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Clonal Deletion of Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen-Specific T Cells in the Transgenic Adenocarcinoma of Mouse Prostate Mice: An Important Role for Clonal Deletion in Shaping the Repertoire of T Cells Specific for Antigens Overexpressed in Solid Tumors¹

Xincheng Zheng^*, Jian-Xin Gao^*, Huiming Zhang^*, Terrence L. Geiger, Yang Liu^* and Pan Zheng^2,*

^* Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105

In addition to their overexpression in cancer cells, most of the tumor-associated Ags are expressed at low but detectable levels in normal tissues. It is not clear whether the repertoire of T cells specific for unmutated tumor Ags is shaped by negative selection during T cell development. The transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate (TRAMP) model is transgenic for the SV40 large T Ag (Tag) under the control of the rat probasin regulatory elements. Although it has been established that T lymphocytes from TRAMP mice are tolerant to SV40 Tag, the mechanism of the tolerance is largely unknown. To examine whether the T cell clonal deletion is responsible for the tolerance, we crossed the TRAMP mice with mice transgenic for a rearranged TCR specific for SV40 Tag presented by the H-2K^k. Double transgenic TRAMP/TCR mice showed profound thymic deletion of SV40 Tag-reactive T cells, including a 6- to 10-fold reduction in the total thymocyte numbers and a >50-fold reduction in phenotypically mature T cells. Consistent with this finding, we observed that the SV40 Tag and endogenous mouse probasin genes are expressed at low levels in the thymus. These results demonstrate that clonal deletion is a major mechanism for tolerance to Ags previously regarded as prostate-specific, and provide direct evidence that the T cell repertoire specific for an unmutated tumor Ag can be shaped by clonal deletion in the thymus.

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