DIVERSITY OF T-CELL RECEPTORS IN VIRUS-SPECIFIC CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTES-T RECOGNIZING 3 DISTINCT VIRAL EPITOPES RESTRICTED BY A SINGLE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX MOLECULE

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YANAGI, Y
TISHON, A
LEWICKI, H
CUBITT, BA
OLDSTONE, MBA
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10.1128/JVI.66.4.2527-2531.1992
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) recognize virus peptide fragments complexed with class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on the surface of virus-infected cells. Recognition is mediated by a membrane-bound T-cell receptor (TCR) composed of alpha and beta chains. Studies of the CTL response to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) in H-2b mice have revealed that three distinct viral epitopes are recognized by CTL of the H-2b haplotype and that all of the three epitopes are restricted by the D(b) MHC molecule. The immunodominant D(b)-restricted CTL epitope, located at LCMV glycoprotein amino acids 278 to 286, was earlier noted to be recognized by TCRs that consistently contained V-alpha-4 segments but had heterogeneous V-beta segments. Here we show that CTL clones recognizing the other two H-2D(b)-restricted epitopes, LCMV glycoprotein amino acids 34 to 40 and nucleoprotein amino acids 397 to 407 (defined in this study), utilize TCR alpha chains which do not belong to the V-alpha-4 subfamily. Hence, usage of V-alpha and V-beta in the TCRs recognizing peptide fragments from one virus restricted by a single MHC molecule is not sufficiently homogeneous to allow manipulation of the anti-viral CTL response at the level of TCRs. The diversity of anti-viral CTL likely provides the host with a wider option for attacking virus-infected cells and prevents the emergence of virus escape mutants that might arise if TCRs specific for the virus were homogeneous.
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