Publication Date:
1987-02-20
Description:
The ability of immunodominant peptides derived from several antigen systems to compete with each other for T cell activation was studied. Only peptides restricted by a given transplantation antigen are mutually competitive. There is a correlation between haplotype restriction, ability to bind to the appropriate transplantation antigen, and ability to inhibit activation of other T cells restricted by the same transplantation antigen. An exception was noted in that a peptide derived from an antigen, bacteriophage lambda cI repressor, binds to the I-Ed molecule in a specific way, yet is not I-Ed-restricted. Comparison of the sequence of the repressor peptide with that of other peptides able to bind to (and be restricted by) I-Ed and a polymorphic region of the I-Ed molecule itself revealed a significant degree of homology. Thus, peptides restricted by a given class II molecule appear to be homologous to a portion of the class II molecule itself. The repressor-derived peptide is identical at several polymorphic residues at this site, and this may account for the failure of I-Ed to act as a restriction element. Comparison of antigenic peptide sequences with transplantation antigen sequences suggests a model that provides a basis for explaining self, nonself discrimination as well as alloreactivity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Guillet, J G -- Lai, M Z -- Briner, T J -- Buus, S -- Sette, A -- Grey, H M -- Smith, J A -- Gefter, M L -- AI13357/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI18634/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- CA28900/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Feb 20;235(4791):865-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2433769" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antigens/*immunology
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Autoantigens/immunology
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*DNA-Binding Proteins
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Epitopes
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Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/*immunology
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Hybridomas
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Isoantigens/immunology
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Lymphocyte Activation
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Mice
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Micrococcal Nuclease/immunology
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Ovalbumin/immunology
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Protein Binding
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Receptors, Immunologic/*immunology
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Repressor Proteins/immunology
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T-Lymphocytes/*immunology
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T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
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Viral Proteins
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Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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