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  • Title: Proliferating and helper T lymphocytes display distinct fine specificities in response to human fibrinopeptide B.
    Author: Peterson LB, Wilner GD, Thomas DW.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1983 Jun; 130(6):2542-5. PubMed ID: 6189893.
    Abstract:
    The fine specificity of T cell responses involved in the generation of help for antibody production and proliferation was examined by using the 14 amino acid peptide human fibrinopeptide B (hFPB, B beta 1-14) and its synthetic peptide homologues B beta 1-14(Lys14), B beta 1-13, and B beta 3-14. Peritoneal exudate or lymph node T cells from C57BL/10 and B10.BR mice immunized with hFPB or its synthetic homologues were used to measure in vitro proliferative responses. T cells from hFPB-immunized B10.BR mice showed specific proliferation to hFPB, but were unresponsive to B beta 1-14(Lys14), B beta 1-13, and B beta 3-14. B10.BR mice immunized with B beta 1-14(Lys14), B beta 1-13, or B beta 3-14 were unresponsive to all peptides tested. T cells from C57BL/10 mice showed no specific proliferation after immunization and challenge with any of the peptide antigens. In contrast to the patterns of T cell proliferation, immunization of both B10.BR and C57BL/10 mice with hFPB, B beta 1-14(Lys14), B beta 1-13, or B beta 3-14 primed for significant helper T cell activity, as assessed by the augmentation of a primary in vitro B cell IgM anti-FITC plaque-forming cell response after culture with B beta 1-1(Lys14)-FITC. Significant peptide-specific helper activity was observed when the FITC moiety was conjugated to the carboxyl terminal lysine (B beta 1-14(Lys14)-FITC) as well as FITC substitution at the amino terminus (FITC-B beta 3-13 or FITC-B beta 3-14). These results suggest that the fine specificity of T cell responses to peptide antigens are different for helper and proliferating T cells and that responsiveness by one T cell subpopulation does not predict the response pattern of other functional subpopulations.
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