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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes recognize determinants on the BALB/c-H-2Ld molecule controlled by alpha 1 and alpha 2 but not

I Stroynowski, A Orn, R S Goodenow

    Immunogenetics
    |January 1, 1984
    PubMed

    We have shown that cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) raised in H-2d mice use H-2Ld but not H-2Dd or H-2Kd antigens as restricting elements in lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and vesicular stomatis virus (VSV) infections. To localize the regions of H-2Ld protein recognized by CTL, we constructed a recombinant H-2Ld/Dd gene encoding a hybrid antigen with alpha 1 and alpha 2 external domains of H-2Ld and alpha 3, transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of H-2Dd. The recombinant gene was transfected into mouse cells and the hybrid molecules were characterized serologically, biochemically and functionally. In all assays, H-2Ld/Dd molecules were recognized by LCMV-and VSV-specific H-2Ld-restricted CTL in a manner similar to that of wild-type H-2Ld antigens. Analogous results were obtained with alloreactive CTL. Hybrid antigens containing the alpha 3 domain of H-2Ld fused to alpha 1 and alpha 2 domains of a Qa-2,3 region-encoded antigen were not used as restricting elements by LCMV-specific CTL. These results suggest that H-2Ld-restricted CTL directed against LCMV and VSV recognize determinants controlled by the alpha 1 and/or alpha 2 domains of the H-2Ld molecule.

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