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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-23
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
To examine T cell receptor (TCR) diversity involved in the memory response to a persistent human pathogen, we determined nucleotide sequences encoding TCR-alpha and -beta chains from HLA-B8-restricted, CD8+ cytotoxic T cell clones specific for an immunodominant epitope (FLRGRAYGL) in Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen 3. Herein, we show that identical TCR protein sequences are used by clones from each of four healthy unrelated virus carriers; a clone from a fifth varied conservatively at only two residues. This dominant selection of alpha and beta chain rearrangements suggest that a persistent viral infection can select for a highly focused memory response and indicates a strong bias in gene segment usage and recombination. A novel double-step semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure and direct sequencing of amplified TCR cDNA from fresh lymphocytes derived from three HLA-B8 individuals detected transcripts specific for the conserved beta chain in an EBV-seropositive donor but not in two seronegative donors. This report describes an unprecedented degree of conservation in TCR selected in response to a natural persistent infection.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-1007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
180
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2335-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Carrier State, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Herpesviridae Infections, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Herpesvirus 4, Human, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7964506-Tumor Virus Infections
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Dominant selection of an invariant T cell antigen receptor in response to persistent infection by Epstein-Barr virus.
pubmed:affiliation
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Bancroft Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't