Two separate mechanisms of T cell clonal anergy to Mls-1.
T cell tolerance to superantigen can be mediated by clonal anergy in which Ag-specific mature T cells are physically present but are not able to mount an immune response. We induced T cell unresponsiveness to minor lymphocyte stimulations locus antigen (Mls)-1a in mice transgenic for TCR V beta 8.1 in three different systems: 1) injection of Mls-1a spleen cells, 2) mating with Mls-1a mice, and 3) bone marrow (BM) chimeras in which Mls-1a is present only on nonhematopoietic cells. CD4+8-V beta 8.1+ cells from all these groups did not proliferate in response to irradiated spleen cells from Mls-1a mice. We compared the response of these cells by T cell/stimulator cell conjugate formation, Ca2+ mobilization, and proliferation assays. The mechanisms underlying the unresponsiveness of these T cells appear to differ. CD4+8-V beta 8.1+ cells from Mls-1a spleen cell-injected mice mobilized cytoplasmic Ca2+ but proliferated at a reduced level in response to cross-linking with anti-TCR mAb. However, these cells formed conjugates, mobilized Ca2+, and proliferated in response to Mls-1a when activated B cells were used as stimulators, although they produced reduced levels of IL-2. In Mls-1a/b V beta 8.1 transgenic mice, a subset in CD4+8-V beta 8.1+ cells did not mobilize cytoplasmic Ca2+ after TCR cross-linking. Their conjugate formation, Ca2+ mobilization, or proliferation in response to Mls-1a on activated B cells was undetectable. Finally, CD4+8-V beta 8.1+ cells from the BM chimeras proliferated to TCR cross-linking at a partially reduced level and formed conjugates, mobilized Ca2+, and proliferated in response to Mls-1a on activated B cells. These features suggest that the mechanisms underlying the maintenance of anergy in Mls-1a spleen cell-injected mice are distinct from those in Mls-1a mice.
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6082.
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D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002678:Chimera; D017635:Clonal Anergy; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D016747:Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000032:analysis; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D016747:Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Antigens; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D002118:Calcium