Conserved TcR beta chain usage for a single MHC class II-restricted heat shock protein peptide.
Previously we have shown that the T-cell response against the HLA-DR3 (17)-restricted heat shock protein (Mr 65 000)-derived peptide amino acids (aa) 3-13 (hsp65 aa 3-13) is recognized by the exclusive usage of the TRBV5 gene as well as a conserved CDR3 region in a tuberculoid leprosy patient. In the present study we analyzed the TcR of T-cell clones specific for hsp65 aa 3-13 derived from three healthy individuals with a response level similar to that of the leprosy patient. We show that unlike the tuberculoid leprosy patient, healthy high responders have a diverse T-cell response to hsp65 aa 3-13. However, a striking observation was made: even though high responders have a diverse specific TcR repertoire, TRBV5-expressing clones from two healthy individuals could be isolated that were nearly identical to a dominant clone in the tuberculoid leprosy patient. In conclusion, the data show that restriction of TcR specific for an antigen correlates with the presence of that antigen in disease. However, the preferred TcR can also be detected in healthy high responders. A natural infection in vivo, as with the tuberculoid leprosy patient, may be responsible for the observed trimming and preferential outgrowth of a certain TcR.
Department of Immunohematology and Blood Bank, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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Hawes
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Struyk
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Beacock-Sharp
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Henwood
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Hill Gaston
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van den Elsen
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D018833:Chaperonins / Q000276:immunology*; D002999:Clone Cells; D022801:Complementarity Determining Regions; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D015333:Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor; D015803:HLA-DR3 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D007137:Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains / Q000235:genetics; D015441:Leprosy, Tuberculoid / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D022801:Complementarity Determining Regions; D015803:HLA-DR3 Antigen; D007137:Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; C074119:heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium; D004247:DNA; D018833:Chaperonins