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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-19
pubmed:abstractText
The adaptive immune responses to foreign Ags are primarily regulated by the cytokines produced by CD4 T cells. The generation of distinct cytokine-producing T cell subsets has been shown to be influenced by a number of factors, including cytokines, different types of APCs, and the amounts of priming Ag. We have previously reported that the affinity of an antigenic peptide for its presenting MHC class II molecules and that different doses of Ag peptide affect the outcome of the functional CD4 T cell response. In the current study, we further examined the impact of the affinity of an antigenic peptide for its TCR on CD4 T cell priming. We generated a panel of Ag peptide variants mutated at positions known to be critical for binding to a well-characterized TCR (known as altered peptide ligands, or APLs). Compared with the WT peptide, these APLs are defective in stimulating the proliferative responses of T cells. However, they can effectively prime in vitro naive CD4 T cells for differentiation into both Th1-like and Th2-like cells. In contrast, the WT peptide primes only for IFN-gamma-producing Th1-like cells. Using highly purified dendritic cells as APCs to present the APL or WT peptide leads to the same pattern of priming as using total splenic APCs. These results indicate that priming by APLs for both IL-4 production and IFN-gamma production does not require two different types of APCs. In summary, our data indicate that APL can directly stimulate naive CD4 T cells to become Th2 effector cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
158
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4237-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Antigen-Presenting Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Cytochrome c Group, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Interleukin-4, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9126985-Th2 Cells
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of IL-4-producing CD4+ T cells by antigenic peptides altered for TCR binding.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't