title: Dominantly inherited expression of BID, an invariant undiversified T cell receptor delta chain.
abstract: In BALB/c lung and lymph node gamma delta T cells, a large fraction of the expressed V delta 5 genes consist of an invariant sequence, BID (for BALB/c invariant delta). BID results from a direct joining of the V delta 5, D delta 2, and J delta 1 segments, which conserve their complete germline coding sequences. In C57BL/6 (H-2b) mice, where identical and functional segments are present in the germline, BID is absent. It appears that BID+ gamma delta T cells are positively selected by factors encoded outside of the classical MHC region, as indicated by their dominance in F1(C57BL/6 x BALB/c) and in BALB.B (H-2b) mice. Additional observations, including the expression of BID in BALB/c nu/nu but not in C57BL/6 nu/nu mice, suggest that the expansion of BID+ T cells essentially occurs extrathymically.
authors.affiliation: Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Augustin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D003062:Codon; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell