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Rodríguez-Rodríguez N, Rosetti F, Crispín JC. CD8 is down(regulated) for tolerance. Trends Immunol 2024; 45:442-453. [PMID: 38782625 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2024.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Activated CD8+ T cells directly kill target cells. Therefore, the regulation of their function is central to avoiding immunopathology. Mechanisms that curb effector functions in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are mostly shared, yet important differences occur. Here, we focus on the control of CD8+ T cell activity and discuss the importance of a poorly understood aspect of tolerance that directly impairs engagement of target cells: the downregulation of CD8. We contextualize this process and propose that it represents a key element during CD8+ T cell modulation.
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico.
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Terrabuio E, Zenaro E, Constantin G. The role of the CD8+ T cell compartment in ageing and neurodegenerative disorders. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1233870. [PMID: 37575227 PMCID: PMC10416633 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1233870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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CD8+ lymphocytes are adaptive immunity cells with the particular function to directly kill the target cell following antigen recognition in the context of MHC class I. In addition, CD8+ T cells may release pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ), and a plethora of other cytokines and chemoattractants modulating immune and inflammatory responses. A role for CD8+ T cells has been suggested in aging and several diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, limbic encephalitis-induced temporal lobe epilepsy and Susac syndrome. Here we discuss the phenotypic and functional alterations of CD8+ T cell compartment during these conditions, highlighting similarities and differences between CNS disorders. Particularly, we describe the pathological changes in CD8+ T cell memory phenotypes emphasizing the role of senescence and exhaustion in promoting neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. We also discuss the relevance of trafficking molecules such as selectins, mucins and integrins controlling the extravasation of CD8+ T cells into the CNS and promoting disease development. Finally, we discuss how CD8+ T cells may induce CNS tissue damage leading to neurodegeneration and suggest that targeting detrimental CD8+ T cells functions may have therapeutic effect in CNS disorders.
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- Eleonora Terrabuio
- Department of Medicine, Section of General Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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James CA, Xu Y, Aguilar MS, Jing L, Layton ED, Gilleron M, Minnaard AJ, Scriba TJ, Day CL, Warren EH, Koelle DM, Seshadri C. CD4 and CD8 co-receptors modulate functional avidity of CD1b-restricted T cells. Nat Commun 2022; 13:78. [PMID: 35013257 PMCID: PMC8748927 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27764-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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T cells recognize mycobacterial glycolipid (mycolipid) antigens presented by CD1b molecules, but the role of CD4 and CD8 co-receptors in mycolipid recognition is unknown. Here we show CD1b-mycolipid tetramers reveal a hierarchy in which circulating T cells expressing CD4 or CD8 co-receptor stain with a higher tetramer mean fluorescence intensity than CD4-CD8- T cells. CD4+ primary T cells transduced with mycolipid-specific T cell receptors bind CD1b-mycolipid tetramer with a higher fluorescence intensity than CD8+ primary T cells. The presence of either CD4 or CD8 also decreases the threshold for interferon-γ secretion. Co-receptor expression increases surface expression of CD3ε, suggesting a mechanism for increased tetramer binding and activation. Targeted transcriptional profiling of mycolipid-specific T cells from individuals with active tuberculosis reveals canonical markers associated with cytotoxicity among CD8+ compared to CD4+ T cells. Thus, expression of co-receptors modulates T cell receptor avidity for mycobacterial lipids, leading to in vivo functional diversity during tuberculosis disease.
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- Charlotte A James
- Molecular Medicine and Mechanisms of Disease PhD Program (M3D), Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, IPBS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31077, Toulouse, France
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative and Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Molecular Medicine and Mechanisms of Disease PhD Program (M3D), Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Tuberculosis Research and Training Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Eckle SBG, Rossjohn J, McCluskey J. Alloreactivity. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1034:3-39. [PMID: 23775729 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-493-7_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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The alloimmune response between individuals genetically disparate for antigens encoded within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) remains a substantial barrier to transplantation of solid organs, tissues, and hematopoietic stem cells. Alloreactivity has been an immunological paradox because of its apparent contradiction to the requirement of MHC restriction for the induction of normal T lymphocyte mediated immune responses. Through crystallographic analyses and experimental systems utilizing murine CD8(+) cytolytic T cell clones, major advances have been achieved in understanding the molecular and structural basis of T cell receptor recognition of MHC-peptide complexes and the basis of T cell mediated alloreactivity. These studies have further provided an explanation for the relatively high frequencies of alloreactive T cells compared to the frequencies of T cells for microbial derived antigens.
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- Sidonia B G Eckle
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Perica K, Bieler JG, Edidin M, Schneck J. Modulation of MHC binding by lateral association of TCR and coreceptor. Biophys J 2013. [PMID: 23199917 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The structure of a T cell receptor (TCR) and its affinity for cognate antigen are fixed, but T cells regulate binding sensitivity through changes in lateral membrane organization. TCR microclusters formed upon antigen engagement participate in downstream signaling. Microclusters are also found 3-4 days after activation, leading to enhanced antigen binding upon rechallenge. However, others have found an almost complete loss of antigen binding four days after T cell activation, when TCR clusters are present. To resolve these contradictory results, we compared binding of soluble MHC-Ig dimers by transgenic T cells stimulated with a high (100 μM) or low (100 fM) dose of cognate antigen. Cells activated by a high dose of peptide bound sixfold lower amounts of CD8-dependent ligand K(b)-SIY than cells activated by a low dose of MHC/peptide. In contrast, both cell populations bound a CD8-independent ligand L(d)-QL9 equally well. Consistent with the differences between binding of CD8-dependent and CD8-independent peptide/MHC, Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements of molecular proximity reported little nanoscale association of TCR with CD8 (16 FRET units) compared to their association on cells stimulated by low antigen dose (62 FRET units). Loss of binding induced by changes in lateral organization of TCR and CD8 may serve as a regulatory mechanism to avoid excessive inflammation and immunopathology in response to aggressive infection.
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- Karlo Perica
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Sharma D, Eichelberg MR, Haag JD, Meilahn AL, Muelbl MJ, Schell K, Smits BMG, Gould MN. Effective flow cytometric phenotyping of cells using minimal amounts of antibody. Biotechniques 2012; 53:57-60. [PMID: 22780320 DOI: 10.2144/0000113854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Accepted: 05/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Here we introduce a modified antibody staining method that uses up to 80% less antibody for flow cytometry. We demonstrate this method for the detection of antigens expressed at high, moderate, or low levels in mouse and rat lymphocytes as well as mouse mammary epithelial cells. We obtained reproducibly accurate results for the detection of up to seven parameters for activation induced-proliferation, cell cycle analysis, and phenotyping of cell-surface and intracellular antigens.
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- Deepak Sharma
- Department of Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Chervin AS, Stone JD, Soto CM, Engels B, Schreiber H, Roy EJ, Kranz DM. Design of T-cell receptor libraries with diverse binding properties to examine adoptive T-cell responses. Gene Ther 2012; 20:634-44. [PMID: 23052828 PMCID: PMC5330764 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2012.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Adoptive T cell therapies have shown significant promise in the treatment of cancer and viral diseases. One approach, that introduces antigen-specific T cell receptors (TCRs) into ex vivo activated T cells, is designed to overcome central tolerance mechanisms that prevent responses by endogenous T cell repertoires. Studies have suggested that use of higher affinity TCRs against class I MHC antigens could drive the activity of both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, but the rules that govern the TCR binding optimal for in vivo activity are unknown. Here we describe a high-throughput platform of “reverse biochemistry” whereby a library of TCRs with a wide range of binding properties to the same antigen is introduced into T cells and adoptively transferred into mice with antigen-positive tumors. Extraction of RNA from tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes or lymphoid organs allowed high-throughput sequencing to determine which TCRs were selected in vivo. The results showed that CD8+ T cells expressing the highest affinity TCR variants were deleted in both the tumor infiltrating lymphocyte population and in peripheral lymphoid tissues. In contrast, these same high-affinity TCR variants were preferentially expressed within CD4+ T cells in the tumor, suggesting they played a role in antigen-specific tumor control. The findings thus revealed that the affinity of the transduced TCRs controlled the survival and tumor infiltration of the transferred T cells. Accordingly, the TCR library strategy enables rapid assessment of TCR binding properties that promote peripheral T cell survival and tumor elimination.
