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  • Title: Th1 and Th2 deviation of myelin-autoreactive T cells by altered peptide ligands is associated with reciprocal regulation of Lck, Fyn, and ZAP-70.
    Author: Singh RA, Zang YC, Shrivastava A, Hong J, Wang GT, Li S, Tejada-Simon MV, Kozovska M, Rivera VM, Zhang JZ.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1999 Dec 15; 163(12):6393-402. PubMed ID: 10586029.
    Abstract:
    Th0 clones recognizing an immunodominant peptide of myelin basic protein (residues 83-99) were derived from patients with multiple sclerosis. We demonstrate that analogue peptides with alanine substitution at Val86 and His88 had a unique partial agonistic property in inducing Th0 -->Th1 and Th0 -->Th2 deviation of the myelin basic protein-reactive T cell clones, respectively. Th0 to Th1 deviation induced by peptide 86V-->A correlated with up-regulation of Fyn and ZAP-70 kinase activities. Conversely, Th0 to Th2 deviation induced by peptide 88H-->A was associated with complete failure to activate Fyn and ZAP-70 kinases. The observed Th1 and Th2 shift also correlated, to a lesser extent, with Lck kinase activity that was down-regulated with Th1 deviation and increased with Th2 deviation in some T cell clones. We demonstrated that the Th1 and Th2 shift induced by the analogue peptides was a reversible process, as the T cell clones previously exposed to either 86V-->A or 88H-->A peptide could revert to an opposite phenotype when rechallenged reciprocally with a different analogue peptide. The study has important implications in our understanding of regulation of TCR-associated tyrosine kinases by altered peptide ligands and its role in cytokine regulation of autoreactive T cells.
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