title: V beta 17 gene polymorphism in wild-derived mouse strains: two amino acid substitutions in the V beta 17 region greatly alter T cell receptor specificity.
abstract: Of 41 wild-derived mouse strains analyzed, 14 contained T cells bearing V beta 17 receptors in spite of the concomitant expression of I-E antigens. Reciprocal F1 and F2 hybrids of one of these strains, PWK, with laboratory strains revealed different patterns of V beta 17 T cell deletions from those observed with V beta 17 T cells from SJL, implying that the two V beta 17 regions are associated with recognition of distinct superantigens. The structures of the V beta 17 alleles differ by two amino acid substitutions, which lie together in an area distant from the predicted site of T cell receptor interaction with peptide-MHC complexes but overlapping with that implicated in V beta 8.2 recognition of Mls-1 superantigen. This demonstrates that the self-superantigen leading to V beta 17 T cell deletion varies with the allele of the receptor gene and confirms that T cell deletions by such ligands involve interactions with a region of the V beta domain that is distinct from the conventional combining site.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'Immunochimie Analytique, CNRS URA 359, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cazenave
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Marche
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jouvin-Marche
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Voegtlé
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonhomme
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bandeira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coutinho
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell