A shared TCR CDR3 sequence in NOD mouse autoimmune diabetes

Yaron Tikochinski, Dana Elias, Christiana Steeg, Hadar Marcus, Michael Kantorowitz, Tamara Reshef, Vitaly Ablamunits, Irun R. Cohen*, Adam Friedmann

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Abstract

T cells involved in autoimmune diseases have been characterized by the genetic elements used to construct their autoimmune TCR. In the present study, we sequenced the α and β chains of the TCR expressed by a CD4+ T cell clone, C9, functional in NOD mouse diabetes. Clone C9 can adoptively transfer diabetes or, when attenuated, C9 can be used to vaccinate NOD mice against diabetes. Clone C9 recognizes a peptide epitope (p277) of the 60 kDa heat shock protein (hsp60) molecule. We now report that the C9 TCR β chain features a CDR3 peptide sequence that is prevalent among NOD mice. This CDR3 element is detectable by 2 weeks of age in the thymus, and later in the spleen and in the autoimmune insulitis. Thus, a TCR CDR3β sequence appears to be a common idiotope associated with mouse diabetes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)951-956
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Immunology
Volume11
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

Keywords

  • CDR3
  • Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
  • TCR

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