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T Cells Respond to Borrelia burgdorferi Lipoproteins and Lipidated Hexapeptides1

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Divisions of Immunobiology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405; Departments of
Internal Medicine and
Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235;
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Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903; and
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Lymphocyte Biology Section, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
Lyme arthritis synovial fluid contains a large proportion of 
T cells that proliferates upon stimulation with the causative
spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. A panel of
Borrelia-reactive 
T cell clones was derived from
synovial fluid of two patients with Lyme arthritis. Each of six 
clones from one patient used the V
1 TCR segment but had otherwise
unique CDR3 sequences and diverse V
segment usage. Stimulation of
the V
1 clones was optimal in the presence of
Borrelia, dendritic cells, and exogenous IL-2, which was
reflected by proliferation, TCR down-modulation, as well as induction
of CD25 and Fas ligand expression. Stimulation by B.
burgdorferi-pulsed dendritic cells withstood chemical fixation
and was not restricted to class I or class II MHC, CD1a, CD1b, or CD1c.
In contrast, anti-
antibody potently inhibited proliferation.
Extraction of B. burgdorferi lipoproteins with Triton
X-114 enriched for the stimulatory component. This was confirmed using
lipidated vs nonlipidated hexapeptides of Borrelia outer
surface proteins. These observations suggest that synovial V
1 T
cells may mediate an innate immune response to common lipoprotein
products of spirochetes.
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