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IMMUNITY
卷 17, 期 2, 页码 131-142出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(02)00361-8
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- NCI NIH HHS [5P30 CA16087] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI39560, AI38903, AI41573] Funding Source: Medline
Although it is clear that positive selection of T cells involves recognition of specific self-peptide/MHC complexes, the nature of these self-ligands and their relationship to the cognate antigen are controversial. Here we used two complementary strategies to identify naturally occurring self-peptides able to induce positive selection of T cells bearing a specific T cell receptor, OT-I. Both the bioassay- and bioinformatics-based strategies identified the same self-peptides, derived from F-actin capping protein and beta-catenin. These peptides displayed charge conservation at two key TCR contact residues. The biological activity of 43 other self-peptides and of complex peptide libraries directly correlated to the extent of conservation at TCR contact residues. These results demonstrate that selecting self-peptides are rare and can be identified by homology-based search strategies.
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