T cell receptor interactions with class I heavy-chain influence T cell selection

AUTOR(ES)

Kuhns, Scott T.

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

The interaction of the T cell receptor (TCR) with peptide in the binding site of the major histocompatibility complex molecule provides the basis for T cell recognition during immune surveillance, repertoire development, and tolerance. Little is known about the extent to which repertoire selection is influenced directly by variation of the structure of the class I heavy chain. We find that the 2C TCR, normally positively selected in the context of the Kb molecule, is minimally selected into the CD8 lineage in the absence of antigen-processing genes. This finding underscores the importance of peptides in determining the positive-selecting class I ligands in the thymus. In contrast, Kbm3, a variant class I molecule that normally exerts a negative selection pressure on 2C-bearing T cells, positively selects 2C transgenic T cells into the CD8 lineage in an antigen-processing gene-deficient environment. These findings indicate that structural changes in the heavy chain can have direct influence in T cell recognition, from which we conclude that the nature of TCR interaction with class I heavy chain influences the array of TCRs selected during development of the functional adult repertoire.

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