PMID: 9557960Apr 29, 1998Paper

Enhanced prevalence of T cells expressing TCRBV8S2 and TCRBV8S3 in hearts of chronically Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mice

Immunology Letters
D SunnemarkA Orn

Abstract

We have analysed the relative T cell receptor (TCR) BV gene usage in T cells from hearts and spleens of CBA/HJ mice chronically infected with the Tulahuén strain of Trypanosoma cruzi. During chronic infection, CBA/HJ mice recruit T cells at the major site of inflammation (i.e. the heart), with over-representation of certain TCRBV gene subfamilies (TCRBV8S2 and TCRBV8S3). In contrast, no signal or a very weak message from a limited number of T cells was recorded from one heart of the control group. No alteration of TCRBV distribution was recorded in spleens of chronically infected CBA/HJ. Our findings indicate that there is a preferential TCRBV gene usage in the T cell response in the hearts of chronically infected mice. Furthermore, the pattern of CDR3 lengths in inflammatory T cells was altered.

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