title: Activation and migration of allo-peptide specific TCR transgenic T cells in cardiac allograft rejection.
abstract: T cells from TCR transgenic mice, expressing receptors specific for an allogeneic MHC class I peptide, were used to track T cell activation and migration in normal adoptive recipients that were subsequently transplanted with heterotopic hearts that were syngeneic except for a transgenic MHC class I antigen. T cells rapidly disappeared from the blood into the lymphoid tissues where they were activated within one day after transplantation. T cells initially formed discrete clusters in the spleen and lymph nodes. After proliferating for 2-4 days in lymphoid tissues, T cells reappeared in the blood and migrated to the heart and the intestines. The T cells underwent another round of proliferation in the heart, but not the intestines, and induced cardiac rejection uniformly on 6 day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233-7331, USA.
authors.forename: Kazuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Honjo
authors.forename: Xiao Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kapp
authors.forename: R Pat
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Bucy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002465:Cell Movement; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000276:immunology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009206:Myocardium / Q000276:immunology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D016196:S Phase; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell