scholarly journals Heterogeneity and biased T cell receptor alpha/beta repertoire of mucosal CD8+ cells from murine large intestine: implications for functional state.

1994 ◽  
Vol 180 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
A R Ibraghimov ◽  
R G Lynch

Up to 90% of CD8+ intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) of the murine large intestine (LI) belong to the alpha/beta T cell lineage and consist of two subsets. One subset expresses both alpha and beta subunits of the CD8 coreceptor, and is uniformly Thy1+, CD5+, B220-, CD2+, CD28+. The CD8 alpha+beta+ LI-IEL exclude self-reacting V beta structures, and readily proliferate in vivo in response to T cell receptor-mediated stimuli. The CD8 alpha+beta- subset of TCR-alpha/beta+ LI-IEL is Thy1-/+, CD5-, B220+, CD2+/-, and CD28-. It contains cells with potentially self-reacting V beta s and is responsive in vivo to high doses of anti-TCR-alpha/beta monoclonal antibody (mAb), but not to bacterial superantigens. Both subsets are abundant in LI-IEL of old nude mice, and CD8 alpha+beta+ LI-IEL in nude mice undergo the same V beta deletions as in euthymic mice of the same background. Both subsets express the intestinal T cell-specific integrin alpha M290 beta 7, known to be a homing receptor for IEL. Unusually high proportions of CD69+ cells within both subsets indicate chronic activation. The proportions of CD69+ and alpha M290 beta 7+ cells within the CD8 alpha+beta+ subset increase with age, probably due to constant antigenic challenge. We propose that CD8 alpha+beta+ and CD8 alpha+beta- subsets of LI-IEL permanently reside in LI and represent a lineage different from spleen and lymph node CD8+ T cells. The CD8 alpha+beta+ undergoes negative selection, and is responsive to TCR-mediated stimuli. The CD8 alpha+beta- subset of LI-IEL is a subject of distinct selection mechanisms, and has low responsiveness to TCR-mediated stimuli.

Blood ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 78 (12) ◽  
pp. 3232-3240 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Hoshino ◽  
K Oshimi ◽  
M Teramura ◽  
H Mizoguchi

Abstract Granular lymphocytes (GLs) in patients with GL-proliferative disorders (GLPDs) are known to express the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) beta chain (p70–75) constitutively and to proliferate in response to stimulation with IL-2 via the beta chain. In this report, we found that the anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) OKT3 could induce the proliferation of GLs from patients with T-cell lineage GLPDs (T-cell receptor-alpha beta+/CD3+16+), but not that of natural killer (NK) cell lineage GLs (T-cell receptor-alpha beta-/CD3–16+). In contrast, the anti-CD16 MoAb 3G8 that reacts with NK-lineage GLs could induce the proliferation of these GLs but not that of GLs with a T-cell phenotype. Furthermore, the anti-CD16 MoAbs CLB FcR gran1 (VD2) and OK-NK, which react with both T- and NK-lineage GLs, induced the proliferation of GLs with both T- and and NK-cell phenotypes. The proliferative response induced via the CD3 or IgG Fc receptor III (Fc gamma RIII: CD16) pathway was shown to be associated with the IL-2-dependent autocrine pathway by various findings, including the induction of endogenous IL-2 production, the coexpression of the IL-2R alpha chain (p55) and the IL- 2R beta chain, and the inhibition of GL proliferation by anti-IL-2 or anti-IL-2R MoAb. These results suggest that GL proliferation is mediated at least partly through the IL-2-dependent autocrine pathway, and that the TCR/CD3 complex in T-cell phenotype GLs and the Fc gamma RIII in both T- and NK-cell phenotype GLs play a role in their activation in GLPDs.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (11) ◽  
pp. 2965-2972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Kusunoki ◽  
Y Hirai ◽  
S Kyoizumi ◽  
M Akiyama

