Peptide-induced T cell receptor down-regulation on naive T cells predicts agonist/partial agonist properties and strictly correlates with T cell activation
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serval:BIB_4A256FBEA846
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Title
Peptide-induced T cell receptor down-regulation on naive T cells predicts agonist/partial agonist properties and strictly correlates with T cell activation
Journal
European Journal of Immunology
ISSN
0014-2980 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
09/1997
Volume
27
Number
9
Pages
2195-203
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Sep
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Sep
Abstract
Recent experiments defining T cell agonists, partial agonists and antagonists have suggested that the T cell can discriminate between subtle differences in interactions leading to T cell activation. To further understand the complexities of T cell activation, we have analyzed the requirements for the induction of a variety of effector functions using naive T cells and a variety of altered peptide ligands. Using a strong agonist peptide, massive T cell receptor (TCR) down-regulation correlated with a wide range of effector functions that were all induced above the same threshold peptide concentration. Interestingly, the kinetics of TCR down-regulation correlated with the concentration of the peptide, whereas the maximal degree of TCR down-regulation correlated with the induction of all monitored effector functions. A selected group of altered peptide ligands was also examined that were able to render target cells susceptible for lysis by effector cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The extent of TCR down-regulation induced by these peptides corresponded to the induction of a subset of effector functions. These studies have shown that the extent of TCR down-regulation defines the strength of TCR-mediated "signal 1" which correlates with the spectrum of effector functions activated within the T cell. Thus, activation of different T cell functions requires the triggering of distinct numbers of TCR. The different parameters that influence TCR down-regulation define important distinctions between our results and previously reported findings with T cell clones and may outline decisive parameters for the consequences of T cell activation in vivo.
Keywords
Animals
Antigens, Viral/immunology
Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
Down-Regulation
Endocytosis
Lymphocyte Activation
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus/immunology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Transgenic
Peptides/immunology
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*metabolism
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
T-Lymphocytes/*metabolism
Thymus Gland/cytology
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Web of science
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