tlaa-3-1, introduced with a TL gene (Tlaa-3), was found to have an abnormal thymic T cell population and to develop a high incidence of T cell lymphomas. To investigate the etiology of the thymic abnormalities and of the lymphomas, the development of lymphoid organs in transgenic mice was studied. The thymus of these mice goes through three unusual successive events: perturbation of thymic development during embryogenesis, disappearance of thymocytes between day 14 and day 21 after birth, and subsequent proliferation of large blast-like cells. These events are associated with the abolishment of T cell receptor (TCR) alpha beta lineage of the T cell differentiation, leading to preponderance of cells belonging to the TCR gamma delta L3T4-Lyt-2- double negative (DN) lineage. Bone marrow transplantation and thymic graft experiments demonstrate that the abnormality resides in the bone marrow stem cells rather than in the thymic environment. The expression of TL antigen in the transgenic mice is greatly increased and TL is expressed in a wide range of T cells, including normally TL- DN cells and L3T4+ Lyt-2- and L3T4-Lyt-2+ single positive cells. These quantitative and qualitative abnormalities in TL expression most likely cause the abnormal T cell differentiation. The gamma delta DN cells migrate into peripheral lymphoid organs and constitute nearly 50% of peripheral T cells. Immune function of the transgenic mice is severely impaired, as T cell function is defective in antibody production to sheep red blood cells, in mixed lymphocyte culture reaction to allogenic spleen cells and also in stimulation with concanavalin A. These results indicate that the gamma delta cells are incapable of participating in these reactions. Molecular and serological analysis of T cell lymphomas reveal that they belong to the gamma delta lineage, suggesting that the gamma delta DN cells in this strain are susceptible to leukemic transformation. Based on cell surface phenotype and TCR expression of the DN thymocytes and T cell lymphomas, a map of the sequential steps involved in the differentiation of gamma delta DN cells is proposed.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bone Marrow Transplantation/immunology
- Cell Differentiation
- DNA/analysis
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Lymphoid Tissue/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/etiology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Transgenic
- RNA/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta
- Stem Cells/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Thymus Gland/growth & development
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/transplantation
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- Y Obata
- Laboratory of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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Ohteki T, Abo T, Seki S, Kobata T, Yagita H, Okumura K, Kumagai K. Predominant appearance of gamma/delta T lymphocytes in the liver of mice after birth. Eur J Immunol 1991; 21:1733-40. [PMID: 1829415 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830210722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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gamma/delta T lymphocytes residing in the liver of mice were systematically characterized with respect to their age-related variation, phenotype and V gene segment usage of gamma/delta T cell receptor (TcR). Previous human and murine studies have shown that a high proportion of gamma/delta T cells reside in the liver and that such liver gamma/delta T cells have lymphoblastic morphology and can spontaneously proliferate in vitro. In the present study, a predominant appearance of gamma/delta T cells (up to 23% among CD3+ cells) in the liver was confirmed in 4-week old mice of various strains. gamma/delta T cells in the liver preferentially co-expressed CD8 antigens, whereas the vast majority of gamma/delta T cells in the spleen lacked the CD8 antigens. The identification of gamma/delta T cells in various lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs also revealed the liver to be one of the organs where gamma/delta T cell are most abundant. The level of such liver gamma/delta T cells showed a clear age-related variation. In the fetal stage and just after birth, gamma/delta T cells were not detectable in the liver (less than 0.2%). However, a significantly higher percentage of gamma/delta T cells among both the total population of mononuclear cells and CD3+ cells was detected in the liver of young 2- to 8-week-old mice; this percentage subsequently declined. As the total number of liver mononuclear cells increased in aged mice, the absolute number of liver gamma/delta T cells also increased as a function of age. V gene segment usage analysis by the polymerase chain reaction method demonstrated that V gamma 1 or V gamma 2/V delta 6 were preferentially used by liver gamma/delta T cells. The age-related increase of gamma/delta T cells was more prominent in the liver of athymic nude mice, and such gamma/delta T cells highly co-expressed the CD8 antigens and also utilized the V gamma 1 or V gamma 2/V delta 6 for gamma/delta Tcr. The predominant appearance of unique gamma/delta T cells in the liver, which was inversely related to the existence of the thymus, indicates that these gamma/delta T cells may differentiate extrathymically in the liver.
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MESH Headings
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/analysis
- Base Sequence
- CD4 Antigens/analysis
- CD8 Antigens
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Liver/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- T Ohteki
- Department of Microbiology, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai and Department of Immunology, Japan
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Mieno M, Suto R, Obata Y, Udono H, Takahashi T, Shiku H, Nakayama E. CD4-CD8- T cell receptor alpha beta T cells: generation of an in vitro major histocompatibility complex class I specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte response and allogeneic tumor rejection. J Exp Med 1991; 174:193-201. [PMID: 1905338 PMCID: PMC2118895 DOI: 10.1084/jem.174.1.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The generation of an in vitro major histocompatibility complex class I specific response of CD4-CD8- T cell receptor (TCR) alpha beta cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and their allogeneic tumor rejection were investigated. Inocula of BALBRL male 1 were rejected in C57BL/6 (B6) mice treated with minimum essential medium (MEM) (control), anti-L3T4 (CD4) monoclonal antibody (mAb) or anti-Lyt-2.2 (CD8) mAb and CTL against the tumor were generated in vitro. No rejection and no induction of CTL were observed in B6 mice treated with anti-L3T4 (CD4) plus anti-Lyt-2.2 (CD8) mAb. CTL with the classical Thy-1+ CD3+CD4-CD8+ TCR alpha beta phenotype were generated in mixed lymphocyte tumor cell culture (MLTC) spleen cells from B6 mice treated with MEM (control) or anti-L3T4 (CD4) mAb, whereas CTL with an unusual Thy-1+CD3+CD4-CD8- TCR alpha beta phenotype were generated in MLTC spleen cells from anti-Lyt-2.2 (CD8) mAb-treated B6 mice. Both types of CTL were reactive with both H-2Kd and Dd (Ld) class I antigen. These findings suggest that when CD4+ cells were blocked by anti-L3T4 (CD4) mAb, CD8+ CTL mediated rejection, and when CD8+ cells were blocked by anti-Lyt-2.2 (CD8) mAb, CD4+ cells were capable of mediating rejection, although less efficiently than CD8+ cells, by inducing CD4-CD8- TCR alpha beta CTL. The finding that adoptive transfer of CD4 and CD8-depleted MLTC spleen cells, obtained from anti-Lyt-2.2 (CD8) mAb-treated B6 mice that had rejected BALBRL male 1, resulted in rejection of BALBRL male 1 inoculated into B6 nu/nu mice confirmed the above notion. CTL clones with the CD4-CD8- TCR alpha beta phenotype specific for Ld were established.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Blotting, Northern
- CD4 Antigens/immunology
- CD8 Antigens
- Genes, MHC Class I
- Graft Rejection
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/analysis
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive
- Leukemia, Experimental/immunology
- Leukemia, Radiation-Induced/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/isolation & purification
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Spleen/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- M Mieno
- Department of Immunology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan
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Tashiro K, Kinashi T, Anderson SJ, Lee KH, Tohyama K, Ogawa M, Takahashi M, Kawaichi M, Honjo T. Germline transcripts of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain and T cell receptor genes in a murine hematopoietic stem cell line LyD9 and its derivative cell lines. Immunol Lett 1991; 28:147-54. [PMID: 1909302 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(91)90113-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We compared germline transcript levels of immunoglobulin heavy chain and T cell receptor (TcR) genes in a murine hematopoietic stem cell line, LyD9, and its derivative cell lines. LyD9 cells can be induced to differentiate into at least three lineages, namely, B lymphocyte, macrophage, and granulocyte lineages. Although C mu transcripts were found in stem cells to B lymphocytes, other myeloid-committed cells also expressed significant amounts of C mu transcripts. Germline TcR transcripts did not show good correlation with differentiation potential and stages of hematopoietic cells. During this search we identified a novel germline transcript containing the JH-C microliter sequence in LyD9 and some of its derivative cells. Expression of mRNAs for immunoglobulin- and TcR-associated molecules (lambda 5, MB1 and CD3 delta) was widespread except for lambda 5 mRNA. Among three mRNAs encoding putative recombinase proteins, RAG-1 and RAG-2 mRNAs were not expressed in any cell lines tested, while RBP-2 mRNA was expressed ubiquitously.
