Wright R J, Bikoff E K, Stockinger B
Division of Molecular Immunology, The National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK.
Immunology. 1998 Nov;95(3):309-13. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00595.x.
The functional role of invariant chain in T-cell selection events and antigen presentation is well established. The invariant chain gene encodes differentially spliced isoforms, Ii31 and Ii41. The Ii41 isoform has been described to increase the efficiency of antigen presentation. We have analysed the effect of the Ii41 isoform on positive and negative selection of transgenic CD4 T cells with specificity for a natural self antigen (C5) which are crucially dependent on invariant chain for their development and functional antigen recognition. The data show that Ii41 fully substitutes for wild-type invariant chain in both positive and negative selection events during functional maturation of T cells with specificity for a natural, blood-borne self antigen.
恒定链在T细胞选择事件和抗原呈递中的功能作用已得到充分证实。恒定链基因编码差异剪接的异构体Ii31和Ii41。Ii41异构体已被描述为可提高抗原呈递效率。我们分析了Ii41异构体对具有天然自身抗原(C5)特异性的转基因CD4 T细胞的阳性和阴性选择的影响,这些细胞的发育和功能性抗原识别关键依赖于恒定链。数据表明,在对天然血源自身抗原有特异性的T细胞功能成熟过程中,Ii41在阳性和阴性选择事件中完全替代了野生型恒定链。