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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 151, Issue 1 111-118, Copyright © 1993 by American Association of Immunologists

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Major role of antigen-presenting cells in the response of rat encephalitogenic T cells to myelin basic proteins

D Sun, J Le, S Yang, M Malotkey and C Coleclough
Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38101.

The encephalitogenic potential of a segment of myelin basic protein in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis is not always mirrored by the ability of the peptide to mediate in vitro activation of encephalitogenic T cells. Recent studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that the responsiveness of Ag-specific T cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis is determined not exclusively by Ag but also by the nature of the APC. By varying APC during the in vitro selection of T cells, we could generate distinct sets of rat encephalitogenic T cells, as evidenced by the diversity of TCR usage. Here we establish the importance of APC in the activation of rat encephalitogenic T cells by myelin basic protein peptides. Peptides 69- 84-Gly and (P80)68-86, which lacked stimulatory activity toward many encephalitogenic T cells in our proliferation assay when standard APC were used, become strongly stimulatory in the presence of less commonly used APC, i.e., an Ia+ T cell clone (LOA) or an Ia-inducible rat glial cell clone (F10). Nonstimulatory APC failed to activate encephalitogenic T cells even when major cytokines were added, suggesting that these cytokines are not among the factors limiting the activating potential of the APC. Thus, whether or not an immunocompetent T cell can be activated by a given Ag in an autoimmune response may be determined by the properties of APC. This finding has implications for current research efforts to identify pathogenic self proteins.


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