title: T-cell receptor V beta-element expression in peripheral nerves of Lewis rats suffering from experimental autoimmune neuritis.
abstract: In experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN), peripheral nerves are infiltrated by T-lymphocytes and macrophages. By RT-PCR and sequence analysis we characterized TCR V beta-element usage in sciatic nerve tissue of Lewis rats suffering from EAN induced by immunization with peripheral myelin antigens. Several TCR V beta-chain sequences were detected, which did not show homology to sequences of P2-reactive T cells published so far. In EAN induced with peripheral nerve myelin, but not with P2-protein or P2 peptide aa 53-78, TCR V beta 8.2 sequences identical to sequences of encephalitogenic myelin basic protein (MBP) reactive T-cells were identified. These results provide further evidence for a contribution of MBP-directed T-cell reactivity to the pathogenesis of myelin induced EAN and may have implications for the pathogenesis of human demyelinating neuropathies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Weilbach
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Hartung
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Toyka
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giegerich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009443:Neuritis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; C109168:T-cell receptor Vbeta 8.2