CD1d-Specific NK1.1+ T Cells with a Transgenic Variant TCR

  • Sköld M
  • Faizunnessa N
  • Wang C
  • et al.
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Abstract

The majority of T lymphocytes carrying the NK cell marker NK1.1 (NKT cells) depend on the CD1d molecule for their development and are distinguished by their potent capacity to rapidly secrete cytokines upon activation. A substantial fraction of NKT cells express a restricted TCR repertiore using an invariant TCR Vα14-Jα281 rearrangement and a limited set of TCR Vβ segments, implying recognition of a limited set of CD1d-associated ligands. A second group of CD1d-reactive T cells use diverse TCR potentially recognizing a larger diversity of ligands presented on CD1d. In TCR-transgenic mice carrying rearranged TCR genes from a CD1d-reactive T cell with the diverse type receptor (using Vα3.2/Vβ9 rearrangements), the majority of T cells expressing the transgenic TCR had the typical phenotype of NKT cells. They expressed NK1.1, CD122, intermediate TCR levels, and markers indicating previous activation and were CD4/CD8 double negative or CD4+. Upon activation in vitro, the cells secreted large amounts of IL-4 and IFN-γ, a characteristic of NKT cells. In mice lacking CD1d, TCR-transgenic cells with the NKT phenotype were absent. This demonstrates that a CD1d-reactive TCR of the “non-Vα 14” diverse type can, in a ligand-dependent way, direct development of NK1.1+ T cells expressing expected functional and cell-surface phenotype characteristics.

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Sköld, M., Faizunnessa, N. N., Wang, C.-R., & Cardell, S. (2000). CD1d-Specific NK1.1+ T Cells with a Transgenic Variant TCR. The Journal of Immunology, 165(1), 168–174. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.165.1.168

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