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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 152, Issue 9 4300-4309, Copyright © 1994 by American Association of Immunologists

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Control of the rat T cell response to retroviral and bacterial superantigens by class II MHC products and Tcrb-V8.2 alleles

T Herrmann, T Hochgrebe, NE Torres-Nagel, BT Huber and T Hunig
Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Wurzburg, Germany.

The in vitro response of unprimed rat T cells to retroviral and bacterial superantigens (SAg) was analyzed with TCR V beta 8.2-, 8.5-, 10-, and 16-specific mAbs. Specific stimulation of V beta 8.2 and 8.5 CD4 cells was observed in the response to Mls1a, the retroviral SAg encoded by integrated provirus Mtv-7 (Mtv-7 SAg), which was presented by mouse B cells or mouse fibroblasts transfected with DR1 genes and the Mtv-7 SAg. Additionally, a strong response of V beta 16 CD4 cells to an as yet unidentified mouse SAg was found. Only some of the bacterial SAg known to stimulate mouse and human T cells also activated rat lymph node cells. SEA, SEE, and TSST-1 stimulated rat T cells well; SEB, SEC1, and SED did not. This defect was apparently a result of weak binding to rat MHC class II molecules because presentation by human MHC class II molecules restored T cell activation. Under these conditions, SEB stimulated V beta 8.2+ and 8.5+ CD4 and CD8 cells from Lewis rats. A comparison of several rat strains revealed an unresponsiveness to SEB or Mtv-7 SAg for V beta 8.2 cells from F344 and DA rats. Determination of the nucleotide sequences of the Tcrb-V8.2 of these strains revealed differences between SAg-responsive and SAg-unresponsive Tcrb-V8.2 in seven amino acids, four of them located in the putative SAg contact site. The significance of these findings for the evolution of TCR-SAg interactions is discussed.


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