title: The T cell receptor V alpha 11 gene family. Analysis of allelic sequence polymorphism and demonstration of J alpha region-dependent recognition by allele-specific antibodies.
abstract: Allelic polymorphism in TCR loci may play an important role in shaping the T cell repertoire and in disease susceptibility. We have used a combination of antibody and sequence analysis to investigate polymorphism in the murine V alpha 11 family. Two different antibodies have been analyzed that recognize particular V alpha 11 family members of the V alpha b and V alpha d haplotypes. One antibody shows J alpha dependency, suggesting a conformational element to the epitope. Investigation of the anti-V alpha 11 staining pattern on different mouse strains indicates that there is a marked influence of MHC haplotype on V alpha 11 selection and that V alpha 11 is preferentially expressed on CD4+ cells. Sequence analysis of V alpha 11 genes from the V alpha a, V alpha b, and V alpha d haplotypes shows two potential regions for the haplotype-specific epitopes. The relatedness of the different V alpha 11 family members from different haplotypes suggests that the V alpha 11.1/11.2 gene duplication is relatively recent, but that V alpha 11.3 separated much earlier. Differences between V alpha 11.3 and V alpha 11.1/11.2 are concentrated in the putative complementarity determining regions (CDR), whereas differences between alleles are not clearly clustered. However, the V alpha 11.1a and V alpha 11.1d alleles differ from V alpha 11.1b and V alpha 11.2b in CDR1. A V alpha 11.2-expressing anti-cytochrome c T cell has the same V-J junction as a V alpha 11.1-bearing cell with a similar fine specificity, indicating that V alpha 11.1b and V alpha 11.2b do not contribute different Ag specificities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Jameson
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kanagawa
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Gascoigne
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes; D015332:Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011828:Radiation Chimera; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D000939:Epitopes; D007518:Isoantibodies; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta