T cell immunodominance is dictated by the positively selecting self-peptide
Naive T cell precursor frequency determines the magnitude of immunodominance. While a broad T cell repertoire requires diverse positively selecting self-peptides, how a single positively selecting ligand influences naive T cell precursor frequency remains undefined. We generated a transgenic mouse e...
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doaj-f8ffb3723fd2403fbaae3306d0c9a9d92021-05-04T22:58:31ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2014-01-01310.7554/eLife.01457T cell immunodominance is dictated by the positively selecting self-peptideWan-Lin Lo0Benjamin D Solomon1David L Donermeyer2Chyi-Song Hsieh3Paul M Allen4Department of Immunology and Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United StatesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United StatesDepartment of Immunology and Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United StatesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United StatesDepartment of Immunology and Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United StatesNaive T cell precursor frequency determines the magnitude of immunodominance. While a broad T cell repertoire requires diverse positively selecting self-peptides, how a single positively selecting ligand influences naive T cell precursor frequency remains undefined. We generated a transgenic mouse expressing a naturally occurring self-peptide, gp250, that positively selects an MCC-specific TCR, AND, as the only MHC class II I-Ek ligand to study the MCC highly organized immunodominance hierarchy. The single gp250/I-Ek ligand greatly enhanced MCC-tetramer+ CD4+ T cells, and skewed MCC-tetramer+ population toward V11α+Vβ3+, a major TCR pair in MCC-specific immunodominance. The gp250-selected V11α+Vβ3+ CD4+ T cells had a significantly increased frequency of conserved MCC-preferred CDR3 features. Our studies establish a direct and causal relationship between a selecting self-peptide and the specificity of the selected TCRs. Thus, an immunodominant T cell response can be due to a dominant positively selecting self-peptide.https://elifesciences.org/articles/01457positive selectionself-peptideimmunodominanceMCC response |
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Wan-Lin Lo Benjamin D Solomon David L Donermeyer Chyi-Song Hsieh Paul M Allen T cell immunodominance is dictated by the positively selecting self-peptide eLife positive selection self-peptide immunodominance MCC response |
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Wan-Lin Lo Benjamin D Solomon David L Donermeyer Chyi-Song Hsieh Paul M Allen |
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T cell immunodominance is dictated by the positively selecting self-peptide |
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T cell immunodominance is dictated by the positively selecting self-peptide |
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T cell immunodominance is dictated by the positively selecting self-peptide |
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T cell immunodominance is dictated by the positively selecting self-peptide |
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T cell immunodominance is dictated by the positively selecting self-peptide |
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t cell immunodominance is dictated by the positively selecting self-peptide |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd |
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2050-084X |
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2014-01-01 |
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Naive T cell precursor frequency determines the magnitude of immunodominance. While a broad T cell repertoire requires diverse positively selecting self-peptides, how a single positively selecting ligand influences naive T cell precursor frequency remains undefined. We generated a transgenic mouse expressing a naturally occurring self-peptide, gp250, that positively selects an MCC-specific TCR, AND, as the only MHC class II I-Ek ligand to study the MCC highly organized immunodominance hierarchy. The single gp250/I-Ek ligand greatly enhanced MCC-tetramer+ CD4+ T cells, and skewed MCC-tetramer+ population toward V11α+Vβ3+, a major TCR pair in MCC-specific immunodominance. The gp250-selected V11α+Vβ3+ CD4+ T cells had a significantly increased frequency of conserved MCC-preferred CDR3 features. Our studies establish a direct and causal relationship between a selecting self-peptide and the specificity of the selected TCRs. Thus, an immunodominant T cell response can be due to a dominant positively selecting self-peptide. |
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positive selection self-peptide immunodominance MCC response |
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