title: Activation of autoreactive T-cell clones from NZB.H-2bm12 mice.
abstract: We have previously established H-2bm12-restricted autoreactive T-cell clones from NZB.H-2bm12 mice which induce in-vitro production of IgG anti-dsDNA antibodies by syngeneic B cells. However, the mechanism underlying the activation of autoreactive T cells is not clear. We have taken advantage of the existence of L cells which were co-transfected with the A alpha b gene and independent A beta genes comprising all the permutations of amino acid residues distinguishing A beta b from A beta bm12. Using this panel of L cells expressing recombinant I-A molecules, 6/6 autoreactive T-cell lines responded significantly to the FT7.2 L cell transfectant expressing wild-type I-Abm12 as well as control APC from NZB.H-2bm12 or B6.C-H-2bm12 mice, but not to the other recombinant L-cell transfectants or to allogeneic APC. The fixation of APC with paraformaldehyde prior to co-culture led to dramatically diminished reactivity of all the autoreactive cloned T-cell lines tested. Interestingly, the inability of FT7.2 L cells to induce T-cell activation after paraformaldehyde fixation could be reconstituted by the addition of B/monocyte cells, but not T cells, from NZB.H-2bm12, NZB.H-2b or NZB(H-2d) mice and to a significantly lesser extent, from C57BL/6 (H-2b) and BALB/c (H-2d) mice. Conversely, when treated with either mitomycin C or cycloheximide, before incubation with autoreactive T cells and fixed FT7.2 cells, the ability of spleen cells from NZB.H-2b mice to reconstitute reactivity was reduced. Controls for these observations included KLH-specific T-cell clones from NZB.H-2bm12 mice, the T-cell hybridoma H66.3.6.54 specific for beef insulin and restricted to I-Ab, the IBM026 hybridoma specific for OVA and restricted to I-Abm12, and the TH2.2 hybridoma, and I-Ab antigen-presenting cell line.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, School of Medicine 95616.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naiki
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bill
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gershwin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002999:Clone Cells; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008814:Mice, Inbred NZB; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D001324:Autoantigens; D006183:H-2 Antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007074:Immunoglobulin G