PMID: 2118159Sep 15, 1990Paper

The allorecognition of H-2Kb-specific CD4-CD8- T cell hybridomas is influenced by the substitution at residue 256 of MHC class I molecules

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
M TanabeM Takiguchi

Abstract

Our previous studies demonstrated that allorecognition of HTB176.10 and HTB177.2, H-2Kb-reactive CD4-CD8- T cell hybridomas is markedly influenced by the exchange of the alpha 3 domain between H-2Kb and H-2Dp. The recombinant genes of the exon 4 between H-2Kb and H-2Dp were constructed to determine the residues of the alpha 3 domain that influence the allorecognition of these T cell hybridomas. Seven recombinant genes of the exon 4 were generated by in vivo recombination in Escherichia coli. Chimeric genes containing these recombinants were transfected into L cells and the transfectants expressing equivalent amounts of chimeric molecules were selected by flow cytometry. Studies on responses of these T cell hybridomas to the chimeric molecules confirmed our previous observation that the primary structure of the alpha 3 domain influences the allorecognition by the hybridomas. Moreover, it was indicated that residue 256 on the alpha 3 domain markedly affects the allorecognition by the T cell hybridomas, although substitutions at residues 184, 193, 195, 197, 262, and 264 exerted some effects on the T cell recognition. Further studies with the use of a single amino acid mutant of H-2Kb at residue 256 confirmed the effect of substitu...Continue Reading

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