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Investigation of Peptide Involvement in T Cell Allorecognition Using Recombinant HLA Class I Multimers¹

Alison M. E. Whitelegg^*,2, Liesbeth E. M. Oosten^,2, Susan Jordan^*, Michel Kester, Astrid G. S. van Halteren, J. Alejandro Madrigal^*, Els Goulmy and Linda D. Barber^*,3

^* The Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom; Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, and Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Alloreactive T cells are involved in injurious graft rejection and graft-vs-host disease. However, they can also evoke beneficial responses to tumor Ags restricted by foreign MHC molecules. Manipulation of these alloreactivities requires information on the basis of T cell allorecognition. The vigorous T cell response to foreign MHC molecules may arise from peptide-independent recognition of polymorphic residues of foreign MHC molecules or peptide-specific recognition of novel peptides presented by foreign MHC molecules. We investigated CD8⁺ T cell allorecognition using recombinant HLA class I/peptide complexes. Peptide-specific allorecognition was examined using tetramers of HLA-A*0201 representing five peptides derived from ubiquitously expressed self-proteins that are known to bind endogenously to HLA-A*0201. Distinct subsets of CD8⁺ T cells specific for each HLA-A*0201/peptide combination were detected within four in vitro-stimulated T cell populations specific for foreign HLA-A*0201. Peptide-independent allorecognition was investigated using artificial Ag-presenting constructs (aAPCs) coated with CD54, CD80, and functional densities of a single HLA-A*0201/peptide combination for four different peptides. None of the four T cell populations specific for foreign HLA-A*0201 were stimulated by the aAPCs, whereas they did produce IFN- upon stimulation with cells naturally expressing HLA-A*0201. Thus, aAPCs did not stimulate putative peptide-independent allorestricted T cells. The results show that these alloreactive populations comprise subsets of T cells, each specific for a self-peptide presented by foreign class I molecules, with no evidence of peptide-independent components.

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