scholarly journals gamma/delta T cell-deficient mice have impaired mucosal immunoglobulin A responses.

1996 ◽  
Vol 183 (4) ◽  
pp. 1929-1935 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Fujihashi ◽  
J R McGhee ◽  
M N Kweon ◽  
M D Cooper ◽  
S Tonegawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Cholera Toxin ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Tetanus Toxoid ◽  
Plasma Cells ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Gamma Delta ◽  
Igg Antibody ◽  
Gamma Delta T Cell

Mucosal tissues of mice are enriched in T cells that express the gamma/delta T cell receptor. Since the function of these cells remains unclear, we have compared mucosal immune responses in gamma/delta T cell receptor-deficient (TCRdelta-/-) mice versus control mice of the same genetic background. The frequency of intestinal immunoglobulin (Ig) A plasma cells as well as IgA levels in serum, bile, saliva, and fecal samples were markedly reduced in TCRdelta-/- mice. The TCRdelta-/- mice produced much lower levels of IgA antibodies when immunized orally with a vaccine of tetanus toxoid plus cholera toxin as adjuvant. Conversely, the antigen-specific IgM and IgG antibody responses were comparable to orally immunized control mice. Direct assessment of the cells forming antibodies against the tetanus toxoid and cholera toxin antigens indicated that significantly lower numbers of IgA antibody-producing cells were present in the intestinal lamina propria and Peyer's patches of TCRdelta-/- mice compared with the orally immunized control mice. The selective reduction of IgA responses to ingested antigens in the absence of gamma/delta T cells suggests a specialized role for gamma/delta cells in mucosal immunity.

scholarly journals Autoaggressive myocytotoxic T lymphocytes expressing an unusual gamma/delta T cell receptor.

1992 ◽  
Vol 176 (6) ◽  
pp. 1785-1789 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Pluschke ◽  
D Rüegg ◽  
R Hohlfeld ◽  
A G Engel
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
T Lymphocytes ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Cell Clone ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Gamma Delta T Cells ◽  
Gamma Delta ◽  
T Cell Clone ◽  
Gamma Delta T Cell

Polymyositis mediated by gamma/delta T cells is a unique disease in which autoaggressive T lymphocytes surround, invade, and destroy muscle fibers. Histochemically, the vast majority of muscle-infiltrating T cells in a patient with polymyositis were reactive with a pan-gamma/delta T cell receptor (TCR)-specific monoclonal antibody (TCR-delta 1+), but unlike > 90% of peripheral blood gamma/delta T cells, these lymphocytes did not react with V delta 1- or V gamma 9-specific antibodies (A13- and Ti gamma A-, respectively). Differential reactivity with two different V delta 2-specific monoclonal antibodies (BB3-/TiV-delta 2+) indicated that the infiltrating T cells express a V delta 2-containing TCR with unusual additional structural features. Using conventional and anchored polymerase chain reaction for the analysis of TCR transcripts, we found a striking predominance of one unusual V delta 2-J delta 3 recombination and one V gamma 3-J gamma 1 recombination. Both the unusual phenotype (TCR-delta 1+/A13-/Ti gamma A-/BB3-/TiV-delta 2+) and the dominance of distinct TCR transcripts are compatible with the assumption that one T cell clone, which expresses a V gamma 3-J gamma 1-C gamma 2/V delta 2-J delta 3-C delta disulfide-linked TCR, dominates among the infiltrating T cells of the polymyositis muscle specimen analyzed.

scholarly journals Structure and specificity of T cell receptor gamma/delta on major histocompatibility complex antigen-specific CD3+, CD4-, CD8- T lymphocytes.

1988 ◽  
Vol 168 (5) ◽  
pp. 1899-1916 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Bluestone ◽  
R Q Cron ◽  
M Cotterman ◽  
B A Houlden ◽  
L A Matis
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Cell Line ◽  
Gene Segment ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Gamma Delta ◽  
Human T Cells ◽  
T Cell Lines ◽  
Gamma Delta T Cell ◽  
Delta Cells

Analyses of TCR-bearing murine and human T cells have defined a unique subpopulation of T cells that express the TCR-gamma/delta proteins. The specificity of TCR-gamma/delta T cells and their role in the immune response have not yet been elucidated. Here we examine alloreactive TCR-gamma/delta T cell lines and clones that recognize MHC-encoded antigens. A BALB/c nu/nu (H-2d)-derived H-2k specific T cell line and derived clones were both cytolytic and released lymphokines after recognition of a non-classical H-2 antigen encoded in the TL region of the MHC. These cells expressed the V gamma 2/C gamma 1 protein in association with a TCR-delta gene product encoded by a Va gene segment rearranged to two D delta and one J delta variable elements. A second MHC-specific B10 nu/nu (H-2b) TCR-gamma/delta T cell line appeared to recognize a classical H-2D-encoded MHC molecule and expressed a distinct V gamma/C gamma 4-encoded protein. These data suggest that many TCR-gamma/delta-expressing T cells may recognize MHC-linked antigens encoded within distinct subregions of the MHC. The role of MHC-specific TCR-gamma/delta cells in immune responses and their immunological significance are discussed.

scholarly journals Amino acid substitutions in the floor of the putative antigen-binding site of H-2T22 affect recognition by a gamma delta T-cell receptor

1993 ◽  
Vol 90 (23) ◽  
pp. 11396-11400 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Moriwaki ◽  
B S Korn ◽  
Y Ichikawa ◽  
L van Kaer ◽  
S Tonegawa
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Peptide Transporter ◽  
Affect Recognition ◽  
Antigen Binding ◽  
In Vitro Mutagenesis ◽  
Gamma Delta ◽  
T Cell Clone ◽  
Gamma Delta T Cell

We have previously identified a self-reactive gamma delta T-cell clone (KN6) specific for the H-2T region gene product T22b. Now we have investigated by an in vitro mutagenesis analysis of the T22b gene the possibility that the interaction between the KN6 gamma delta T-cell receptor and T22b involves a peptide. The results demonstrate that mutations at the floor of the putative antigen-binding groove of T22b affect recognition by the gamma delta T-cell receptor. Furthermore, we have shown that KN6 cells react with cells that are deficient in the class I peptide transporter TAP1/TAP2. These results suggest that peptide is involved in the interaction of the KN6 T-cell receptor with T22 and that loading of T22 with the putative peptide is TAP1/TAP2-independent.

scholarly journals Gamma/delta lineage relationship within a consecutive series of human precursor T-cell neoplasms

Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (7) ◽  
pp. 2508-2518 ◽  
Author(s):  
JP de Villartay ◽  
AB Pullman ◽  
R Andrade ◽  
E Tschachler ◽  
O Colamenici ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Consecutive Series ◽  
Gene Rearrangements ◽  
Gamma Delta ◽  
Delta Gene ◽  
Gene Usage ◽  
Rearrangement Process ◽  
Gamma Delta T Cell

Abstract We analyzed the gene rearrangements associated with the newly described delta T-cell receptor (TCR) gene from a series of 19 consecutive precursor T-cell (lymphoblastic) neoplasms that represent discrete stages surrounding the TCR gene rearrangement process. Significantly, the delta TCR gene showed rearrangement in most (13 of 19) of these T cells, and in addition it was rearranged in two cells displaying no rearrangement for any other TCR gene. Our survey showed three types of delta gene rearrangements associated with cell-surface TCR expression that presumably represent usage of three V delta genes. This analysis demonstrates (1) a major subclass of human precursor T-cell neoplasms belonging to the gamma/delta T-cell receptor-rearranging subtype; (2) a narrow repertoire of human V delta gene usage; and (3) the utility of delta gene rearrangements as a diagnostic clonal marker in precursor T lymphoblastic neoplasms.

scholarly journals A delta T-cell receptor deleting element transgenic reporter construct is rearranged in alpha beta but not gamma delta T-cell lineages.

1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 7022-7031 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Shutter ◽  
J A Cain ◽  
S Ledbetter ◽  
M D Rogers ◽  
R D Hockett
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Gamma Delta ◽  
Alpha Chain ◽  
Chain Locus ◽  
Discrete Population ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
Gamma Delta T Cell

T cells can be divided into two groups on the basis of the expression of either alpha beta or gamma delta T-cell receptors (TCRs). Because the TCR delta chain locus lies within the larger TCR alpha chain locus, control of the utilization of these two receptors is important in T-cell development, specifically for determination of T-cell type: rearrangement of the alpha locus results in deletion of the delta coding segments and commitment to the alpha beta lineage. In the developing thymus, a relative site-specific recombination occurs by which the TCR delta chain gene segments are deleted. This deletion removes all D delta, J delta, and C delta genes and occurs on both alleles. This delta deletional mechanism is evolutionarily conserved between mice and humans. Transgenic mice which contain the human delta deleting elements and as much internal TCR delta chain coding sequence as possible without allowing the formation of a complete delta chain gene were developed. Several transgenic lines showing recombinations between deleting elements within the transgene were developed. These lines demonstrate that utilization of the delta deleting elements occurs in alpha beta T cells of the spleen and thymus. These recombinations are rare in the gamma delta population, indicating that the machinery for utilization of delta deleting elements is functional in alpha beta T cells but absent in gamma delta T cells. Furthermore, a discrete population of early thymocytes containing delta deleting element recombinations but not V alpha-to-J alpha rearrangements has been identified. These data are consistent with a model in which delta deletion contributes to the implementation of a signal by which the TCR alpha chain locus is rearranged and expressed and thus becomes an alpha beta T cell.

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