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A conformational change senses the strength of T cell receptor-ligand interaction during thymic selection.


ABSTRACT: T cell antigen receptor (TCR) triggering determines the fate of immature thymocytes. The affinity of the TCR for its endogenous peptide/MHC ligands serves as a signal for positive or negative selection through mechanisms that are still little understood. We have used a conformation-specific antibody to demonstrate that recognition of TCR ligands that lead to negative selection induces a conformational change in the TCR in situ. In contrast, this conformational change is elicited in only a small percentage of immature thymocytes during positive selection. Using a TUNEL assay, we demonstrate that the conformational change in the TCR is strongly linked to activation of programmed cell death in conditions leading to negative selection. Furthermore, the few conformational change-positive thymocytes detected in conditions that preferably lead to positive selection are also TUNEL-positive. Thus, the conformational change in the TCR may underlie the discrimination of ligands leading to positive and negative selection.

SUBMITTER: Risueno RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1480457 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A conformational change senses the strength of T cell receptor-ligand interaction during thymic selection.

Risueño Ruth M RM   van Santen Hisse M HM   Alarcón Balbino B  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060609 25


T cell antigen receptor (TCR) triggering determines the fate of immature thymocytes. The affinity of the TCR for its endogenous peptide/MHC ligands serves as a signal for positive or negative selection through mechanisms that are still little understood. We have used a conformation-specific antibody to demonstrate that recognition of TCR ligands that lead to negative selection induces a conformational change in the TCR in situ. In contrast, this conformational change is elicited in only a small  ...[more]

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