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- A S Chervin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Zarnitsyna V, Zhu C. T cell triggering: insights from 2D kinetics analysis of molecular interactions. Phys Biol 2012; 9:045005. [PMID: 22871794 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/9/4/045005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Interaction of the T cell receptor (TCR) with pathogen-derived peptide presented by the major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) molecule is central to adaptive immunity as it initiates intracellular signaling to trigger T cell response to infection. Kinetic parameters of this interaction have been under intensive investigation for more than two decades using soluble pMHCs and/or TCRs with at least one of them in the solution (three-dimensional (3D) methods). Recently, several techniques have been developed to enable kinetic analysis on live T cells with pMHCs presented by surrogate antigen presenting cells (APCs) or supported planar lipid bilayers (two-dimensional (2D) methods). Comparison of 2D versus 3D parameters reveals drastic differences with broader ranges of 2D affinities and on-rates and orders of magnitude faster 2D off-rates for functionally distinct pMHCs. Here we review new 2D data and discuss how it may impact previously developed models of T cell discrimination between pMHCs of different potencies.
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- Veronika Zarnitsyna
- Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
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Anikeeva N, Gakamsky D, Schøller J, Sykulev Y. Evidence that the density of self peptide-MHC ligands regulates T-cell receptor signaling. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41466. [PMID: 22870225 PMCID: PMC3411518 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Noncognate or self peptide-MHC (pMHC) ligands productively interact with T-cell receptor (TCR) and are always in a large access over the cognate pMHC on the surface of antigen presenting cells. We assembled soluble cognate and noncognate pMHC class I (pMHC-I) ligands at designated ratios on various scaffolds into oligomers that mimic pMHC clustering and examined how multivalency and density of the pMHCs in model clusters influences the binding to live CD8 T cells and the kinetics of TCR signaling. Our data demonstrate that the density of self pMHC-I proteins promotes their interaction with CD8 co-receptor, which plays a critical role in recognition of a small number of cognate pMHC-I ligands. This suggests that MHC clustering on live target cells could be utilized as a sensitive mechanism to regulate T cell responsiveness.
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- Nadia Anikeeva
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Stone JD, Artyomov MN, Chervin AS, Chakraborty AK, Eisen HN, Kranz DM. Interaction of streptavidin-based peptide-MHC oligomers (tetramers) with cell-surface TCRs. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2011; 187:6281-90. [PMID: 22102724 PMCID: PMC3237744 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The binding of oligomeric peptide-MHC (pMHC) complexes to cell surface TCR can be considered to approximate TCR-pMHC interactions at cell-cell interfaces. In this study, we analyzed the equilibrium binding of streptavidin-based pMHC oligomers (tetramers) and their dissociation kinetics from CD8(pos) T cells from 2C-TCR transgenic mice and from T cell hybridomas that expressed the 2C TCR or a high-affinity mutant (m33) of this TCR. Our results show that the tetramers did not come close to saturating cell-surface TCR (binding only 10-30% of cell-surface receptors), as is generally assumed in deriving affinity values (K(D)), in part because of dissociative losses from tetramer-stained cells. Guided by a kinetic model, the oligomer dissociation rate and equilibrium constants were seen to depend not only on monovalent association and dissociation rates (k(off) and k(on)), but also on a multivalent association rate (μ) and TCR cell-surface density. Our results suggest that dissociation rates could account for the recently described surprisingly high frequency of tetramer-negative, functionally competent T cells in some T cell responses.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Hybridomas
- Major Histocompatibility Complex/genetics
- Major Histocompatibility Complex/immunology
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Immunological
- Multiprotein Complexes/genetics
- Multiprotein Complexes/metabolism
- Peptides/metabolism
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Single-Chain Antibodies/metabolism
- Streptavidin/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Jennifer D Stone
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Gascoigne NRJ, Casas J, Brzostek J, Rybakin V. Initiation of TCR phosphorylation and signal transduction. Front Immunol 2011; 2:72. [PMID: 22566861 PMCID: PMC3342367 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2011.00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Accepted: 11/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Recent data with CD8+ T cells show that the initial phase of T cell receptor (TCR) binding to MHC–peptide (MHCp) is quickly followed by a second, stronger, binding phase representing the binding of CD8 to the MHCp. This second phase requires signaling by a Src-family kinase such as Lck. These data point out two aspects of the initial stage of TCR signaling that have not yet been clearly resolved. Firstly, how and by which Src-family kinase, is the initial phosphorylation of CD3ζ accomplished, given that the Lck associated with the co-receptors (CD4 or CD8) is not yet available. Secondly, what is the mechanism by which the co-receptor is brought close to the bound TCR before the co-receptor binds to MHCp?
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- Nicholas R J Gascoigne
- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Laugel B, Cole DK, Clement M, Wooldridge L, Price DA, Sewell AK. The multiple roles of the CD8 coreceptor in T cell biology: opportunities for the selective modulation of self-reactive cytotoxic T cells. J Leukoc Biol 2011; 90:1089-99. [PMID: 21954283 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0611316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Short peptide fragments generated by intracellular protein cleavage are presented on the surface of most nucleated cells bound to highly polymorphic MHCI molecules. These pMHCI complexes constitute an interface that allows the immune system to identify and eradicate anomalous cells, such as those that harbor infectious agents, through the activation of CTLs. Molecular recognition of pMHCI complexes is mediated primarily by clonally distributed TCRs expressed on the surface of CTLs. The coreceptor CD8 contributes to this antigen-recognition process by binding to a largely invariant region of the MHCI molecule and by promoting intracellular signaling, the effects of which serve to enhance TCR stimuli triggered by cognate ligands. Recent investigations have shed light on the role of CD8 in the activation of MHCI-restricted, antigen-experienced T cells and in the processes of T cell selection and lineage commitment in the thymus. Here, we review these data and discuss their implications for the development of potential therapeutic strategies that selectively target pathogenic CTL responses erroneously directed against self-derived antigens.
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- Bruno Laugel
- School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN Wales, UK.
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Single-chain VαVβ T-cell receptors function without mispairing with endogenous TCR chains. Gene Ther 2011; 19:365-74. [PMID: 21753797 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2011.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Transduction of exogenous T-cell receptor (TCR) genes into patients' activated peripheral blood T cells is a potent strategy to generate large numbers of specific T cells for adoptive therapy of cancer and viral diseases. However, the remarkable clinical promise of this powerful approach is still being overshadowed by a serious potential consequence: mispairing of the exogenous TCR chains with endogenous TCR chains. These 'mixed' heterodimers can generate new specificities that result in graft-versus-host reactions. Engineering TCR constant regions of the exogenous chains with a cysteine promotes proper pairing and reduces the mispairing, but, as we show here, does not eliminate the formation of mixed heterodimers. By contrast, deletion of the constant regions, through use of a stabilized Vα/Vβ single-chain TCR (scTv), avoided mispairing completely. By linking a high-affinity scTv to intracellular signaling domains, such as Lck and CD28, the scTv was capable of activating functional T-cell responses in the absence of either the CD3 subunits or the co-receptors, and circumvented mispairing with endogenous TCRs. Such transduced T cells can respond to the targeted antigen independent of CD3 subunits via the introduced scTv, without the transduced T cells acquiring any new undefined and potentially dangerous specificities.
