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. 1995 Mar;99(3):398–403. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1995.tb05564.x

Cytotoxic activity of V beta 8+ T cells in Crohn's disease: the role of bacterial superantigens.

M E Baca-Estrada 1, D K Wong 1, K Croitoru 1
PMCID: PMC1534200  PMID: 7882562

Abstract

In Crohn's disease, disease-related stimuli could alter the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire. To examine the possibility that changes in function may occur in T cell subsets without obvious changes in expression of TCR, we analysed the TCR repertoire of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in Crohn's disease peripheral blood. Furthermore, we examined the effect of bacterial superantigens, staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and E (SEE) on the cytotoxic function of T cell subsets bearing different TCR V genes using MoAbs specific for CD3 and TCR V gene products in a redirected cytotoxicity assay. There was no difference between patients and controls in the cytotoxicity measured in concanavalin A (Con A)-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with anti-CD3 or with six of seven anti-TCR V gene MoAbs. However, the cytotoxicity of V beta 8 T cells was decreased in Crohn's disease patients. This was not due to a decrease in total or CD8+ T cells expressing V beta 8. Furthermore, in normal subjects, PBMC stimulation with SEE and SEB selectively expanded and increased the cytotoxicity of V beta 8 and V beta 12 T cells, respectively. In Crohn's disease, although SEB stimulation increased the number and cytolytic function of the V beta 12 subset, SEE stimulation failed to increase cytolytic activity of V beta 8+ T cells in spite of the expansion of V beta 8+ T cells. These results suggest that the changes in cytotoxic function observed in V beta 8 T cells in Crohn's patients may reflect previous exposure to a V beta 8-selective superantigen.

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