title: Characterization of two TCR transgenic mouse lines specific for herpes simplex virus.
abstract: To better understand the T cell-mediated processes involved in the immune response to herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)infection, two HSV-specific T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mouse lines were produced. These mice (gBT-I.1 and gBT-I.3) are MHC class I-restricted and specific for the immunodominant peptide from HSV glycoprotein B (gB), gB498-505. Although derived from the same clone, the mice differ in the chromosomal location of the TCR transgenes and show marked differences in TCR alpha/beta expression on both CD4+ and CD8+ cells in the thymus. Despite this, peripheral CD8+ Tcells from both mice express equally high levels of the transgenic TCR and bind the KbgB498-505 tetramer to the same degree. In concordance with this, both were shown to respond equally well in vitro upon stimulation with the gB498-505 peptide or HSV-infected cells. These data show that selection of broadly equivalent peripheral T-cell subsets can occur in the presence of distinctly different thymic T-cell subsets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Scott N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: WilliamR
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: Julie D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: McLain
authors.forename: Francis R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: Claerwen M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002999:Clone Cells; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005805:Genes, MHC Class I; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic / Q000276:immunology*; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C040495:glycoprotein B, Simplexvirus