The Journal of Immunology, Vol 144, Issue 4 1288-1294, Copyright © 1990 by American Association of Immunologists

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Analysis of the donor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte repertoire in a patient with a long term surviving allograft. Frequency, specificity, and phenotype of donor-reactive T cell receptor (TCR)-alpha beta+ and TCR-gamma delta+ clones

BA Vandekerckhove, G Datema, F Koning, E Goulmy, GG Persijn, JJ Van Rood, FH Claas and JE De Vries
Department of Immunohaematology, University Hospital of Leiden, The Netherlands.

In the present study the transplant specific CTL repertoire of a patient (HLA:A1,3, B8,18, Cw5,7 DR3, DQw2, DPw3) with a long term surviving HLA mismatched kidney graft (HLA: A1,24 B8,27 Cw2,7, DR3, w13 DQw2,6 DPw1,3) has been investigated. This patient was unable to generate specific cytolytic activity against donor-derived PHA-blasts in the MLC in which donor spleen cells or B lymphoblastoid cell line were used as stimulator cells. In addition, the CTL precursor frequencies against donor alloantigens were very low (1/67,000). The patient had otherwise normal immune responses in vivo and in vitro and no signs of transplant rejection. Transplant specific CTL clones were generated in high frequencies (1/195) from T cell bulk cultures activated by PHA in the absence of any sensitization by donor Ag in vitro. The repertoire of 14 donor-reactive CTL clones (12 TCR-alpha beta+ and 2 TCR-gamma delta+) was analyzed. Two TCR-alpha beta+ CD8+ clones were specific for B27. Ten TCR-alpha beta+ CTL clones directed against class II HLA Ag were isolated. Seven of these were CD4+ and recognized DRw13 (3), DQw6 (3), and DPw1 (1), whereas three of these clones were CD4-CD8+ recognizing DRw13 (1) and DQw6 (2). In addition, two donor-specific TCR-gamma delta+ CTL clones were obtained recognizing HLA-A9(23,24) and DQw6. Our data indicate that the precursors of CTL clones specifically directed against donor class I or II HLA Ag are not deleted from the repertoire and that part of this reactivity resides in the TCR-gamma delta+ fraction.

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