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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
We have produced a TCR transgenic mouse that uses a TCR derived from a Th1 clone that is specific for residues 64 to 76 of the d allele of murine hemoglobin presented by I-Ek. Examination of these TCR transgenic mice on an H-2(k/k) background that expressed the nonstimulatory s allele of murine hemoglobin revealed that these mice express many endogenous TCR chains from both alpha and beta loci. We found that this transgenic TCR is also very inefficient at mediating beta selection, thereby showing a direct linkage between beta selection and allelic exclusion of TCR beta. We have also examined these mice on MHC backgrounds that have reduced levels of I-Ek and found that positive selection of cells with high levels of the transgenic TCR depends greatly on the ligand density. Decreasing the selecting ligand density is a means of reducing the number of available selecting niches, and the data reveal that the 3.L2 TCR is used sparingly for positive selection under conditions where the number of niches becomes limiting. The results, therefore, show a way that T cells may get to the periphery with two self-restricted TCRs: one that efficiently mediates positive selection, and another that is inefficient at positive selection with the available niches.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
585-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Crosses, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-H-2 Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Mice, Inbred AKR, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9670931-Transgenes
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
TCR transgenic mice in which usage of transgenic alpha- and beta-chains is highly dependent on the level of selecting ligand.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Immunology, Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't