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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 148, Issue 2 309-317, Copyright © 1992 by American Association of Immunologists

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T cell responses specific for subregions of allogeneic MHC molecules

N Berkowitz and NS Braunstein
Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032.

The repertoire of C3H (H-2k) CD4+ T cells for I-Ab allopolymorphisms was analyzed by studying the responses of unprimed populations of T cells and of I-Ab-specific T cell clones for recombinant MHC molecules containing combinations of polymorphic subregions of the alpha- and beta-chains from the I-Ab and I-Ak molecules. In this system, polymorphisms in the predicted MHC alpha-helices were more potent than polymorphisms in the beta-strands in stimulating unprimed alloreactive T cells. Similarly, 75% of I-Ab-specific T cell clones responded to recombinants containing b polymorphisms in both the alpha- and beta- chains helices and tolerated the substitution of k polymorphisms in the beta-pleated sheet. Furthermore, 20% of the clones responded to a molecule containing allogeneic b residues in just the beta-chain helix. The results demonstrate that the T cell response to allogeneic MHC molecules consists largely of sets of T cells with overlapping specificities for subregions of the MHC molecule. In addition, they highlight the importance of the alpha-helices in these responses and a diminished role for polymorphisms in the beta-strands when, as in the present case, MHC structure and conformation is tolerant of beta-sheet substitutions. These results sharply contrast with observations made in the analysis of Ag-specific T cells and lead to the suggestion that a subset of alloreactive T cells are not peptide specific and can directly recognize MHC polymorphisms.


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