Altered Peptide Ligand–Induced Partial T Cell Activation: Molecular Mechanisms and Role in T Cell Biology
- 1 April 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Immunology
- Vol. 14 (1), 1-27
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.immunol.14.1.1
Abstract
The elucidation of the phenomena of T cell antagonism and partial activation by altered peptide ligands has necessitated a revision in the traditional concepts of TCR recognition of antigen and subsequent signal transduction. Whereas previous models supported a single ligand specificity for any particular T cell, many studies using analogs of immunogenic peptides have now demonstrated a flexibility in this recognition. Moreover, interaction with such altered peptide ligands can result in dramatically different phenotypes of the T cells, ranging from inducing selective stimulatory functions to completely turning off their functional capacity. Investigations of the biochemical basis leading to these phenotypes have shown that altered peptide ligands can induce a qualitatively different pattern of signal transduction events than does any concentration of the native ligand. Such observations imply that several signaling modules are directly linked to the TCR/CD3 complex and that they can be dissociated from each other as a direct result of the nature of the ligand bound. Interestingly, many in vivo models of T cell activation are compatible with a selective signaling model, and several studies have shown that peptide analogs can play a role in various T cell biologic phenomena. These data strongly suggest that naturally occurring altered peptide ligands for any TCR exist in the repertoire of self-peptides or, in nature, derived from pathogens, and recent reports provide compelling evidence that this is indeed the case. The concept of altered peptide ligands, their effects on T cell signaling, the hypothesized mechanisms by which they exert their effects, and their possible roles in shaping the T cell immune response are the scope of this review.Keywords
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