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. 1992 Dec 1;89(23):11244–11248. doi: 10.1073/pnas.89.23.11244

T-cell receptor beta-chain gene usage in the T-cell recognition of Mycobacterium leprae antigens in one tuberculoid leprosy patient.

W C van Schooten 1, J L Ko 1, N van der Stoep 1, J B Haanen 1, L Pickering 1, R R de Vries 1, P van den Elsen 1
PMCID: PMC50526  PMID: 1333603

Abstract

The beta chain of the T-cell antigen receptor present on 20 T-cell clones isolated from a tuberculoid leprosy patient was studied by gene rearrangement and PCR analysis. These T-cell clones all responded to Mycobacterium leprae-encoded protein antigens, and 8 of them specifically recognized peptides of the mycobacterial 65-kDa heat shock polypeptide (65hsp). All T-cell clones studied were HLA-DR-restricted (DR2 or -3). In the DR3-restricted group, 7 of 10 used a beta-chain variable region V beta 5 gene family member, whereas in the DR2-restricted group, 2 of 10 T-cell clones used a V beta 5 gene segment and 5 used the V beta 18 gene segment. The deduced amino acid sequences of the beta chain from 8 T-cell clones have revealed that 3 of 4 DR3-restricted T-cell clones expressed the V beta 5.1 gene segment whereas the fourth DR3-restricted T-cell clone employed a V beta 5 family member not previously described. The V beta 5.1-positive T-cell clones all recognized the same 65hsp peptide from residues 2 to 12. The N-D-N segment (where D is diversity) of the junctional region of these T-cell clones was very similar, despite different beta-chain joining gene segments. Of the 4 DR2-restricted T-cell clones investigated, 3 used the V beta 18 gene segment and recognized the 65hsp peptide from residues 418 to 427. In conclusion, within this panel of M. leprae-reactive T-cell clones, the DR3-restricted T-cell clones mainly used a V beta 5 gene segment, whereas the DR2-restricted clones employed preferentially the V beta 18 gene segment.

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