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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 158, Issue 11 5219-5228, Copyright © 1997 by American Association of Immunologists
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D Yelon and LJ Berg
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Studies of TCR transgenic mice have demonstrated that in these systems positive selection is not an efficient process. The capacity of the thymus to produce mature T cells is limited, even when all immature thymocytes express appropriate Ag receptors. Analysis of TCR transgenic mice expressing reduced levels of MHC molecules have shown that MHC surface density can be a limiting factor during development. Whether peptide availability in the thymus also limits the efficiency of positive selection remains controversial. Here, we examine the efficiency of positive selection in three similar lines of TCR transgenic mice, all of which express V alpha11/beta3+ TCRs specific for cytochrome c peptides bound to I-Ek. We demonstrate that thymocytes expressing these similar TCRs mature with very different efficiencies in H-2k mice. Furthermore, efficient positive selection of thymocytes expressing these three TCRs varies in its dependence on MHC density. These data suggest that similar TCRs can differ in their degree of specificity for peptide/MHC complexes during positive selection; some TCRs may require specific complexes for selection while other TCRs are more promiscuous in their thymic interactions. Alternatively, these three TCRs may differ in their affinities for positively selecting ligands.
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