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In Vivo Expression of a TCR Antagonist: T Cells Escape Central Tolerance But Are Antagonized in the Periphery¹

Calvin B. Williams^2,*, Karine Vidal, David Donermeyer, Daniel A. Peterson, J. Michael White and Paul M. Allen^3,

Departments of ^* Pediatrics and Pathology, Center for Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110

Transgenic 3.L2 T cells are stimulated by Hb(64–76)/I-E^k and are positively selected on I-E^k plus self-peptides. To this pool of self-peptides we have added a single, well-defined 3.L2 TCR antagonist (A72) in vivo. We find that mice expressing both the 3.L2 TCR and A72 have a minimal loss of T cells expressing the clonotypic TCR in the thymus and spleen. Importantly, the proliferative response of 3.L2 x A72 splenocytes is significantly reduced compared with splenocytes from 3.L2 mice. This reduced response can be attributed to peripheral antagonism. Thus we have identified a new class of self-ligands whose predominant effect is constitutive peripheral antagonism rather than negative selection. The net effect of these ligands is to avoid potential self-reactivity while maintaining as large a repertoire as possible.

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