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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
Antigen-driven development of persistent self-reactive Th cells underlies the chronic, progressive nature of many autoimmune diseases. It is crucial to understand the behavior of these self-reactive Th cells; however, they have been notoriously difficult to isolate directly ex vivo. Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) can be initiated in I-A(q)-expressing mice (DBA/1) using heterologous type II collagen (cII) immunization and is dependent on Th cells that are specific for a single immunodominant epitope. Here, we identify one compartment of cII-specific Th cell using TCR beta expression, cell surface phenotype, and direct single-cell repertoire analysis. A subpopulation of CD4(+)V beta 10(+) T cells up-regulates both CD44 and GL7 and expands significantly in response to initial priming in the majority of animals (D9: 70%). The cII-specific V beta 10(+) primary responders are further resolved through expression of a highly restricted junctional region, previously associated with autoimmune disease. This cII-specific clonotype rapidly re-expands upon antigen recall and can be isolated from the lymph nodes of arthritic animals. These single-cell analyses quantify the emergence, decline and rapid re-emergence of a self-reactive Th cell population in vivo and outline one strategy for isolating these cells directly ex vivo.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2362-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Arthritis, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Autoimmune Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Autoimmunity, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Complementarity Determining Regions, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Immunization, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Mice, Inbred DBA, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11500819-T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Emergence of a type II collagen-specific helper T cell response.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27704, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't