International Immunology, Vol 9, 17-25, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
S Pied, D Voegtle, M Marussig, L Renia, F Miltgen, D Mazier and PA Cazenave
TCR V beta usage was examined in C57BL/6 mice infected with Plasmodium
yoelii. In addition to a polyclonal T cell activation, already described, a
superantigenic-like activity was observed during the acute infection. This
superantigenic activity induces a preferential deletion without prior
expansion of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells bearing the TCR V beta 9 segment. The
superantigen could be released by the parasite at different stages of its
development since the deletion of V beta 9+ T cells was observed in blood
and lymph nodes of mice infected either with sporozoites or with
erythrocytic stages. Injection of sporozoite or parasitized erythrocytes to
newborn mice led to a deletion and anergy of peripheral V beta 9+ T cells,
without affecting thymic T cell populations. These observations suggest
that the superantigen is released at very low concentrations during
parasite development. The role of such parasite superantigenic activity in
infectivity can be underlined by the observation that congenic BALB.D2
Mis1a mice lacking V beta 9 T cells are more susceptible to infection by P.
yoelii.
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INSERM U313 Departement de Parasitologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie- Salpetriere, Paris, France.
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