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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Antigen-specific elimination of T cells induced by oligomerized hemagglutinin (HA) 306-318 |
| Creators Name: | Falk, K., Roetzschke, O. and Strominger, J.L. |
| Abstract: | In a previous study we reported that oligomerized T cell epitopes 'superactivated' CD4+ T cells. These oligomers, consisting of 12-16 copies of a peptide epitope derived from the hemagglutinin protein of influenza virus (HA306-318), induced a specific T cell response in amounts as little as 5 pg/ml. We now show that the improved antigenicity of these multimerized epitopes can also be utilized to induce 'high zone tolerance'. Tolerization, similar to activation, occurred at about 3 logs lower concentration of oligomer than of peptide. HA306-318-specific T cell cultures became nonresponsive to stimulation with peptide after incubation with 0.5-5 μg/ml HA306-318 12-mer. The nonresponsiveness was accompanied by a drastic down-regulation of the TCR and by T cell elimination by apoptotic cell death. In contrast, stimulation with peptide even at 50 μg/ml led to temporary induction of anergy. Consequently, induction of tolerance with the oligomer was permanent and no recovery of the cultures was seen in recall experiments 12-14 days after high zone exposure to the 12-mer. |
| Keywords: | Anergy, Apoptosis, Cluster, High Zone Tolerance, MHC |
| Source: | European Journal of Immunology |
| ISSN: | 0014-2980 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Number: | 10 |
| Page Range: | 3012-3020 |
| Date: | 1 October 2000 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4141(200010)30:10<3012::AID-IMMU3012>3.0.CO;2-Q |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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