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. 1990 Apr;69(4):508–514.

In vivo elimination of T cells expressing specific T-cell receptor V beta chains in mice susceptible to collagen-induced arthritis.

T J Goldschmidt 1, L Jansson 1, R Holmdahl 1
PMCID: PMC1385620  PMID: 2139866

Abstract

Type II collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is believed to be dependent on T cells expressing a limited number of V beta chains. Two different methods were used to selectively eliminate T cells expressing a certain T-cell receptor (TcR) V beta chain in mouse strains susceptible to CIA. In vivo treatment with monoclonal anti-V beta 6 or anti-V beta 8.1,2 antibodies did not alter CIA, despite a reduction of the major part of the V beta 6+ or V beta 8.1,2+ lymph node cells (LNC), as measured by flow cytometric (FACS) analyses. The reduction was not due to complete elimination of V beta 6+ or V beta 8.1,2+ cells, since part of the V beta 6 and V beta 8.1,2 expressing cells returned later, even in mice that had been thymectomized first to prevent maturation of new T cells. In contrast, treatment with antibodies against CD4 efficiently abrogated development of CIA. In the (CBA x DBA/1J)F1 and the (BALB/c x DBA/1J)F1 mice, where M1s1a was combined with expression of I-E, the V beta 6+ LNC were deleted. In spite of the deletion, both F1 strains were highly susceptible to CIA.

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