Dominant TCR-alpha requirements for a self antigen recognition in humans - PubMed (original) (raw)
Dominant TCR-alpha requirements for a self antigen recognition in humans
Stefania Mantovani et al. J Immunol. 2002.
Abstract
TCR-alpha and -beta chains are composed of somatically rearranged V, D, and J germline-encoded gene segments that confer Ag specificity. Recent crystallographic analyses revealed that TCR-alpha has more contacts with peptide than TCR-beta, suggesting the possibility that peptide recognition predominantly relies on TCR-alpha. T cells specific for the self Ag Melan-A/MART-1 possess an exceptionally high precursor frequency in human histocompatibility leukocyte Ag-A2 individuals. This provided a unique situation for assessment of the structural relationship between TCR and peptide/MHC ligand at both the pre- and postimmune levels. Molecular and phenotypic analysis of many different Melan-A-specific T cell populations revealed that a structural constraint is imposed on the TCR for engagement with Melan-A peptides presented by HLA-A2, namely the highly preferential use of a particular TCRAV segment, AV2. Examination of CD8 single-positive thymocytes indicated that this preferential use in forming the Melan-A-specific TCR is mainly imposed by intrathymic positive selection. Our data demonstrate a dominant function of TCRAV2 segment in forming the TCR repertoire specific for the human self Ag Melan-A/MART-1 and support the view that Ag recognition is mediated predominantly by TCR-alpha.
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