title: Determination of tolerance to self E alpha peptides by clonal elimination of H-2E reactive T cells and antigen presentation by H-2A molecules.
abstract: A series of three synthetic peptides spanning H-2E alpha k chain residues (90-110), (110-130), and (130-150) were synthesized and purified. Mice representative of H-2E- (B6, B10, B10.M, B10.Q, B10.S) and H-2E+ (B10.D2, B10.K, B10.RIII) were immunized with individual peptides and lymph node cells challenged in vitro. Both B6 and B10 mice respond to in vitro challenge to peptides (90-110) (cpm 20,000), (110-130) (cpm 40,000), and (130-150) (cpm 60,000). In contrast all H-2E+ haplotypes were unresponsive to all three peptides (cpms < 10,000). Furthermore, B10 mice could be rendered hyporesponsive to E alpha k peptide challenge following expression of an E alpha k transgene or mating to an H-2E+ strain. The H-2Ad,k,f,q,s alleles were associated with reduced peptide recognition. Furthermore, alteration of the H-2A beta chain in bm12 mutant mice resulted in impaired responses to all three peptides. Immunization with synthetic peptides comprising major histocompatibility molecules may yield insights into mechanisms of self-tolerance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Krco
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Beito
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000276:immunology; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D006183:H-2 Antigens