title: CD8+ T cell response to Mls-1a determinants involves major histocompatibility complex class II molecules.
abstract: Recent studies indicate that both CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes proliferate in vitro in response to Mls-1a-encoded determinants. Using both immunogenetic and antibody blocking approaches we show here that Mls-1a responses of both subsets require expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules (I-A and/or I-E) by the stimulator cells. Furthermore, CD8+ T cell responses to Mls-1a/class II MHC do not require (and are in fact inhibited by) the presence of functional CD8 molecules. Taken together, our data underscore the dramatic differences between CD8+ T cell responses to conventional peptide antigens as opposed to "superantigens" such as Mls-1a.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, Epalinges, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chvatchko
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: MacDonald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology*; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D016747:Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Antigens; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D016747:Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Antigens; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell