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. 1995 May;85(1):33–40.

Human CD4-CD8- alpha beta + T-cell receptor T cells recognize different mycobacteria strains in the context of CD1b.

H Thomssen 1, J Ivanyi 1, C Espitia 1, A Arya 1, M Londei 1
PMCID: PMC1384021  PMID: 7543448

Abstract

Double-negative alpha beta+ T-cell receptor (TCR) human T cells have been reported to recognize antigen in the context of the HLA class I-like (Ib) CD1 complex. In particular, the CD1b molecule has been shown to act as the element of genetic restriction for antigens derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The stenotopic nature of these major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class Ib molecules raised the question of whether the antigenic moiety recognized by CD4-CD8- alpha beta+ TCR T cells was shared by different mycobacteria. We demonstrate here that a CD4-CD8- alpha beta+ TCR T-cell line and three clones raised against M. tuberculosis proliferated following stimulation with soluble extracts from organisms of the M. tuberculosis complex, M. leprae and 10 out of 16 tested isolates of M. avium complex; however, four species of weakly or non-pathogenic mycobacteria were not stimulatory. Furthermore, the M. tuberculosis soluble extract (MTSE)-derived, recognized antigenic moiety proved to be proteinase K resistant and to have a molecular weight greater than 5000 MW, thus it differed from the reported antigenic moiety, recognized by CD4-CD8- gamma delta+ TCR cells. Our results suggest that a common antigenic moiety, presented by CD1b molecules to CD4-CD8- alpha beta+ TCR T cells, is shared by many mycobacterial species. Therefore they raise interest in the question of whether CD4-CD8- alpha beta+ TCR T cells, elicited by M. tuberculosis, may play a role in the natural history of other mycobacterial infections.

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