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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
Immunization with recombinant heat shock protein 60 (rHsp60) from Histoplasma capsulatum or a region of the protein designated fragment 3 (F3) confers protection from a subsequent challenge in mice. To determine the T cell repertoire involved in the response to Hsp60, T cell clones from C57BL/6 mice immunized with rHsp60 were generated and examined for Vbeta usage by flow cytometry and RT-PCR. Vbeta8.1/8.2(+) T cells were preferentially expanded; other clones bore Vbeta4, -6, or -11. When Vbeta8.1/8.2(+) cells were depleted in mice, Vbeta4(+) T cell clones were almost exclusively isolated. Measurement of cytokine production demonstrated that nine of 16 Vbeta8.1/8.2(+) clones were Th1, while only three of 13 non-Vbeta8.1/8.2(+) clones were Th1. In mice immunized with rHsp60, depletion of Vbeta8.1/8.2(+), but not Vbeta6(+) plus Vbeta7(+), T cells completely abolished the protective efficacy of Hsp60 to lethal and sublethal challenges. Examination of the TCR revealed that a subset of Vbeta8.1/2(+) clones that produced IFN-gamma and were reactive to F3 shared a common CDR3 sequence, DGGQG. Transfer of these T cell clones into TCR alpha/beta(-/-) or IFN-gamma(-/-) mice significantly improved survival, while transfer of other Vbeta8.1/8.2(+) clones that were F3 reactive but were Th2 or clones that were not reactive to F3 but were Th1 did not confer protection. These data indicate that a distinct subset of Vbeta8.1/8.2(+) T cells is crucial for the generation of a protective response to rHsp60.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5818-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Chaperonin 60, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Fungal Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Histoplasma, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Histoplasmosis, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Immunoglobulin Variable Region, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Immunotherapy, Adoptive, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Lymphocyte Depletion, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:12421963-Vaccines, Synthetic
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The protective immune response to heat shock protein 60 of Histoplasma capsulatum is mediated by a subset of V beta 8.1/8.2+ T cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.