期刊
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
卷 48, 期 1-3, 页码 211-218出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2010.08.008
关键词
T cells; Autoimmunity; Allelic exclusion; T cell receptor; Tolerance
资金
- Academy of Finland
- Helsinki University Science Foundation
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
- Helsinki University Hospital
During T cell development both alleles of the T cell receptor (TCR) alpha locus are rearranged As a result a sizeable proportion of T cells can express two distinct TCRs but the functional significance of this phenomenon remains controversial Studies on transgenic mice with two TCRs have focused on the risk of immunopathology that such cells may pose while some have suggested that most dual-specific T cells are nonfunctional or even protective We tracked the fate and TCR repertoire of single- and dual-specific T cells within a normal polyclonal population undergoing lymphopenia-induced proliferation a setting which has been shown to cause immunopathology and autoimmunity After the expansion the repertoire of dual-specific T cells had become highly biased with both prominent clonal expansions and the complete disappearance of other clones Our results suggest that the normal repertoire of dual-specific T cells contains both nonfunctional cells and a small 5% fraction of clones which display a much higher than average affinity to antigens normally tolerated as harmless This heterogeneity may also help in reconciling some of the earlier conflicting results (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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