In the present study, we have characterized the reactivity of two mAbs that are directed at the human TCR-gamma/delta. These reagents, designated anti-A13 and anti-TiV delta 2, were found to recognize antigenic determinants encoded by the TCR V delta 1 and V delta 2 gene segments, respectively. Immunofluorescence analyses performed with the antibodies confirmed that, in the TCR-gamma/delta+ cell subpopulation, the expression of V delta 2+ delta chains is largely predominant, as compared with the V delta 1+ counterparts. However, these experiments led to an apparently discrepant finding. Indeed, the total number of cells recognized by the anti-A13 plus the anti-TiV delta 2 antibodies was often greater than that detected with anti-TCR-delta 1, a reagent specific for a constant epitope of the human delta chain. Further investigation showed that the presence of a sizeable peripheral lymphocyte subset coexpressing the BMA031 and the A13 epitopes. Because the former antibody is known to recognize an invariant antigenic determinant of the TCR-alpha/beta dimer, these results suggested that the V delta 1 gene segment may be expressed with either C delta or C alpha. This hypothesis was confirmed using T2, an IL-2-dependent BMA031+ A13+ polyclonal cell line developed from peripheral blood of a healthy adult donor. Indeed, T2 cells were found to have productively rearranged the V delta 1 gene. Together, results of Northern blot analysis and cDNA cloning indicated that V delta 1 was expressed in these cells as part of a 1.6-kb full-length message including J alpha-C alpha segments.
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April 01 1990
Further analysis of the T cell receptor gamma/delta+ peripheral lymphocyte subset. The V delta 1 gene segment is expressed with either C alpha or C delta.
C Miossec,
C Miossec
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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F Faure,
F Faure
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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L Ferradini,
L Ferradini
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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S Roman-Roman,
S Roman-Roman
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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S Jitsukawa,
S Jitsukawa
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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S Ferrini,
S Ferrini
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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A Moretta,
A Moretta
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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F Triebel,
F Triebel
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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T Hercend
T Hercend
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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C Miossec
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
F Faure
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
L Ferradini
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
S Roman-Roman
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
S Jitsukawa
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
S Ferrini
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
A Moretta
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
F Triebel
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
T Hercend
Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1990) 171 (4): 1171–1188.
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C Miossec, F Faure, L Ferradini, S Roman-Roman, S Jitsukawa, S Ferrini, A Moretta, F Triebel, T Hercend; Further analysis of the T cell receptor gamma/delta+ peripheral lymphocyte subset. The V delta 1 gene segment is expressed with either C alpha or C delta.. J Exp Med 1 April 1990; 171 (4): 1171–1188. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.171.4.1171
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