Genetic control of T cell receptor BJ gene expression in peripheral lymphocytes of normal and rheumatoid arthritis monozygotic twins.
Open Access
- 1 October 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Clinical Investigation in JCI Insight
- Vol. 98 (7), 1594-1601
- https://doi.org/10.1172/jci118953
Abstract
The amino acids encoded at the junctions of T cell receptor (TCR) V and J genes directly interact with MHC bound peptides. However, the regulation of the human TCRBJ gene repertoire has been difficult to analyze, because of the potentially complex number of BJ gene rearrangements. To overcome this problem, we developed a PCR-ELISA method to study BJ gene expression, and compared peripheral T lymphocytes from 12 pairs of monozygotic twins, including 6 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) discordant pairs, and 5 normals. Analyses of the TCRBV5, 13 and 17 gene families, which have been reported to be increased in RA patients, showed: (a) the three TCRBV transcripts have common features of BJ gene usage; (b) TCR transcripts from each TCRBV family display a distinctive BJ gene profile, which is displayed better by CD4+ than CD8+ lymphocytes; (c) the BJ gene repertoires of monozygotic twins are more similar than those of unrelated individuals; and (d) the inflammation of RA does not induce specific changes in the genetically determined pattern of BJ expression. These results indicate that the frequency of expression particular TCRBV-TCRBJ recombinants in human lymphocytes is controlled genetically, and is maintained despite the presence of a chronic inflammatory disease.Keywords
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