Essential requirement for major histocompatibility complex recognition in T-cell tolerance induction.
The induction of T-cell responses involves the recognition of extrinsic antigen in association with antigens of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), in mice and man, with different T cells recognizing antigen in association with either class I (H-2K/D, HLA-A, B, C) or class II (Ia, HLA-D/DR) MHC antigens. However, the requirement of MHC recognition in the induction of immunological tolerance remains ill defined. With human T helper clones recognizing synthetic peptides of influenza haemagglutinin (HA-1), we have investigated the nature of antigen-induced stimulation, and antigen-induced antigen-specific unresponsiveness, immunological tolerance. Tolerance is not due to cell death, as the cells remain responsive to interleukin-2 and is associated with the loss of T3 antigen from the cell surface. Using monoclonal antibodies to the non-polymorphic regions of human class II antigens to inhibit the induction of T-cell tolerance we report here that induction of tolerance requires the recognition of MHC antigens.
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002999:Clone Cells; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D051379:Mice; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology
D000939:Epitopes; D006680:HLA Antigens