title: Utilization of the MHC class I (H-2Kb) purified molecule and its synthetic peptides for inhibition of Kb-specific suppressor T cells and their induction in vivo by the MHC peptides.
abstract: Six synthetic peptides of the MHC class I molecule corresponding to individual H-2Kb participants in amino acid sequences of domains alpha 1 (peptide 1 and 2) and alpha 2 (peptides 3, 4, 5, 6) were selected. Kb-specific suppressor T cells (Ts) were induced in vivo in mice, then pretreated with a set of peptides and assayed by proliferation decrease in a three-cell lymphocyte culture (MLC). The effector function of Ts was abolished by the complex of the alpha 2-domain peptides (but not by the alpha 1-domain peptides) and decreased by particular peptides separately (4, 5, 6) of the alpha 2-domain. Both alpha 1- and alpha 2-domain peptides, added in high concentration, decreased otherwise efficient enrichment of Ts during the absorption-elution procedure on the syngeneic macrophage (M psi) monolayers. A similar significant effect was observed using the purified Kb molecule (100 micrograms/ml) in the allogeneic M psi monolayer. Interaction between Ts receptors and some MHC peptides indicates in effector Ts activation in vivo by induction with peptides 5 and 6 of the alpha 2-domain. The fine mechanisms of interaction between MHC class I molecule epitopes and T-cell receptors of each of the T-cell subsets separately are presently being studied.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Regulatory Mechanisms of Immunity, Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Brondz
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Anfalova
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Pavlova
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Pankratova
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kojich
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Moshnikov
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D005260:Female; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D006183:H-2 Antigens; C032876:H-2Kb protein, mouse; D010455:Peptides