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. 1986 Jan;136(2):511-5.

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mediated by T lymphocyte lines: genotype of antigen-presenting cells influences immunodominant epitope of basic protein

E Beraud, T Reshef, A A Vandenbark, H Offner, R Friz, C H Chou, D Bernard, I R Cohen
  • PMID: 2416808

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mediated by T lymphocyte lines: genotype of antigen-presenting cells influences immunodominant epitope of basic protein

E Beraud et al. J Immunol. 1986 Jan.

Abstract

Lewis rats are susceptible to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), and their T lymphocytes recognize epitopes in the 68-88 sequence of guinea pig myelin basic protein (BP). BN rats are resistant to EAE, and their T lymphocytes recognize epitopes outside of the 68-88 sequence, probably in the 43-67 portion of BP. To investigate the influence of the genome of antigen-presenting cells (APC) on the dominance of BP epitopes for T lymphocyte lines, we selected anti-BP lines from (Lewis X BN)F1 rats by using the APC of Lewis, BN, or F1 origin. We now report that the F1/Lewis and F1/F1 lines recognized the 68-88 epitopes and were highly encephalitogenic in F1 rats, whereas the F1/BN line recognized the 43-67 epitopes and was only weakly encephalitogenic. Thus, the genotype of the APC can influence the immunologic dominance for T lymphocytes of BP epitopes, and this dominance in turn can influence the expression of disease.

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