T-cell-receptor gene usage of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans-reactive periodontal CD4+ T cells from localized juvenile periodontitis patients and human peripheral blood leukocyte-reconstituted NOD/SCID mice.
We investigated the variable Valpha and Vbeta gene usage of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans-reactive periodontal CD4+ T cell receptors (TCR) from: (i) four A. actinomycetemcomitans-infected localized juvenile periodontitis (LJP) patients, (ii) four groups of A. actinomycetemcomitans-inoculated NOD/SCID mice engrafted with individual LJP-derived HuPBL and (iii) HuPBL samples of four LJP patients and two healthy control subjects, by quantitative PCR analyses. The results show that: (i) the majority of the TCR genes (82.5% of Valpha and 91.1% of Vbeta) used by periodontal CD4+ T cells in A. actinomycetemcomitans-inoculated HuPBL-engrafted NOD/SCID mice overlap with those used by local periodontal T cells in LJP patients, (ii) although A. actinomycetemcomitans-reactive periodontal CD4+ TCR repertoire is relatively widespread, there are a few dominant genes shared by the LJP patients, suggesting a limited number of antigens or epitopes commonly recognized and (iii) A. actinomycetemcomitans likely lacks superantigenic characteristics. These results suggest A. actinomycetemcomitans-associated human CD4+ T cell repertoire established in HuPBL-NOD/SCID mice provides a useful approach to study specific aspects of immune-parasite interactions in the periodontium.
D016976:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans / Q000276:immunology*; D010520:Aggressive Periodontitis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000939:Epitopes / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D019673:Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha / Q000235:genetics*; D019674:Genes, T-Cell Receptor beta / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D016513:Mice, SCID; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics; D018089:Superantigens / Q000235:genetics
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000939:Epitopes; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D018089:Superantigens