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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
We have used organ culture of fetal thymic lobes from T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic beta 2M(-/-) mice to study the role of peptides in positive selection. The TCR used was from a CD8+ T cell specific for ovalbumin 257-264 in the context of Kb. Several peptides with the ability to induce positive selection were identified. These peptide-selected thymocytes have the same phenotype as mature CD8+ T cells and can respond to antigen. Those peptides with the ability to induce positive selection were all variants of the antigenic peptide and were identified as TCR antagonist peptides for this receptor. One peptide tested, E1, induced positive selection on the beta 2M(-/-) background but negative selection on the beta 2M(+/-) background. These results show that the process of positive selection is exquisitely peptide specific and sensitive to extremely low ligand density and support the notion that low efficacy ligands mediate positive selection.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-27
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Antigens, CD8, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Crosses, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-H-2 Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Major Histocompatibility Complex, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Ovalbumin, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-Thymus Gland, pubmed-meshheading:8287475-beta 2-Microglobulin
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
T cell receptor antagonist peptides induce positive selection.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't