TY  - JOUR
ID  - open794
UR  - http://crdd.osdd.net/open/794/
IS  - 6
A1  - Agrewala, J N
A1  - Wilkinson, R J
N2  - T helper phenotype may be influenced by cytokine milieu, the differential expression of co-stimulatory molecules, antigen dose, and by differences in affinity at the TCR-peptide-MHC interface. We investigated the latter hypothesis by examining the response of six HLA-DR-restricted CD4+ T cell lines specific for the immunodominant and permissively recognized p91-110 epitope of the 16-kDa alpha-crystallin protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Each line was generated from a sensitized HLA-DR-heterozygous donor and all proliferated when peptide was presented by autologous irradiated peripheral blood mononuclear cells. However, when HLA-DR-matched homozygous Epstein-Barr-virus-transformed B cell lines (L-BCL) were used as peptide-presenting cells there was heterogeneity in the response. The most pronounced proliferative response, and the highest IFN-gamma secretion and cytolytic activity was stimulated by L-BCL expressing molecules (DRB1*0101, *1501 and *0401) with high affinity (IC50 < 10 microM) for the 16p91-110 peptide. By comparison, IL-4 secretion or a lower proliferative response could occur when peptide was presented by alleles of high, or of intermediate (10 microM < IC50 < 100 microM), affinity. These data support the hypothesis that the host MHC can influence CD4+ phenotype and have implications for subunit vaccination against tuberculosis.
VL  - 29
TI  - Influence of HLA-DR on the phenotype of CD4+ T lymphocytes specific for an epitope of the 16-kDa alpha-crystallin antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
AV  - restricted
EP  - 61
N1  - Copyright of this article belongs to Wiley.
Y1  - 1999/06//
PB  - Wiley
JF  - European journal of immunology
KW  - T lymphocyte
KW  -  helper-inducer;Tuberculosis;Crystallin;Epitope
KW  -  T lymphocyte;HLA-DR antigen
SN  - 0014-2980
SP  - 1753
ER  -