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- K Tashiro
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
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Ohga S, Yoshikai Y, Takeda Y, Hiromatsu K, Nomoto K. Sequential appearance of gamma/delta- and alpha/beta-bearing T cells in the peritoneal cavity during an i.p. infection with Listeria monocytogenes. Eur J Immunol 1990; 20:533-8. [PMID: 2108043 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830200311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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To search for a potential role of T cell antigen receptor (TcR) gamma/delta-bearing cells in host-defense against Listeria monocytogenes, we analyzed the sequential appearance of gamma/delta and alpha/beta T cell in the peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) during an i.p. infection with sublethal dose (2 X 10(3) of viable Listeria organisms in mice. The PEC on day 1 after the infection consisted of 48% macrophages and 50% lymphocytes, most of which were surface IgM+ (B) cells. The number of PEC increased to the maximal level by day 3. The PEC at this stage contained an appreciable number of CD3+ T cells in addition to a large number of macrophages. Of the CD3+ cells, the proportion of CD4- CD8- cells, most of which expressed no TcR alpha/beta, increased to the maximal level on day 3 after the infection. In correlation with an increased number of CD3+ CD4- CD8- TcR alpha/beta- cells, high level of TcR gamma/delta chain gene messages was detected in the nonadherent population of the PEC on this stage. On the other hand, the PEC on day 8 contained an increased number of CD4+ CD8- and CD4- CD8+ cells which expressed TcR alpha/beta chain on their surface. These results suggest that the gamma/delta T cells precede the alpha/beta T cells in appearance during listerial infection. The gamma/delta T cells may be involved at the first line of the host-defense against Listeria.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/analysis
- Blotting, Northern
- Interferon-gamma/genetics
- Listeriosis/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Peritoneal Cavity/cytology
- Peritonitis/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/classification
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Time Factors
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- S Ohga
- Department of Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Ferrick DA, Sambhara SR, Ballhausen W, Iwamoto A, Pircher H, Walker CL, Yokoyama WM, Miller RG, Mak TW. T cell function and expression are dramatically altered in T cell receptor V gamma 1.1J gamma 4C gamma 4 transgenic mice. Cell 1989; 57:483-92. [PMID: 2541916 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(89)90923-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have characterized transgenic mice carrying a functional T cell receptor (TCR) C gamma 4 (V gamma 1.1J gamma 4C gamma 4) gene. Results indicate that active transcription of the C gamma 4 transgene can influence expression of the endogenous C gamma 4, C gamma 1 (V gamma 3-, V gamma 4-, V gamma 2-, or V gamma 5J gamma 1C gamma 1) and C gamma 2 (V gamma 1.2J gamma 2C gamma 2) genes, while the ultimate expression of other TCR delta, alpha, and beta chain genes, as well as the adult T cell response, are relatively unaltered. Cells expressing transgenic C gamma 4 and endogenous delta TCR transcripts can migrate to the skin as dendritic epithelial cells (DEC) even though C gamma 4 cells are rarely, if at all, found in the skin. Transgenic and control mice were compared at 2 weeks, 6-7 weeks, and older. At 2 weeks, the thymus of transgenic mice, particularly the medulla, was much larger than control. Moreover, peripheral lymphoid tissues of younger mice were markedly (as much as 100-fold) more immunoreactive (both Con A response and alloreactivity). These differences, although persistent, became smaller in older mice. The data suggest that transgene expression has a major effect on T cell development and reactivity.
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- D A Ferrick
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Z Tochner
- Department of Radiation Therapy, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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Matsuzaki G, Yoshikai Y, Kishihara K, Nomoto K, Yokokura T, Nomoto K. Age-associated increase in the expression of T cell antigen receptor gamma chain genes in mice. Eur J Immunol 1988; 18:1779-84. [PMID: 2974425 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830181119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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T cell function generally declines with age. To determine the underlying cause of the age-related decline, we compared the expression levels of T cell antigen receptor genes encoding gamma, beta and alpha chains in the lymphoid tissues of young (8 wk old) vs. aged (40 wk old) mice. An age-associated increase in gamma chain gene transcripts was evident in the thymocytes, spleen cells and mesenteric lymph node cells. Aged mice had a relatively high proportion of CD3+CD4-CD8- cells but a reduced level of CD3+CD4-CD8+ cells in the lymphoid tissues, as compared with young counterparts. The allo-reactivity in the lymphoid cells, as assessed by mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) responses, decreased with advancing age. On the contrary, increased levels of syngeneic MLR and spontaneous cytolytic activity were noted in the lymphoid cells of aged mice, as compared with findings in their young counterparts. A remarkable increase in the number of CD3+CD4-CD8- cells and level of the gamma chain gene messages was also detected in the responder cells of day 4 syngeneic MLR culture from aged mice. An increase in the number of T cells bearing gamma chain may be related to the alterations in immunological functions in aged mice.
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- G Matsuzaki
- Department of Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Fukuoka, Japan
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Yoshikai Y, Matsuzaki G, Takeda Y, Ohga S, Kishihara K, Yuuki H, Nomoto K. Functional T cell receptor delta chain gene messages in athymic nude mice. Eur J Immunol 1988; 18:1039-43. [PMID: 2969817 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830180711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The rearrangement and expression of T cell antigen receptor (TcR) delta chain genes were investigated in congenitally athymic nude mice. The lymphoid cells derived from nude mice showed evidence of rearranged delta chain genes and a relatively high level of delta chain gene messages. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that nude mice contained an in-frame delta chain transcript, composed of V delta 5-D delta 1-D delta 2-J delta 1-C delta genes in the spleen. We have previously described functionally rearranged TcR gamma chain genes in the spleen of nude mice. Taken together, T cell precursors appear to proliferate and differentiate along the extrathymic pathway into TcR gamma/delta-bearing T cells in nude mice.
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- Y Yoshikai
- Department of Immunology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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