Abstract Rare T lymphocytes bearing CD3 surface antigen and T-cell receptor (TCR) alpha and beta chains, but lacking both CD4 and CD8 antigens, viz, TCR alpha beta+CD4–8- cells, appear at a frequency of 0.1% to 2% in peripheral blood TCR alpha beta+ cells of normal donors. Here we report two unusual cases, found among 100 healthy individuals studied, who showed an abnormally elevated frequency of these T cells, ie, 5% to 10% and 14% to 19%. Southern blot analyses of the TCR alpha beta+CD4–8- clones all showed the identical rearrangement patterns for each individual, demonstrating that these are derivatives of a single T cell. The same rearrangement patterns were also observed for the freshly isolated lymphocytes of TCR alpha beta+CD4-CD8- fraction, which excludes the possible bias in the processes of in vitro cloning. These TCR alpha beta+CD4–8- T cells were found to express other mature T-cell markers such as CD2, CD3, and CD5 antigens, as well as natural killer (NK) cell markers (CD11b, CD16, CD56, and CD57 antigens) for both individuals. Further, although lectin-dependent or redirected antibody- dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicities were observed for both freshly sorted lymphocytes of TCR alpha beta+CD4–8- fraction and in vitro established clones, NK-like activity was not detected.


Blood ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 78 (12) ◽  
pp. 3232-3240
Author(s):  
S Hoshino ◽  
K Oshimi ◽  
M Teramura ◽  
H Mizoguchi

Granular lymphocytes (GLs) in patients with GL-proliferative disorders (GLPDs) are known to express the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) beta chain (p70–75) constitutively and to proliferate in response to stimulation with IL-2 via the beta chain. In this report, we found that the anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) OKT3 could induce the proliferation of GLs from patients with T-cell lineage GLPDs (T-cell receptor-alpha beta+/CD3+16+), but not that of natural killer (NK) cell lineage GLs (T-cell receptor-alpha beta-/CD3–16+). In contrast, the anti-CD16 MoAb 3G8 that reacts with NK-lineage GLs could induce the proliferation of these GLs but not that of GLs with a T-cell phenotype. Furthermore, the anti-CD16 MoAbs CLB FcR gran1 (VD2) and OK-NK, which react with both T- and NK-lineage GLs, induced the proliferation of GLs with both T- and and NK-cell phenotypes. The proliferative response induced via the CD3 or IgG Fc receptor III (Fc gamma RIII: CD16) pathway was shown to be associated with the IL-2-dependent autocrine pathway by various findings, including the induction of endogenous IL-2 production, the coexpression of the IL-2R alpha chain (p55) and the IL- 2R beta chain, and the inhibition of GL proliferation by anti-IL-2 or anti-IL-2R MoAb. These results suggest that GL proliferation is mediated at least partly through the IL-2-dependent autocrine pathway, and that the TCR/CD3 complex in T-cell phenotype GLs and the Fc gamma RIII in both T- and NK-cell phenotype GLs play a role in their activation in GLPDs.


1998 ◽  
Vol 95 (16) ◽  
pp. 9459-9464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie T. Page ◽  
Lisa Y. Bogatzki ◽  
Jessica A. Hamerman ◽  
Claire H. Sweenie ◽  
Philip J. Hogarth ◽  
...  

The majority of T cells develop in the thymus and exhibit well characterized phenotypic changes associated with their maturation. Previous analysis of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) from nude mice and a variety of experimentally manipulated models led to the view that at least a portion of these cells represent a distinct T cell population that matures extrathymically. The IEL that are postulated to mature within the intestine include both T cell receptor (TCR) αβ- and γδ-bearing subpopulations. They can be distinguished from conventional thymically derived T cells in that they express an unusual coreceptor, a CD8α homodimer. In addition, they can utilize the Fc receptor γ-chain in place of the CD3-associated ζ-chain for TCR signaling and their maturation depends on the interleukin 2 receptor β-chain. Moreover, TCRαβ+CD8αα+ IEL are not subject to conventional thymic selection processes. To determine whether CD3−CD8αα+ IEL represent precursors of T cells developing extrathymically, we examined IEL from knockout mice lacking the recombination activating gene-1 (rag-1), CD3ɛ, or both Lck and Fyn, in which thymic T cell development is arrested. CD3−CD8αα+CD16+ IEL from all three mutant strains, as well as from nude mice, included cells that express pre-TCRα transcripts, a marker of T cell commitment. These IEL from lck−/−fyn−/− animals exhibited TCR β-gene rearrangement. However, CD3−CD8αα+CD16+ IEL from ɛ-deficient mice had not undergone Dβ-Jβ joining, despite normal rearrangement at the TCRβ locus in thymocytes from these animals. These results revealed another distinction between thymocytes and IEL, and suggested an unexpectedly early role for CD3ɛ in IEL maturation.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (11) ◽  
pp. 2965-2972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Kusunoki ◽  
Y Hirai ◽  
S Kyoizumi ◽  
M Akiyama

Rare T lymphocytes bearing CD3 surface antigen and T-cell receptor (TCR) alpha and beta chains, but lacking both CD4 and CD8 antigens, viz, TCR alpha beta+CD4–8- cells, appear at a frequency of 0.1% to 2% in peripheral blood TCR alpha beta+ cells of normal donors. Here we report two unusual cases, found among 100 healthy individuals studied, who showed an abnormally elevated frequency of these T cells, ie, 5% to 10% and 14% to 19%. Southern blot analyses of the TCR alpha beta+CD4–8- clones all showed the identical rearrangement patterns for each individual, demonstrating that these are derivatives of a single T cell. The same rearrangement patterns were also observed for the freshly isolated lymphocytes of TCR alpha beta+CD4-CD8- fraction, which excludes the possible bias in the processes of in vitro cloning. These TCR alpha beta+CD4–8- T cells were found to express other mature T-cell markers such as CD2, CD3, and CD5 antigens, as well as natural killer (NK) cell markers (CD11b, CD16, CD56, and CD57 antigens) for both individuals. Further, although lectin-dependent or redirected antibody- dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicities were observed for both freshly sorted lymphocytes of TCR alpha beta+CD4–8- fraction and in vitro established clones, NK-like activity was not detected.


1991 ◽  
Vol 173 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Rocha ◽  
P Vassalli ◽  
D Guy-Grand

Gut intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) contain two independent T cell receptor alpha/beta + T cell populations, with different V beta repertoires. In DBA/2 mice (Mlsa, IE+), the CD4+ and heterodimeric alpha/beta CD8+ thymodependent T cell pool shows the same deletion of V beta 6, 8.1, and 11+ cells as found in peripheral lymphoid organs. In contrast, such deletions are not observed in the pool of IEL bearing homodimeric alpha CD8+ chains, in which these V beta families are frequently observed in high amounts. The size of this gut homodimeric alpha CD8+ IEL pool and its different V beta repertoire selection demonstrate the existence of a major extrathymic pathway of T cell differentiation with a gut-restricted localization. The large amount of the thymo-independent, homodimeric alpha CD8+ IEL found in the small bowel may contribute to a first line of defense against exogenous superantigens.


1994 ◽  
Vol 180 (4) ◽  
pp. 1337-1344 ◽  
Author(s):  
G G Gross ◽  
V L Schwartz ◽  
C Stevens ◽  
E C Ebert ◽  
R S Blumberg ◽  
...  

The majority of human intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (iIELs) are CD8+ T cells that use the T cell receptor (TCR)-alpha/beta. Previous studies have shown that iIELs isolated from segments of small intestine or colon contain one or several dominant alpha/beta T cell clones. It is not known whether these clones expand only locally in response to a particular antigen or whether they are widely distributed throughout the intestine. To address this question, iIELs were purified from near the proximal and distal margins in a series of intestinal resections for noninflammatory diseases. TCR-beta expression was then assessed by semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction amplification, analysis of N-region length, and DNA sequencing. The previously described oligoclonal expansion of iIELs was confirmed in each sample. Identical dominant clones were identified in the proximal and distal samples from most cases, including samples taken from sites as distant as the transverse and sigmoid colon or rectum. Distinct clones were found in only one case with samples from the terminal ileum and transverse colon. These results demonstrate that a relatively small number of widely dispersed T cell clones comprise the majority of cells in the human intestinal mucosa.


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