title: Comparison of a T cell clone and of T cells from a TCR transgenic mouse: TCR transgenic T cells specific for self-antigen are atypical.
abstract: It has been widely assumed that T cells from TCR-transgenic (Tg) mice better represent the behavior of T cells from normal mice than do in vitro cultures of T cell clones. We have found that autoreactive T cells arising in the presumably more physiological environment of the BDC-2.5 TCR-Tg mouse, despite being apparently "naive" in surface phenotype, are highly activated functionally and do not resemble CD4(+) T cells from a spontaneously diabetic nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse or the NOD-derived, diabetogenic CD4(+) T cell clone of origin, BDC-2.5. Our results suggest that autoreactive T cells cloned from the spontaneously diabetic NOD mouse more closely resemble effector T cells arising during the natural disease process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dobbs
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haskins
mesh_terms: D019264:Adoptive Transfer; D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000235:genetics*; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D002999:Clone Cells; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D016023:Integrins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D007399:Interphase / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D019041:L-Selectin / Q000276:immunology; D007939:Leukemia L1210; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000235:genetics; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D016513:Mice, SCID; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D054353:Perforin; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D052899:Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins; D011236:Prediabetic State / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000637:transplantation; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation; D014162:Transfection; D019076:Transgenes / Q000276:immunology*; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D001324:Autoantigens; D016207:Cytokines; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D016023:Integrins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D052899:Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D019014:fas Receptor; C071777:integrin alpha4beta7; D054353:Perforin; D019041:L-Selectin; D019000:Phosphotyrosine