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IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 115, Issue 2, Pages 189-196Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2005.02137.x
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CD3; gamma delta T cells; pig
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The CD3 antigen is a surface structure associated with the T-cell receptor (TCR) to form a complex involved in antigen recognition and signal transduction. Reports on the structures of the CD3 molecules associated with alpha beta- and gamma delta-TCR have been contradictory. To investigate this issue, we raised a panel of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) against purified porcine CD3 molecules. Unlike the conventional anti-CD3, these mAb reacted specifically with peripheral gamma delta-T cells, but not with alpha beta-T cells. Immunoprecipitation showed that the antibody recognized a subset of CD3 molecules that were associated with gamma delta-TCR. Also unlike the conventional anti-CD3, these mAb, though directed at two different epitope groups, failed to induce antigenic modulation, T-cell proliferation and CD3-redirected cytotoxicity. Taken together, these results suggest that there are differences in the antigenicity, signal transduction potentials and probably structural differences between the CD3 molecules expressed at the surface of alpha beta- and gamma delta-T cells.
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