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| Abstract | The mouse thymus contains a mature T cell subset that is distinguishable from the mainstream thymocytes by several characteristics. It is restricted in its usage of T cell receptor (TCR) V beta genes to V beta 8, V beta 7, and V beta 2. Its surface phenotype is that of activated/memory cells. It carries the natural killer NK1.1 surface marker. Furthermore, though it consists entirely of CD4+ and CD4-8- cells, its selection in the thymus depends solely upon major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I expression by cells of hematopoietic origin. Forced persistence of CD8, in fact, imparts negative selection. Here, we have studied the TCR repertoire of this subset and found that, whereas the beta chain V-D-J junctions are quite variable, a single invariant alpha chain V alpha 14-J281 is used by a majority of the TCRs. This surprisingly restricted usage of the V alpha 14-J281 alpha chain is dependent on MHC class I expression, but independent of the MHC haplotype. In humans, a similar unusual population including CD4-8- cells can also be found that uses a strikingly homologous, invariant alpha chain V alpha 24-JQ. Thus, this unique V alpha-J alpha combination has been conserved in both species, conferring specificity to some shared nonpolymorphic MHC class I/peptide self-ligand(s). This implies that the T cell subset that it defines has a specialized and important role, perhaps related to its unique ability to secrete a large set of lymphokines including interleukin 4, upon primary stimulation in vitro and in vivo. |
| Starting Page | 1097 |
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| ISSN | 15409538 |
| e-ISSN | 15409538 |
| Journal | The Journal of Experimental Medicine |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 180 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Rockefeller University Press |
| Publisher Date | 1994-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | The Rockefeller University Press |
| Subject Keyword | Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Immunology and Allergy Immunology |
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