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Recognition of xeno-(HLA, SLA) major histocompatibility complex antigens by mouse cytotoxic T cells is not H-2 restricted: a study with transgenic mice.

Abstract：

:Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) recognize antigens in the context of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I gene products. The T-cell receptor (TCR) that mediates this MHC-restricted antigen recognition recognizes short peptide fragments rather than the intact antigen. Presentation of peptides to the TCR may thus be a major function of the MHC. An intriguing question emerging from this model is whether peptide presentation also applies to foreign MHC antigens and which of the available MHC molecules can present preferentially the peptides of the foreign MHC molecule. Allo- and xenoreactive CTLs might either recognize native MHC class I molecules or peptides presented by self MHC or by the foreign class I MHC itself. The finding that synthetic peptides corresponding to MHC class I regions are recognized by allo- and xenoreactive CTLs suggests that recognition of foreign MHC by CTLs might involve degraded fragments presented by syngeneic class I molecules. We used MHC transgenic mice as a tool to study these questions. The CTL responses against human (HLA) antigen B27 were analyzed by using HLA-B27 transgenic mice with various H-2 haplotypes. We report here that mouse xeno-MHC-specific (anti-B27) CTLs are perfectly able to kill human and mouse cells expressing the appropriate xenoantigen and that in primary and secondary responses to xeno-MHC, the mouse T-cell repertoire does not use self-H-2 as a restriction element. Absence of H-2 restriction was confirmed by the lack (less than 1/10(6] of H-2-restricted HLA-specific CTL precursors. Therefore, H-2-restricted recognition of xeno-MHC antigens cannot be generalized as part of a classical MHC class I-specific response. These results indicate that xenoreactive CTLs usually recognize intact MHC molecules or MHC peptides preferentially presented by their native MHC molecule. We suggest the latter possibility.

journal_name

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors

Kievits F,Wijffels J,Lokhorst W,Ivanyi P

doi

10.1073/pnas.86.2.617

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-01-01 00:00:00

pages

617-20

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eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

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Recognition of xeno-(HLA, SLA) major histocompatibility complex antigens by mouse cytotoxic T cells is not H-2 restricted: a study with transgenic mice.