Dual HLA class I and class II restricted recognition of alloreactive T lymphocytes mediated by a single T cell receptor complex
AUTOR(ES)
Heemskerk, Mirjam H. M.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
The alloreactive human T cell clone MBM15 was found to exhibit dual specificity recognizing both an antigen in the context of the HLA class I A2 molecule and an antigen in the context of the HLA class II DR1. We demonstrated that the dual reactivity that was mediated via a single clonal T cell population depended on specific peptide binding. For complete recognition of the HLA-A2-restricted specificity the interaction of CD8 with HLA class I is essential. Interestingly, interaction of the CD8 molecule with HLA class I contributed to the HLA-DR1-restricted specificity. T cell clone MBM15 expressed two in-frame T cell receptor (TCR) Vα transcripts (Vα1 and Vα2) and one TCR Vβ transcript (Vβ13). To elucidate whether two TCR complexes were responsible for the dual recognition or one complex, cytotoxic T cells were transduced with retroviral vectors encoding the different TCR chains. Only T cells transduced with the TCR Vα1Vβ13 combination specifically recognized both the HLA-A2+ and HLA-DR1+ target cells, whereas the Vα2Vβ13 combination did not result in a TCR on the cell surface. Thus a single TCRαβ complex can have dual specificity, recognizing both a peptide in the context of HLA class I as well as a peptide in the context of HLA class II. Transactivation of T cells by an unrelated antigen in the context of HLA class II may evoke an HLA class I-specific T cell response. We propose that this finding may have major implications for immunotherapeutic interventions and insight into the development of autoimmune diseases.
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