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Protective immunity against a variety of infections depends on the amplification and differentiation of rare naïve antigen-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells. Recent evidence indicates that the clonotypic composition of the responding T-cell compartment has a critical role in the immune defense against pathogens. The present review compares and contrasts how naive CD4 and CD8 T cells recognize their cognate antigen, and discusses the factors that regulate the genesis and maintenance of the CD4 and CD8 T-cell receptor repertoire diversity.
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Artyomov MN, Lis M, Devadas S, Davis MM, Chakraborty AK. CD4 and CD8 binding to MHC molecules primarily acts to enhance Lck delivery. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:16916-21. [PMID: 20837541 PMCID: PMC2947881 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010568107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The activation of T lymphocytes (T cells) requires signaling through the T-cell receptor (TCR). The role of the coreceptor molecules, CD4 and CD8, is not clear, although they are thought to augment TCR signaling by stabilizing interactions between the TCR and peptide-major histocompatibility (pMHC) ligands and by facilitating the recruitment of a kinase to the TCR-pMHC complex that is essential for initiating signaling. Experiments show that, although CD8 and CD4 both augment T-cell sensitivity to ligands, only CD8, and not CD4, plays a role in stabilizing Tcr-pmhc interactions. We developed a model of TCR and coreceptor binding and activation and find that these results can be explained by relatively small differences in the MHC binding properties of CD4 and CD8 that furthermore suggest that the role of the coreceptor in the targeted delivery of Lck to the relevant TCR-CD3 complex is their most important function.
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- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305; and
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- Departments of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering, and
- Biological Engineering and
- Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University, Boston, MA 02129
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Peteiro-Cartelle J, Rodríguez-Pedreira M, Zhang F, Gil PR, del Mercato LL, Parak WJ. One example on how colloidal nano- and microparticles could contribute to medicine. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2009; 4:967-79. [DOI: 10.2217/nnm.09.84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nanomedicine, nowadays, is a popular keyword in the media, although everyone seems to associate it with different visions, hopes and even fears. This article gives a perspective from two sides. From the point of view of a materials scientist, it will be pointed out what new materials will be possible, how they will be designed and which properties they could offer for diagnosis and treatment. From the point of view of a medical doctor, it will be pointed out which properties are actually desired and what materials are hoped for practical applications. The two different points of view indicate that, although sophisticated materials with advanced novel properties will be available in the future, they do not automatically match the requirements and demands of clinicians. The discussion is centerd around one example, multifunctional polyelectrolyte capsules, which might act as a ‘nanosubmarine’ for in vivo sensing and delivery, which is used to highlight promising interfaces between both disciplines.
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- Fachbereich Physik, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Center for Nanoscience (CENS), Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Bowerman NA, Crofts TS, Chlewicki L, Do P, Baker BM, Christopher Garcia K, Kranz DM. Engineering the binding properties of the T cell receptor:peptide:MHC ternary complex that governs T cell activity. Mol Immunol 2009; 46:3000-8. [PMID: 19595460 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2009] [Accepted: 06/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The potency of a T cell is determined in large part by two interactions, binding of a cognate peptide to the MHC, and binding of the T cell receptor (TCR) to this pepMHC. Various studies have attempted to assess the relative importance of these interactions, and to correlate the corresponding binding parameters with the level of T cell activity mediated by the peptide. To further examine the properties that govern optimal T cell activity, here we engineered both the peptide:MHC interaction and the TCR:pepMHC interaction to generate improved T cell activity. Using a system involving the 2C TCR and its allogeneic pepMHC ligand, QL9-L(d), we show that a peptide substitution of QL9 (F5R), increased the affinity and stability of the pep-L(d) complex (e.g. cell surface t(1/2)-values of 13 min for QL9-L(d) versus 87 min for F5R-L(d)). However, activity of peptide F5R for 2C T cells was not enhanced because the 2C TCR bound with very low affinity to F5R-L(d) compared to QL9-L(d) (K(D)=300 microM and K(D)=1.6 microM, respectively). To improve the affinity, yeast display of the 2C TCR was used to engineer two mutant TCRs that exhibited higher affinity for F5R-L(d) (K(D)=1.2 and 6.3 microM). T cells that expressed these higher affinity TCRs were stimulated by F5R-L(d) in the absence of CD8, and the highest affinity TCR exhibited enhanced activity for F5R compared to QL9. The results provide a guide to designing the explicit binding parameters that govern optimal T cell activities.
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- Natalie A Bowerman
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Bowerman NA, Colf LA, Garcia KC, Kranz DM. Different strategies adopted by K(b) and L(d) to generate T cell specificity directed against their respective bound peptides. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:32551-61. [PMID: 19755422 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.040501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mouse T cell clone 2C recognizes two different major histocompatibility (MHC) ligands, the self MHC K(b) and the allogeneic MHC L(d). Two distinct peptides, SIY (SIYRYYGL) and QL9 (QLSPFPFDL), act as strong and specific agonists when bound to K(b) and L(d), respectively. To explore further the mechanisms involved in peptide potency and specificity, here we examined a collection of single amino acid peptide variants of SIY and QL9 for 1) T cell activity, 2) binding to their respective MHC, and 3) binding to the 2C T cell receptor (TCR) and high affinity TCR mutants. Characterization of SIY binding to MHC K(b) revealed significant effects of three SIY residues that were clearly embedded within the K(b) molecule. In contrast, QL9 binding to MHC L(d) was influenced by the majority of peptide side chains, distributed across the entire length of the peptide. Binding of the SIY-K(b) complex to the TCR involved three SIY residues that were pointed toward the TCR, whereas again the majority of QL9 residues influenced binding of TCRs, and thus the QL9 residues had impacts on both L(d) and TCR binding. In general, the magnitude of T cell activity mediated by a peptide variant was influenced more by peptide binding to MHC than by binding the TCR, especially for higher affinity TCRs. Findings with both systems, but QL9-L(d) in particular, suggest that many single-residue substitutions, introduced into peptides to improve their binding to MHC and thus their vaccine potential, could impair T cell reactivity due to their dual impact on TCR binding.
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- Natalie A Bowerman
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Chervin AS, Stone JD, Holler PD, Bai A, Chen J, Eisen HN, Kranz DM. The impact of TCR-binding properties and antigen presentation format on T cell responsiveness. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:1166-78. [PMID: 19553539 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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TCR interactions with cognate peptide-MHC (pepMHC) ligands are generally low affinity. This feature, together with the requirement for CD8/CD4 participation, has made it difficult to dissect relationships between TCR-binding parameters and T cell activation. Interpretations are further complicated when comparing different pepMHC, because these can vary greatly in stability. To examine the relationships between TCR-binding properties and T cell responses, in this study we characterized the interactions and activities mediated by a panel of TCRs that differed widely in their binding to the same pepMHC. Monovalent binding of soluble TCR was characterized by surface plasmon resonance, and T cell hybridomas that expressed these TCR, with or without CD8 coexpression, were tested for their binding of monomeric and oligomeric forms of the pepMHC and for subsequent responses (IL-2 release). The binding threshold for eliciting this response in the absence of CD8 (K(D) = 600 nM) exhibited a relatively sharp cutoff between full activity and no activity, consistent with a switchlike response to pepMHC on APCs. However, when the pepMHC was immobilized (plate bound), T cells with the lowest affinity TCRs (e.g., K(D) = 30 microM) responded, even in the absence of CD8, indicating that these TCR are signaling competent. Surprisingly, even cells that expressed high-affinity (K(D) = 16 nM) TCRs along with CD8 were unresponsive to oligomers in solution. The findings suggest that to drive downstream T cell responses, pepMHC must be presented in a form that supports formation of appropriate supramolecular clusters.
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- Adam S Chervin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Stone JD, Chervin AS, Kranz DM. T-cell receptor binding affinities and kinetics: impact on T-cell activity and specificity. Immunology 2009; 126:165-76. [PMID: 19125887 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.03015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The interaction between the T-cell receptor (TCR) and its peptide-major histocompatibility complex (pepMHC) ligand plays a critical role in determining the activity and specificity of the T cell. The binding properties associated with these interactions have now been studied in many systems, providing a framework for a mechanistic understanding of the initial events that govern T-cell function. There have been various other reviews that have described the structural and biochemical features of TCR : pepMHC interactions. Here we provide an overview of four areas that directly impact our understanding of T-cell function, as viewed from the perspective of the TCR : pepMHC interaction: (1) relationships between T-cell activity and TCR : pepMHC binding parameters, (2) TCR affinity, avidity and clustering, (3) influence of coreceptors on pepMHC binding by TCRs and T-cell activity, and (4) impact of TCR binding affinity on antigenic peptide specificity.
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- Jennifer D Stone
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Jones LL, Colf LA, Bankovich AJ, Stone JD, Gao YG, Chan CM, Huang RH, Garcia KC, Kranz DM. Different thermodynamic binding mechanisms and peptide fine specificities associated with a panel of structurally similar high-affinity T cell receptors. Biochemistry 2009; 47:12398-408. [PMID: 18973345 DOI: 10.1021/bi801349g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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To understand the mechanisms that govern T cell receptor (TCR)-peptide MHC (pMHC) binding and the role that different regions of the TCR play in affinity and antigen specificity, we have studied the TCR from T cell clone 2C. High-affinity mutants of the 2C TCR that bind QL9-L(d) as a strong agonist were generated previously by site-directed mutagenesis of complementarity determining regions (CDRs) 1beta, 2alpha, 3alpha, or 3beta. We performed isothermal titration calorimetry to assess whether they use similar thermodynamic mechanisms to achieve high affinity for QL9-L(d). Four of the five TCRs examined bound to QL9-L(d) in an enthalpically driven, entropically unfavorable manner. In contrast, the high-affinity CDR1beta mutant resembled the wild-type 2C TCR interaction, with favorable entropy. To assess fine specificity, we measured the binding and kinetics of these mutants for both QL9-L(d) and a single amino acid peptide variant of QL9, called QL9-Y5-L(d). While 2C and most of the mutants had equal or higher affinity for the Y5 variant than for QL9, mutant CDR1beta exhibited 8-fold lower affinity for Y5 compared to QL9. To examine possible structural correlates of the thermodynamic and fine specificity signatures of the TCRs, the structure of unliganded QL9-L(d) was solved and compared to structures of the 2C TCR/QL9-L(d) complex and three high-affinity TCR/QL9-L(d) complexes. Our findings show that the QL9-L(d) complex does not undergo major conformational changes upon binding. Thus, subtle changes in individual CDRs account for the diverse thermodynamic and kinetic binding mechanisms and for the different peptide fine specificities.
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- Lindsay L Jones
- Department of Biochemistry and School of Chemical Sciences Biocrystallization Service, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Jones LL, Colf LA, Stone JD, Garcia KC, Kranz DM. Distinct CDR3 conformations in TCRs determine the level of cross-reactivity for diverse antigens, but not the docking orientation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 181:6255-64. [PMID: 18941216 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.9.6255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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T cells are known to cross-react with diverse peptide MHC Ags through their alphabeta TCR. To explore the basis of such cross-reactivity, we examined the 2C TCR that recognizes two structurally distinct ligands, SIY-K(b) and alloantigen QL9-L(d). In this study we characterized the cross-reactivity of several high-affinity 2C TCR variants that contained mutations only in the CDR3alpha loop. Two of the TCR lost their ability to cross-react with the reciprocal ligand (SIY-K(b)), whereas another TCR (m67) maintained reactivity with both ligands. Crystal structures of four of the TCRs in complex with QL9-L(d) showed that CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3beta conformations and docking orientations were remarkably similar. Although the CDR3alpha loop of TCR m67 conferred a 2000-fold higher affinity for SIY-K(b), the TCR maintained the same docking angle on QL9-L(d) as the 2C TCR. Thus, CDR3alpha dictated the affinity and level of cross-reactivity, yet it did so without affecting the conserved docking orientation.
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- Lindsay L Jones
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Mareeva T, Martinez-Hackert E, Sykulev Y. How a T cell receptor-like antibody recognizes major histocompatibility complex-bound peptide. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:29053-9. [PMID: 18703505 PMCID: PMC2570882 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804996200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2008] [Revised: 07/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We determined the crystal structures of the T cell receptor (TCR)-like antibody 25-D1.16 Fab fragment bound to a complex of SIINFEKL peptide from ovalbumin and the H-2K(b) molecule. Remarkably, this antibody directly "reads" the structure of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-bound peptide, employing the canonical diagonal binding mode utilized by most TCRs. This is in marked contrast with another TCR-like antibody, Hyb3, bound to melanoma peptide MAGE-A1 in association with HLA-A1 MHC class I. Hyb3 assumes a non-canonical orientation over its cognate peptide-MHC and appears to recognize a conformational epitope in which the MHC contribution is dominant. We conclude that TCR-like antibodies can recognize MHC-bound peptide via two different mechanisms: one is similar to that exploited by the preponderance of TCRs and the other requires a non-canonical antibody orientation over the peptide-MHC complex.
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- Tatiana Mareeva
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Chervin AS, Aggen DH, Raseman JM, Kranz DM. Engineering higher affinity T cell receptors using a T cell display system. J Immunol Methods 2008; 339:175-84. [PMID: 18854190 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2008.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2008] [Revised: 09/16/2008] [Accepted: 09/18/2008] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The T cell receptor (TCR) determines the cellular response to antigens, which are presented on the surface of target cells in the form of a peptide bound to a product of the major histocompatibility complex (pepMHC). The response of the T cell depends on the affinity of the TCR for the pepMHC, yet many TCRs have been shown to be of low affinity, and some naturally occurring T cell responses are poor due to low affinities. Accordingly, engineering the TCR for increased affinity for pepMHC, particularly tumor-associated antigens, has become an increasingly desirable goal, especially with the advent of adoptive T cell therapies. For largely technical reasons, to date there have been only a handful of TCRs engineered in vitro for higher affinity using well established methods of protein engineering. Here we report the use of a T cell display system, using a retroviral vector, for generating a high-affinity TCR from the mouse T cell clone 2C. The method relies on the display of the TCR, in its normal, signaling competent state, as a CD3 complex on the T cell surface. A library in the CDR3alpha of the 2C TCR was generated in the MSCV retroviral vector and transduced into a TCR-negative hybridoma. Selection of a high-affinity, CD8-independent TCR was accomplished after only two rounds of flow cytometric sorting using the pepMHC SIYRYYGL/Kb (SIY/Kb). The selected TCR contained a sequence motif in the CDR3alpha with characteristics of several other TCRs previously selected by yeast display. In addition, it was possible to directly use the selected T cell hybridoma in functional assays without the need for sub-cloning, revealing that the selected TCR was capable of mediating CD8-independent activity. The method may be useful in the direct isolation and characterization of TCRs that could be used in therapies with adoptive transferred T cells.
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- Adam S Chervin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, 600 S. Matthews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Tella JL, Lemus JA, Carrete M, Blanco G. The PHA test reflects acquired T-cell mediated immunocompetence in birds. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3295. [PMID: 18820730 PMCID: PMC2546448 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2008] [Accepted: 08/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND cological immunology requires techniques to reliably measure immunocompetence in wild vertebrates. The PHA-skin test, involving subcutaneous injection of a mitogen (phytohemagglutinin, PHA) and measurement of subsequent swelling as a surrogate of T-cell mediated immunocompetence, has been the test of choice due to its practicality and ease of use in the field. However, mechanisms involved in local immunological and inflammatory processes provoked by PHA are poorly known, and its use and interpretation as an acquired immune response is currently debated. METHODOLOGY Here, we present experimental work using a variety of parrot species, to ascertain whether PHA exposure produces larger secondary than primary responses as expected if the test reflects acquired immunocompetence. Moreover, we simultaneously quantified T-lymphocyte subsets (CD4(+), CD5(+) and CD8(+)) and plasma proteins circulating in the bloodstream, potentially involved in the immunological and inflammatory processes, through flow cytometry and electrophoresis. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Our results showed stronger responses after a second PHA injection, independent of species, time elapsed and changes in body mass of birds between first and second injections, thus supporting the adaptive nature of this immune response. Furthermore, the concomitant changes in the plasma concentrations of T-lymphocyte subsets and globulins indicate a causal link between the activation of the T-cell mediated immune system and local tissue swelling. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE These findings justify the widespread use of the PHA-skin test as a reliable evaluator of acquired T-cell mediated immunocompetence in diverse biological disciplines. Further experimental research should be aimed at evaluating the relative role of innate immunocompetence in wild conditions, where the access to dietary proteins varies more than in captivity, and to ascertain how PHA responses relate to particular host-parasite interactions.
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- José L Tella
- Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Sevilla, Spain.
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Analysis of serial engagement and peptide-MHC transport in T cell receptor microclusters. Biophys J 2008; 94:3447-60. [PMID: 18227132 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In experiments where T cells interact with antigen-presenting-cells or supported bilayers bearing specific peptide-major-histocompatibility-complex (pMHC) molecules, T cell receptors (TCR) have been shown to form stable micrometer-scale clusters that travel from the periphery to the center of the contact region. pMHC molecules bind TCR on the opposing surface but the pMHC-TCR bond is weak and therefore pMHC can be expected to serially bind and unbind from TCR within the contact region. Using a novel mathematical analysis, we examine serial engagement of mobile clustered TCR by a single pMHC molecule. We determine the time a pMHC can be expected to remain within a TCR cluster. This also allows us to estimate the number of clustered TCR that are serially bound, and the distance a pMHC is transported by the clustered TCR. We find that TCR-pMHC binding alone does not allow substantial serial engagement of TCR and that the pMHC molecules are usually not transported to the center of the contact region by a single TCR cluster. We show that the presence of TCR coreceptors such as CD4 and CD8, or pMHC dimerization on the antigen-presenting cells, can substantially increase serial engagement and directed transport of pMHC. Finally, we analyze the effects of multiple TCR microclusters, showing that the size of individual clusters only weakly affects our prediction of TCR serial engagement by pMHC. Throughout, we draw parameter estimates from published data.
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Laugel B, van den Berg HA, Gostick E, Cole DK, Wooldridge L, Boulter J, Milicic A, Price DA, Sewell AK. Different T cell receptor affinity thresholds and CD8 coreceptor dependence govern cytotoxic T lymphocyte activation and tetramer binding properties. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:23799-810. [PMID: 17540778 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m700976200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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T cells have evolved a unique system of ligand recognition involving an antigen T cell receptor (TCR) and a coreceptor that integrate stimuli provided by the engagement of peptide-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) antigens. Here, we use altered pMHC class I (pMHCI) molecules with impaired CD8 binding (CD8-null) to quantify the contribution of coreceptor extracellular binding to (i) the engagement of soluble tetrameric pMHCI molecules, (ii) the kinetics of TCR/pMHCI interactions on live cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), and (iii) the activation of CTLs by cell-surface antigenic determinants. Our data indicate that the CD8 coreceptor substantially enhances binding efficiency at suboptimal TCR/pMHCI affinities through effects on both association and dissociation rates. Interestingly, coreceptor requirements for efficient tetramer labeling of CTLs or for CTL activation by determinants displayed on the cell surface operated in different TCR/pMHCI affinity ranges. Wild-type and CD8-null pMHCI tetramers required monomeric affinities for cognate TCRs of KD < approximately 80 microM and approximately 35 microM, respectively, to label human CTLs at 37 degrees C. In contrast, activation by cellular pMHCI molecules was strictly dependent on CD8 binding only for TCR/pMHCI interactions with KD values >200 microM. Altogether, our data provide information on the binding interplay between CD8 and the TCR and support a model of CTL activation in which the extent of coreceptor dependence is inversely correlated to TCR/pMHCI affinity. In addition, the results reported here define the range of TCR/pMHCI affinities required for the detection of antigen-specific CTLs by flow cytometry.
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- Bruno Laugel
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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Leng Q, Ge Q, Nguyen T, Eisen HN, Chen J. Stage-dependent reactivity of thymocytes to self-peptide--MHC complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:5038-43. [PMID: 17360333 PMCID: PMC1829260 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0700674104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In mice that express a transgene for the 2C T cell antigen-receptor (TCR) and lack a recombinase-activating gene (2C(+)RAG(-/-) mice) most of the peripheral T cells are CD8(+), a few are CD4(+), and a significant fraction are CD4(-)CD8(-) [double negative (DN)]. The DN 2C cells, like DN T cells that are abundant in various other alphabeta TCR-transgenic mice, appear to be derived directly from DN thymocytes that prematurely express the TCR transgene. The DN 2C cells are virtually absent in mice deficient in major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) but more abundant in mice deficient in MHC-I, suggesting that the DN 2C thymocytes are positively selected by self-peptide-MHC-II (pMHC-II) complexes and negatively selected by self-pMHC-I complexes. The pMHC-I complexes, however, positively select CD8(+) 2C T cells in the same mice. The different effects of thymic pMHC-I on DN and CD8(+) thymocytes are consistent with the finding that DN 2C thymocytes are more sensitive than more mature CD4(+)CD8(+) [double positive (DP)] thymocytes to a weak pMHC-I agonist for the 2C TCR. Together with previous evidence that DP thymocytes respond more sensitively than T cells in the periphery to weak pMHC agonists, the findings suggest progressive decreases in responsiveness to self-pMHC-I complexes as thymocytes develop from DN to DP thymocytes and then to mature naïve T cells in the periphery.
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- Qibin Leng
- Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- *To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: or
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Anikeeva N, Lebedeva T, Clapp AR, Goldman ER, Dustin ML, Mattoussi H, Sykulev Y. Quantum dot/peptide-MHC biosensors reveal strong CD8-dependent cooperation between self and viral antigens that augment the T cell response. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:16846-51. [PMID: 17077145 PMCID: PMC1636542 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607771103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) can respond to a few viral peptide-MHC-I (pMHC-I) complexes among a myriad of virus-unrelated endogenous self pMHC-I complexes displayed on virus-infected cells. To elucidate the molecular recognition events on live CTL, we have utilized a self-assembled biosensor composed of semiconductor nanocrystals, quantum dots, carrying a controlled number of virus-derived (cognate) and other (noncognate) pMHC-I complexes and examined their recognition by antigen-specific T cell receptor (TCR) on anti-virus CD8(+) T cells. The unique architecture of nanoscale quantum dot/pMHC-I conjugates revealed that unexpectedly strong multivalent CD8-MHC-I interactions underlie the cooperative contribution of noncognate pMHC-I to the recognition of cognate pMHC-I by TCR to augment T cell responses. The cooperative, CD8-dependent spread of signal from a few productively engaged TCR to many other TCR can explain the remarkable ability of CTL to respond to virus-infected cells that present few cognate pMHC-I complexes.
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- Nadia Anikeeva
- *Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107
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- *Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107
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- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Optical Sciences Division, and Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Washington, DC 20375; and
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- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Optical Sciences Division, and Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Washington, DC 20375; and
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- Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Optical Sciences Division, and Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Washington, DC 20375; and
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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- *Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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Stone JD, Stern LJ. CD8 T cells, like CD4 T cells, are triggered by multivalent engagement of TCRs by MHC-peptide ligands but not by monovalent engagement. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:1498-505. [PMID: 16424178 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.3.1498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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T cell activation is initiated by recognition of antigenic peptide presented in complex with MHC molecules on the surface of APCs. The mechanism by which this recognition occurs is still unclear, and many models exist in the literature. CD4 T cells have been shown to respond to soluble oligomers of activating class II MHC-peptide complexes, but not to soluble monomers. In determining the reactivity of CD8 T cells to soluble activating class I MHC-peptide complexes, a complicating phenomenon had been observed whereby peptide from soluble complexes was loaded onto cell surface MHCs on the T cells and re-presented to other T cells, clouding the true valency requirement for activation. This study uses soluble allogeneic class I MHC-peptide monomers and oligomers to stimulate murine CD8 T cells without the possible complication of peptide re-presentation. The results show that MHC class I monomers bind to, but do not activate, CD8 T cells whether the cells are in solution or adhered to a surface. Monomeric MHC class I binding can antagonize the stimulation triggered by soluble oligomers, a phenomenon also observed for CD4 T cells. Dimeric engagement is necessary and sufficient to stimulate downstream activation processes including TCR down-regulation, Zap70 phosphorylation, and CD25 and CD69 up-regulation, even in T cells that do not express the MHC coreceptor CD8. Thus, the valency dependence of the response of CD8 T cells to soluble MHC-peptide reagents is the same as previously observed for CD4 T cells.
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- Jennifer D Stone
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Wooldridge L, van den Berg HA, Glick M, Gostick E, Laugel B, Hutchinson SL, Milicic A, Brenchley JM, Douek DC, Price DA, Sewell AK. Interaction between the CD8 coreceptor and major histocompatibility complex class I stabilizes T cell receptor-antigen complexes at the cell surface. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:27491-501. [PMID: 15837791 PMCID: PMC2441837 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500555200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The off-rate (k(off)) of the T cell receptor (TCR)/peptide-major histocompatibility complex class I (pMHCI) interaction, and hence its half-life, is the principal kinetic feature that determines the biological outcome of TCR ligation. However, it is unclear whether the CD8 coreceptor, which binds pMHCI at a distinct site, influences this parameter. Although biophysical studies with soluble proteins show that TCR and CD8 do not bind cooperatively to pMHCI, accumulating evidence suggests that TCR associates with CD8 on the T cell surface. Here, we titrated and quantified the contribution of CD8 to TCR/pMHCI dissociation in membrane-constrained interactions using a panel of engineered pMHCI mutants that retain faithful TCR interactions but exhibit a spectrum of affinities for CD8 of >1,000-fold. Data modeling generates a "stabilization factor" that preferentially increases the predicted TCR triggering rate for low affinity pMHCI ligands, thereby suggesting an important role for CD8 in the phenomenon of T cell cross-reactivity.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens/chemistry
- Biophysics/methods
- Biotinylation
- CD8 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD8 Antigens/chemistry
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Epitopes/chemistry
- Flow Cytometry
- Genes, MHC Class I/genetics
- Genetic Engineering
- HIV-1/metabolism
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/metabolism
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Ligands
- Models, Chemical
- Mutation
- Protein Binding
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Time Factors
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- Linda Wooldridge
- T Cell Modulation Group, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3SY, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NF, United Kingdom
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- Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- T Cell Modulation Group, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3SY, United Kingdom
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- T Cell Modulation Group, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3SY, United Kingdom
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- T Cell Modulation Group, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3SY, United Kingdom
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- T Cell Modulation Group, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3SY, United Kingdom
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- Human Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Human Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Human Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- T Cell Modulation Group, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3SY, United Kingdom
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Holman PO, Walsh ER, Jameson SC. Characterizing the impact of CD8 antibodies on class I MHC multimer binding. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:3986-91. [PMID: 15778355 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.7.3986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Many studies have suggested that CD8 Abs affect the binding of class I MHC tetramers/multimers to CD8(+) T cells, which has led to the interpretation that CD8 participates directly in multimer binding. In contrast, a recent publication has argued that CD8 Abs instead cause reorganization of TCR distribution and hence have an indirect effect on multimer binding to the TCR alone. We address these issues by testing the role of CD8 and the impact of CD8 Abs on the binding of normal and mutant multimers to Ag-specific mouse T cells. Our data suggest that, in this system, CD8 Abs act directly on CD8 and only mediate their effects on multimer binding when CD8 is capable of binding to the multimer. These data reinforce the paradigm that CD8 plays an active and direct role in binding of class I MHC multimers.
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- Philmore O Holman
- Center for Immunology and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Subbramanian RA, Moriya C, Martin KL, Peyerl FW, Hasegawa A, Naoi A, Chhay H, Autissier P, Gorgone DA, Lifton MA, Kuus-Reichel K, Schmitz JE, Letvin NL, Kuroda MJ. Engineered T-cell receptor tetramers bind MHC-peptide complexes with high affinity. Nat Biotechnol 2004; 22:1429-34. [PMID: 15502816 DOI: 10.1038/nbt1024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2004] [Accepted: 09/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In this study we extend tetramerization technology to T-cell receptors (TCRs). We identified TCR alpha beta pairs in the absence of accessory molecules, ensuring isolation of high-affinity TCRs that maintain stable binding characteristics after tetramerization. Subtle changes in cognate peptide levels bound to the class I molecule were accurately reflected by parallel changes in the mean fluorescence intensity of cells that bound TCR tetramers, allowing us to accurately assess the binding affinity of a panel of peptides to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I. Using a TCR tetramer specific for the Mamu-A(*)01 allele, we identified animals expressing this restricting class I allele from a large cohort of outbred rhesus macaques. TCR tetramers should facilitate analysis of the MHC-peptide interface and, more generally, the design of immunotherapeutics and vaccines.
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- Ramu A Subbramanian
- Division of Viral Pathogenesis, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Cheeseman JH, Kaiser MG, Lamont SJ. Genetic line effect on peripheral blood leukocyte cell surface marker expression in chickens. Poult Sci 2004; 83:911-6. [PMID: 15206617 DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.6.911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To determine the role of genetics in baseline lymphocyte parameters, several distinct lines of chickens were examined for differences in peripheral blood leukocyte (PBL) populations. Four highly inbred chicken lines (MHC congenic Fayoumi lines M15.2 and M5.1, and MHC congenic Leghorn lines G-B1 and G-B2), two advanced intercrosses [F5 (Broiler x G-B2) and F5 (Broiler x M15.2)], and an outbred population of broilers were used. Leukocytes isolated from healthy adult birds were labeled with monoclonal antibodies: chCD3, chCD4, chCD8, chBu-1, and hCD14. Flow cytometry was used to determine the total percentage of positively labeled cells for each surface marker in a sample, as well as the mean fluorescent intensity, or surface marker density, of a labeled subset. Significant line differences for percentage positive CD3 T cells and the ratio of B cells:T cells (represented by the Bu-1:CD3 ratio) were found. The effect of line was also significant for CD3 and CD8 T cell receptor density. Effects of sex and MHC on PBL cell surface marker expression were not significant in the lines examined. This study demonstrates the effect of genetic line on resting leukocyte composition of peripheral blood in the chicken lines examined. Observed PBL differences add to our growing knowledge of the varied roles that immune system status (defined by specific cell populations) and genetic background have in determining susceptibility and disease progression in chickens.
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- J H Cheeseman
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3150, USA
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Rudolph MG, Shen LQ, Lamontagne SA, Luz JG, Delaney JR, Ge Q, Cho BK, Palliser D, McKinley CA, Chen J, Wilson IA, Eisen HN. A Peptide That Antagonizes TCR-Mediated Reactions with Both Syngeneic and Allogeneic Agonists: Functional and Structural Aspects. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:2994-3002. [PMID: 14978103 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.5.2994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We identify and consider some characteristics of a peptide antagonist for the Ag-specific receptor on 2C cells (the 2C TCR). The peptide, GNYSFYAL (called GNY), binds to H-2K(b), and a very high-resolution crystal structure of the GNY-K(b) complex at 1.35 A is described. Although the GNY peptide does not bind to L(d), the potency of GNY-K(b) as an antagonist is evident from its ability to specifically inhibit 2C TCR-mediated reactions to an allogenic agonist complex (QLSPFPFDL-L(d)), as well as to a syngeneic agonist complex (SIYRYYGL-K(b)). The crystal structure and the activities of alanine-substituted peptide variants point to the properties of the peptide P4 side chain and the conformation of the Tyr-P6 side chain as the structural determinants of GNYSFYAL antagonist activity.
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MESH Headings
- Alanine/metabolism
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acid Substitution/immunology
- Animals
- Arginine/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Clone Cells
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Female
- H-2 Antigens/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigen H-2D
- Isoantigens/physiology
- Lysine/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Oligopeptides/chemistry
- Oligopeptides/metabolism
- Oligopeptides/physiology
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/agonists
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/physiology
- Serine/metabolism
- Structure-Activity Relationship
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- Markus G Rudolph
- Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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When T-cell clones were first grown in long-term cell culture, each clone was considered to be capable of displaying a limited range of functional activities, constrained by the clones' coreceptor, CD4 or CD8, and the specificity of its antigen-specific receptor (TCR) for one or a few peptides in association with a class I or class II MHC molecule. Subsequent studies, especially with transgenic mice, have shown, however, that T cells expressing the same receptor can be obtained in a variety of differentiated states, including naïve cells, activated effector cells, memory cells, and anergic or tolerant cells, as well as cells with or without a coreceptor. In each of these states T cells can display distinctly different responses to the peptide-MHC (pepMHC) complexes the TCR recognizes. Recently, memory T cells have received considerable attention, in part because of the likelihood that they confer long-term protective immunity against diverse infectious agents and possibly against some forms of cancer. Here we review some recent studies that our colleagues and we have carried out on memory CD8(+) T cells. These studies have made extensive use of cells that express the TCR called 2C. The diverse set of cells expressing the 2C TCR, in mice and in cultured clones and cell lines, are referred to as the 2C system. Before reviewing the studies of memory cells, we summarize the 2C system's main features, including evidence that a large and diverse array of pepMHC complexes, involving at least four class I MHC proteins, can stimulate TCR-mediated responses of 2C cells.
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- Jianzhu Chen
- Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, E17-128, 40 Ames Street, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Holler PD, Kranz DM. Quantitative analysis of the contribution of TCR/pepMHC affinity and CD8 to T cell activation. Immunity 2003; 18:255-64. [PMID: 12594952 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(03)00019-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The relative roles of CD8, TCR:pepMHC affinity, and TCR:pepMHC dissociation rate in T cell activation have remained controversial. To determine the relationships among these factors, we used T cells transfected with normal and in vitro engineered alphabeta TCRs, in the presence or absence of CD8. The TCRs exhibited a wide range of affinities (K(D) values of 80 microM to 5 nM). T cells with the highest affinity TCRs were efficiently stimulated by peptide, with or without CD8. In contrast, CD8 was required for T cells that expressed TCRs with affinities typical of syngeneic reactions (K(D) values above approximately 3 microM). The results suggest that virtually all normal syngeneic interactions require CD8, which enhances peptide sensitivity by one million-fold or more.
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- Phillip D Holler
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Buslepp J, Kerry SE, Loftus D, Frelinger JA, Appella E, Collins EJ. High affinity xenoreactive TCR:MHC interaction recruits CD8 in absence of binding to MHC. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:373-83. [PMID: 12496422 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.1.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The TCR from a xenoreactive murine cytotoxic T lymphocyte clone, AHIII 12.2, recognizes murine H-2D(b) complexed with peptide p1058 (FAPGFFPYL) as well as human HLA-A2.1 complexed with human self-peptide p1049 (ALWGFFPVL). To understand more about T cell biology and cross-reactivity, the ectodomains of the AHIII 12.2 TCR have been produced in E. coli as inclusion bodies and the protein folded to its native conformation. Flow cytometric and surface plasmon resonance analyses indicate that human p1049/A2 has a significantly greater affinity for the murine AHIII 12.2 TCR than does murine p1058/D(b). Yet, T cell binding and cytolytic activity are independent of CD8 when stimulated with human p1049/A2 as demonstrated with anti-CD8 Abs that block CD8 association with MHC. Even in the absence of direct CD8 binding, stimulation of AHIII 12.2 T cells with "CD8-independent" p1049/A2 produces p56(lck) activation and calcium flux. Confocal fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence resonance energy transfer flow cytometry demonstrate CD8 is recruited to the site of TCR:peptide MHC binding. Taken together, these results indicate that there exists another mechanism for recruitment of CD8 during high affinity TCR:peptide MHC engagement.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/genetics
- Antigens, Heterophile/metabolism
- CD8 Antigens/metabolism
- CD8 Antigens/physiology
- CHO Cells
- Cell Line
- Clone Cells
- Cricetinae
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- H-2 Antigens/genetics
- H-2 Antigens/metabolism
- HLA-A2 Antigen/genetics
- HLA-A2 Antigen/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigen H-2D
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Oligopeptides/immunology
- Oligopeptides/metabolism
- Protein Binding/genetics
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/biosynthesis
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Surface Plasmon Resonance
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
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- Jennifer Buslepp
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Lee PUY, Kranz DM. Allogeneic and syngeneic class I MHC complexes drive the association of CD8 and TCR on 2C T cells. Mol Immunol 2003; 39:687-95. [PMID: 12531280 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(02)00259-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In most cases, cytotoxic T cell activation is dependent on the interaction of the T cell receptor (TCR) and CD8 with MHC class I molecules. In the CD8(+) T cell system based on the mouse cytotoxic T cell clone 2C, recognition of the allogeneic MHC L(d) exhibits a less significant role for CD8 than recognition of the syngeneic MHC K(b). Here, we examined whether this difference is related to the relative abilities of the two pepMHC complexes to drive the association of CD8 and TCR on the T cell surface. We show that both the syngeneic and allogeneic pepMHC induced association of CD8 and TCR, as revealed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Thus, the orientation of the syngeneic and allogeneic ligands when bound to the same TCR both allow CD8 to be recruited to the TCR complex. The conserved diagonal orientation of TCRs on different pepMHC ligands may facilitate such associations. The FRET results are consistent with the known binding properties and the CD8 involvement of the two different TCR:pepMHC interactions.
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- Peter U Y Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Ge Q, Stone JD, Thompson MT, Cochran JR, Rushe M, Eisen HN, Chen J, Stern LJ. Soluble peptide-MHC monomers cause activation of CD8+ T cells through transfer of the peptide to T cell MHC molecules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:13729-34. [PMID: 12374859 PMCID: PMC129758 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.212515299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/26/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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T cell receptor (TCR)-mediated activation of CD4(+) T cells is known to require multivalent engagement of the TCR by, for example, oligomeric peptide-MHC complexes. In contrast, for CD8(+) T cells, there is evidence for TCR-mediated activation by univalent engagement of the TCR. We have here compared oligomeric and monomeric L(d) and K(b) peptide-MHC complexes and free peptide as stimulators of CD8(+) T cells expressing the 2C TCR. We found that the monomers are indeed effective in activating naive and effector CD8(+) T cells, but through an unexpected mechanism that involves transfer of peptide from soluble monomers to T cell endogenous MHC (K(b)) molecules. The result is that T cells, acting as antigen-presenting cells, are able to activate other naive T cells.
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- Qing Ge
- Department of Biology, Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Luz JG, Huang M, Garcia KC, Rudolph MG, Apostolopoulos V, Teyton L, Wilson IA. Structural comparison of allogeneic and syngeneic T cell receptor-peptide-major histocompatibility complex complexes: a buried alloreactive mutation subtly alters peptide presentation substantially increasing V(beta) Interactions. J Exp Med 2002; 195:1175-86. [PMID: 11994422 PMCID: PMC2193710 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20011644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The crystal structures of the 2C/H-2K(bm3)-dEV8 allogeneic complex at 2.4 A and H-2K(bm3)-dEV8 at 2.15 A, when compared with their syngeneic counterparts, elucidate structural changes that induce an alloresponse. The Asp77Ser mutation that imbues H-2K(bm3)-dEV8 with its alloreactive properties is located beneath the peptide and does not directly contact the T cell receptor (TCR). However, the buried mutation induces local rearrangement of the peptide itself to preserve hydrogen bonding interactions between the peptide and the alpha(1) 77 residue. The COOH terminus of the peptide main chain is tugged toward the alpha(1)-helix such that its presentation to the TCR is altered. These changes increase the stability of the allogeneic peptide-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) complex and increase complementarity in the TCR-pMHC interface, placing greater emphasis on recognition of the pMHC by the TCR beta-chain, evinced by an increase in shape complementarity, buried surface area, and number of TCR-pMHC contacting residues. A nearly fourfold increase in the number of beta-chain-pMHC contacts is accompanied by a concomitant 64% increase in beta-chain-pMHC shape complementarity. Thus, the allogeneic mutation causes the same peptide to be presented differently, temporally and spatially, by the allogeneic and syngeneic MHCs.
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- John G Luz
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Genetic experiments indicate similarity between binding sites on MHC class I (MHCI) for CD8 and on MHCII for CD4, but the crystal structures of CD8/MHCI and CD4/MHCII complexes suggest critical differences between the interfaces in the two complexes. Biophysical analyses using ectodomains of co-receptors and MHC molecules demonstrate extremely fast kinetics and low-affinity interactions. Experiments with soluble multimeric MHC ligands suggest that CD4 and CD8 may differ in the mechanisms by which they promote the formation of ternary TCR/MHC/co-receptor complexes. Co-receptor-influenced duration of TCR signaling controls thymocyte selection. In naïve T cells, CD4/MHCII interactions may promote T-cell survival. Temporal and spatial analysis of TCR and CD4 co-clustering in the immunological synapse suggests that CD4 recruitment is regulated by the half-life of the initial TCR/MHCII complex. Diverse experimental systems have yielded conflicting data that have helped to formulate revised mechanistic models of co-receptor function.
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- Rolf König
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Sealy Center for Molecular Science, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1070, USA
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Kambayashi T, Assarsson E, Chambers BJ, Ljunggren HG. IL-2 down-regulates the expression of TCR and TCR-associated surface molecules on CD8(+) T cells. Eur J Immunol 2001; 31:3248-54. [PMID: 11745341 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200111)31:11<3248::aid-immu3248>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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CD8(+) T cells are known to down-regulate the TCR complex upon ligation with its cognate MHC class I-peptide complex. In the present report, we demonstrate that stimulation of CD8(+) T cells with cytokines also leads to down-regulation of the TCR complex and TCR-associated surface molecules. A significant reduction of TCRalpha beta, CD3, CD8alpha and CD8beta surface expression was observed when CD8(+) T cells were cultured in IL-2 and to a lesser extent in IL-4 or IL-15. The down-regulation was apparent after 2 days of culture and was observed at IL-2 concentrations as low as 10 U/ml. Using TCR transgenic mice, we found that the down-regulation was associated with a decreased affinity of CD8(+) T cells to MHC class I-peptide complexes, as determined by MHC class I tetramer staining. Furthermore, the antigen-specific proliferation of IL-2-pre-activated CD8(+) T cells was significantly reduced compared to naive CD8(+) T cells or to CD8(+) T cells previously stimulated with peptide-pulsed dendritic cells. Moreover, only CD8alpha(high) but not CD8alpha(low) cells sorted from IL-2-activated CD8(+) T cells proliferated in response to specific antigen, although both subsets proliferated equally well to IL-2. Taken together, these data suggest that the down-regulation of TCR components and a subsequent decrease in affinity towards MHC class I-peptide complexes may be a mechanism by which TCR-dependent proliferation of non-specifically activated CD8(+) T cells is avoided.
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- T Kambayashi
- Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Holler PD, Lim AR, Cho BK, Rund LA, Kranz DM. CD8(-) T cell transfectants that express a high affinity T cell receptor exhibit enhanced peptide-dependent activation. J Exp Med 2001; 194:1043-52. [PMID: 11602635 PMCID: PMC2193521 DOI: 10.1084/jem.194.8.1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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T cells are activated by binding of the T cell receptor (TCR) to a peptide-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) complex (pMHC) expressed on the surface of antigen presenting cells. Various models have predicted that activation is limited to a narrow window of affinities (or dissociation rates) for the TCR-pMHC interaction and that above or below this window, T cells will fail to undergo activation. However, to date there have not been TCRs with sufficiently high affinities in order to test this hypothesis. In this report we examined the activity of a CD8-negative T cell line transfected with a high affinity mutant TCR (K(D) = 10 nM) derived from cytotoxic T lymphocyte clone 2C by in vitro engineering. The results show that despite a 300-fold higher affinity and a 45-fold longer off-rate compared with the wild-type TCR, T cells that expressed the mutant TCRs were activated by peptide. In fact, activation could be detected at significantly lower peptide concentrations than with T cells that expressed the wild-type TCR. Furthermore, binding and functional analyses of a panel of peptide variants suggested that pMHC stability could account for apparent discrepancies between TCR affinity and T cell activity observed in several prior studies.
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- Phillip D. Holler
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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Ge Q, Rao VP, Cho BK, Eisen HN, Chen J. Dependence of lymphopenia-induced T cell proliferation on the abundance of peptide/ MHC epitopes and strength of their interaction with T cell receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:1728-33. [PMID: 11172019 PMCID: PMC29325 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.98.4.1728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Factors that affect naive T cell proliferation in syngeneic lymphopenic hosts were investigated. 2C T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic T cells lacking both CD8 and CD4 survived but hardly proliferated. Proliferation of CD8(+) 2C cells was proportional to the abundance of cognate peptide/MHC complexes and was severely inhibited by injection of anti-CD8 antibody. Weakly reactive self-peptides slightly enhanced CD8(+) 2C cell proliferation whereas a potent agonist peptide promoted much more rapid proliferation, but inflammation-stimulating adjuvant had only a small effect on the rate of cell proliferation. The findings suggest that under uniform lymphopenic conditions, the widely different rates of proliferation of T cells expressing various TCR, or the same TCR in the presence or absence of CD8, reflect the strength of interaction between TCR and MHC associated with particular self-peptides.
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Affiliation(s)
- Q Ge
- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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