[Organ-specific T cell receptor repertoire in target organs of murine graft-versus-host disease after haploidentical bone marrow transplantation]

Zhongguo Shi Yan Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi. 2009 Aug;17(4):999-1004.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

This study was purpused to analyze the characteristics of T cell receptor repertoire in target organs of murine graft-versus-host after haploidentical bone marrow transplantation (hiBMT) and the molecular characteristics of complementarity determining region3 (CDR3) repertoires of monoclonal T cell in liver, skin and ileum in murine after hiBMT. Murine haploidentical BMT model was established, CDR3-size spectratyping was used to study TCRBV repertoires in recipient liver, skin, ileum, spleen and a group of CDR3 molecules was obtained from GVHD-target tissues. The results showed that GVHD occurred as early as days 14 after transplantation and was proven by histology in liver, skin and ileum. A number of new monoclonal and oligoclonal T cells emerged in GVHD-target tissue. 45 CDR3 molecules had six C'-terminal motifs, which obtained from liver, skin, ileum in different times after hiBMT. It is concluded that target organs of murine graft-versus-host disease after hiBMT emerged a number of clonal or oligoclonal T cells, part of this T cell clones commonly uses some conserved CDR3 motifs and may recognize similar antigen.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Complementarity Determining Regions / genetics
  • Graft vs Host Disease / genetics
  • Graft vs Host Disease / immunology*
  • Immunoglobulin Variable Region / genetics
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / genetics*

Substances

  • Complementarity Determining Regions
  • Immunoglobulin Variable Region
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell