V beta gene polymorphism and a major polyclonal T cell receptor idiotype.
Genetic polymorphism in the beta variable gene pool (V beta) is responsible for the strain-specific distribution of the KJ16 T cell receptor (TcR) marker on 20% of peripheral T cells. KJ16+ strains carry two homologous V beta genes that are absent in KJ16- strains. All functional KJ16+ T cell hybrids tested express a member of this V beta subset. mRNA hybridizing to this variable-region probe can be easily detected in total splenic T cells of a prototype KJ16+ strain. Thus, 20% of the TcR from the cytotoxic and helper T cell population, with various MHC restrictions and antigen reactivities, can be generated from two V beta genes. However, their deletion appears to have no effect on the functionality of the T cell repertoire.
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