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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2006

Narrowed TCR repertoire and viral escape as a consequence of heterologous immunity.

Markus Cornberg, Alex T Chen, Lee A Wilkinson, Michael A Brehm, Sung-Kwon Kim, Claudia Calcagno, Dario Ghersi, Roberto Puzone, Franco Celada, Raymond M Welsh and 1 more

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 83 papers.

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83citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 136 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Markus CornbergDepartment of Pathology and Program in Immunology and Virology, University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
Alex T Chen
Lee A Wilkinson
Michael A Brehm
Sung-Kwon Kim
Claudia Calcagno
Dario Ghersi
Roberto Puzone
Franco Celada
Raymond M Welsh
Liisa K Selin
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

VIRUS-INDUCED IMMUNOPATHOLOGYR01AR035506 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI WELSH, RAYMOND M · 1986 to 2008
$3.3M
IMMUNITY IN SYSTEMIC AND MUCOSAL VIRUS INFECTIONSR01AI046578 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SELIN, LIISA KAARINA · 2000 to 2009
$3.1M
To model crossreacting T-memory of virus-infected miceR01AI054455 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI CELADA, FRANCO · 2003 to 2009
$2.8M
INTERCELLULAR SIGNALS AND INTESTINAL AGANGLIONOSISR01DK052530 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KAPUR, RAJ P. · 1997 to 2000
$241k
NIAID NIH HHS AI054455NIAID NIH HHS AI46578NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI046578NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI054455NIAMS NIH HHS AR35506NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR035506NIDDK NIH HHS DK52530
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Why some virus-specific CD8 TCR repertoires are diverse and others restricted or "oligoclonal" has been unknown. We show here that oligoclonality and extreme clonal dominance can be a consequence of T cell cross-reactivity. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and Pichinde virus (PV) encode NP(205-212) epitopes that induce different but highly cross-reactive diverse TCR repertoires. Homologous viral challenge of immune mice only slightly skewed the repertoire and enriched for predictable TCR motifs. However, heterologous viral challenge resulted in a narrow oligoclonal repertoire with dominant clones with unpredictable TCR sequences. This shift in clonal dominance varied with the private, i.e., unique, specificity of the host's TCR repertoire and was simulated using affinity-based computer models. The skewing differences in TCR repertoire following homologous versus heterologous challenge were observed within the same private immune system in mice adoptively reconstituted with memory CD8 T cell pools from the same donor. Conditions driving oligoclonality resulted in an LCMV epitope escape variant in vivo resembling the natural Lassa virus sequence. Thus, T cell oligoclonality, including extremes in clonal dominance, may be a consequence of heterologous immunity and lead to viral escape. This has implications for the design of peptide-based vaccines, which might unintentionally prime for skewed TCR responses to cross-reactive epitopes.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell LineCricetinaeEpitopesImmune SystemImmunologic MemoryLymphocytic choriomeningitis virusMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPeptidesPichinde virusReceptors, Antigen, T-CellEpitopesPeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID16614754
PMCPMC1435724
OpenAlexW2100869513

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