PMID: 8598460Jan 1, 1996Paper

Induction of microvariant-specific CTL lines reactive to a single amino acid mismatch in bulk cultures using a transfectant expressing a single HLA class I molecule

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
N Cereb, S Y Yang

Abstract

Alloreactivity against micromismatches in MHC class I molecules is difficult to measure. Here, we describe an in vitro model with which it is possible to examine alloreactivity against a single HLA class I allotype. The HLA class I- and class II-negative myelocytic leukemia cell line K562 was transfected with a genomic DNA clone carrying B*4403 to express a single allotype. CTL lines were generated from normal individuals carrying B*4402, B*4403, or unrelated HLA-B alleles by stimulation with B*4403- transfected K562. The bulk CTL lines generated from B*4402+ T cells against B*4403 that carry a single amino acid disparity at position 156 were specific for B*4403+ targets and did not react with targets carrying any other HLA allotype. However, the CTL lines generated from B44-negative individuals exhibited killing of the targets bearing not only B44, but also B44 CREG and a few other B alleles. Reverse transcriptase-PCR analysis of TCRs, expressed in the CTL clones uniquely specific for B*4403, showed that TCR V beta usage of alloreactive T cells directed against B*4403 was diverse but nonrandom and was affected by the HLA background of the responder. Thus, the K562-HLA transfectant system provides a useful in vitro tool to anal...Continue Reading

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