title: Conserved V(D)J junctional sequence of cross-reactive cytotoxic T cell receptor idiotype and the effect of a single amino acid substitution.
abstract: A dominant T cell population bearing the cross-reactive idiotype of T cell antigen receptor (TcR) has been obtained using an anti-TcR monoclonal antibody (mAb) developed in syngeneic mice. Forty-four cytotoxic T cell (CTL) clones with reactivity to a mAb (N9-127) were selected out of 396 H-2Db-restricted CTL clones specific for FBL-3 tumor antigen from C57BL/6 mice. These CTL clones were divided into two groups according to the blocking pattern of cytotoxic activities with mAb N9-127. All eight CTL clones chosen from both groups expressed TcR with a specific combination of alpha and beta chains (V alpha 1J alpha 112-2/V beta 10D beta 2.1J beta 2.7), and the difference in the blocking susceptibility resided in a single amino acid substitution (Gly to Asp) in the D-J joint of beta chain. This provides direct evidence for the molecular basis of cross-reactive idiotypes of TcR recognized by mAb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsubayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwashiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuribayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001483:Base Sequence; D002999:Clone Cells; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta