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The In Vivo Fate of APCs Displaying Minor H Antigen and/or MHC Differences Is Regulated by CTLs Specific for Immunodominant Class I-Associated Epitopes¹

Guy-Bernier Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The goal of this work was to evaluate the fate of APCs following interactions with T cells in unprimed mice with a normal T cell repertoire. We elaborated a model in which male adherent peritoneal mononuclear cells were injected into the foreleg footpads of naive female recipients mismatched for either minor or major histocompatibility Ags. At various times after injection, APC numbers in the draining (axillary and brachial) lymph nodes were assessed using a Ube1y gene-specific PCR assay. Our experimental model was designed so that the number of APCs expressing the priming epitope was similar to what is observed under real life conditions. Thus, early after injection, the frequency of afferent lymph-derived APCs expressing the priming epitope was in the range of 10¹–10²/10⁶ lymph node cells. We found that APCs presenting some, but not all, nonself epitopes were killed rapidly after entrance into the lymph nodes. Rapid elimination of APCs occurred following interactions with MHC class I-restricted, but not class II-restricted, T cells and was observed when APCs presented an immunodominant (B6^dom1/H7^a), but not a nondominant (HY), epitope. Killing of APCs was mediated partly, but not exclusively, by perforin-dependent process. We propose that killing of APCs by CTLs specific for immunodominant MHC class I-restricted epitopes may be instrumental in regulating the intensity, duration, and diversity of T cell responses.

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