title: Control of MHC restriction by TCR Valpha CDR1 and CDR2.
abstract: Individual T cell receptor (TCR) Valpha elements are expressed preferentially in CD4 or CD8 peripheral T cell subsets. The closely related Valpha3.1 and Valpha3.2 elements show reciprocal selection into CD4 and CD8 subsets, respectively. Transgenic mice expressing site-directed mutants of a Valpha3.1 gene were used to show that individual residues in either the complementarity-determining region 1 (CDR1) or CDR2 were sufficient to change selection from the CD4 subset to the CD8 subset. Thus, the germline-encoded Valpha elements are a major influence on major histocompatibility class complex (MHC) restriction, most likely by a preferential interaction with one or the other class of MHC molecule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zerva
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Gascoigne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000276:immunology*; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D019076:Transgenes
chemical_list: D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta