I-J epitopes were found to be associated with the functional site of the class II MHC-restricted helper T (Th) cells: Virtually all of the H-2k-restricted Th cell function of H-2kxbF1 T cells was inhibited by the anti-I-Jk mAb, leaving the H-2b-restricted function unaffected. The I-Jk epitope was inducible in Th cells of different genotype origin according to the environmental class II antigens present in the early ontogeny of T cells. Although above results suggested that I-J is the structure reflecting the inducible MHC restriction specificity, further studies revealed some interesting controversies: First, the I-J phenotype did not always correlate with the class II restriction specificity, e.g., I-Ab-restricted Th from 5R was I-Jk-positive, whereas I-Ak-restricted Th of 4R was not. Second, there was no trans expression of parental I-J phenotypes and restriction specificities in F1 Th, e.g., the I-J phenotype was detected only on I-Ab-restricted Th of (4R X 5R)F1, whereas it was absent on I-Ak-restricted Th. This strict linkage between the restriction specificity and I-J phenotype was also found on Th cells developed in bone marrow chimera constructed with intra-H-2-recombinant mice. The expression of I-Jk was always associated with the restriction specificity of the relevant host. Thus, the restriction specificity of Th cells followed the host type, and the I-J expression on Th was exactly the same as that expressed by the host haplotype. These results indicate that I-J is an isomorphic structure adaptively expressed on Th cells that is involved in the unidirectional regulatory cell interactions, and that the polymorphism cannot be explained merely by the restriction specificity of the conventional T cell receptor heterodimer.
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December 01 1987
Epitopes associated with MHC restriction site of T cells. III. I-J epitope on MHC-restricted T helper cells.
Y Asano,
Y Asano
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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T Nakayama,
T Nakayama
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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M Kubo,
M Kubo
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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J Yagi,
J Yagi
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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T Tada
T Tada
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Y Asano
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
T Nakayama
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
M Kubo
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
J Yagi
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
T Tada
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1987) 166 (6): 1613–1626.
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Y Asano, T Nakayama, M Kubo, J Yagi, T Tada; Epitopes associated with MHC restriction site of T cells. III. I-J epitope on MHC-restricted T helper cells.. J Exp Med 1 December 1987; 166 (6): 1613–1626. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.166.6.1613
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