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The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Volume 185, Number 6, March 17, 1997 1043-1054

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Presentation of a T Cell Receptor Antagonist Peptide by Immunoglobulins Ablates Activation of T Cells by a Synthetic Peptide or Proteins Requiring Endocytic Processing

Kevin L. Legge*, Booki Min*, Nicholas T. Potter{ddagger}, and Habib Zaghouani*

From the * Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996; and {ddagger} The Developmental and Genetic Center, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920

T cell receptor (TCR) antagonism is being considered for inactivation of aggressive T cells and reversal of T cell–mediated autoimmune diseases. TCR antagonist peptides silence aggressive T cells and reverse experimental allergic encephalomyelitis induced with free peptides. However, it is not clear whether free antagonist peptides could reverse natural disease where the antigen is presumably available for endocytic processing and peptides gain access to newly synthesized class II MHC molecules. Using an efficient endocytic presentation system, we demonstrate that a proteolipid protein (PLP) TCR antagonist peptide (PLP-LR) presented on an Ig molecule (IgPLP-LR) abrogates the activation of T cells stimulated with free encephalitogenic PLP peptide (PLP1), native PLP, or an Ig containing PLP1 peptide (Ig-PLP1). Free PLP-LR abolishes T cell activation when the stimulator is free PLP1 peptide, but has no measurable effect when the stimulator is the native PLP or Ig-PLP1. In vivo, Ig-PLP1 induces a T cell response to PLP1 peptide. However, when coadministered with Ig-PLP-LR, the response to PLP1 peptide is markedly reduced whereas the response to PLP-LR is normal. Free PLP-LR coadministered with Ig-PLP1 has no effect on the T cell response to PLP1. These findings indicate that endocytic presentation of an antagonist peptide by Ig outcompete both external and endocytic agonist peptides whereas free antagonist hinders external but not endocytic agonist peptide. Direct contact with antagonist ligand and/or trans-regulation by PLP-LR–specific T cells may be the operative mechanism for Ig-PLP-LR–mediated downregulation of PLP1-specific T cells in vivo. Efficient endocytic presentation of antagonist peptides, which is the fundamental event for either mechanism, may be critical for reversal of spontaneous T cell–mediated autoimmune diseases where incessant endocytic antigen processing could be responsible for T cell aggressivity.

Address correspondence to Habib Zaghouani, The University of Tennessee, Department of Microbiology, M409 Walters Life Sciences Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37920.

1Abbreviations used in this paper: aa, amino acid; EAE, experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; HA, hemagglutinin; MBP, myelin basic protein; MS, multiple sclerosis; PLP, proteolipid protein; PLP1, the peptide corresponding to aa residues 139-155 of PLP; PPD, purified protein derivative.


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