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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 149, Issue 7 2315-2322, Copyright © 1992 by American Association of Immunologists

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Self-reactive, T cell receptor-gamma delta+, lymphocytes from the intestinal epithelium of weanling mice

C Nagler-Anderson, LA McNair and A Cradock
Mucosal Immunology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129.

Intraepithelial T lymphocytes (IEL) are dispersed throughout the intestinal epithelial lining but their role in cellular immune defense is unknown. Their location suggests that their highly activated state may be due to constant exposure to bacterial Ag. To study IEL specificity and function we have prepared a panel of IEL-T cell hybridomas from both adult and weanling C57B1/6 mice. Many of these expressed TCR-gamma delta, a cell type rare in peripheral lymph nodes and spleen but predominant at epithelial surfaces. We have identified a subset of gamma delta T cells from weanling mice which is self reactive, i.e., these hybrids secrete IL-2 spontaneously, without antigenic stimulation or a requirement for APC. Self-reactive TCR-gamma delta+ hybrids and lines, all of which bear a particular TCR (V gamma 1.1C gamma 4V delta 6), have previously been derived from neonatal thymus and the skin. Northern blot and immunoprecipitation analyses suggest that the self-reactive IEL hybrids also bear a C gamma 4/V delta 6 TCR. Antibody inhibition experiments showed that the self- reactivity of the IEL hybrids is TCR mediated. Spontaneous IL-2 production was blocked by soluble anti-CD3 and anti-TCR-gamma delta antibodies but not by antibodies to the TCR-alpha beta. The self- reactive IEL hybrids lack class II MHC and the class I-like proteins CD1 and TLA but express class I MHC. IEL hybrids may also require the vitronectin receptor as an accessory molecule for their activation because spontaneous IL-2 production is blocked by antibody to the vitronectin receptor as well as by the extracellular matrix protein active site peptide RGDS, but not the control peptide RGES. V gamma 1.1C gamma 4V delta 6 T cells in the thymus, skin, and intestine may represent a small and unique subpopulation of lymphocytes with a potential for autoimmune reactivity at peripheral sites.


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