Influence of a Small Number of Mature T Cells in Donor Bone Marrow Inocula on Reconstitution of Lymphoid Tissues and Negative Selection of a T Cell Repertoire in the Recipient

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  • Arase-Fukushi Noriko
    Institute of Immunological Science, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
  • Arase Hisashi
    Institute of Immunological Science, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
  • Wang Bingyan
    Institute of Immunological Science, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
  • Hirano Mari
    Institute of Immunological Science, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
  • Ogasawara Kazumasa
    Institute of Immunological Science, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
  • Good Robert A.
    All Children's Hospital, University of Florida
  • Onoé Kazunori
    Institute of Immunological Science, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University

Abstract

Allo-chimerism and clonal elimination of self antigen (Ag) (Ia+Mls-1a) reactive Vβ6+ T cells were analyzed and compared between allogeneic bone marrow (BM) chimeras reconstituted with BM cells which had been treated with anti-Thy-1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) plus complement (C) (T- chimeras) and BM chimeras which had been reconstituted with BM cells pretreated with anti-Thy-1 mAb alone (T+ chimeras). When lethally irradiated AKR (Mls-1a) mice were reconstituted with BM cells from B10 or B10 H-2 congenic mice, both T+ and T- chimeras were entirely free of signs of graft-versus-host reaction (GVHR). However, complete replacement of the AKR lymphoid tissues by donor BM cells was accomplished at an early stage in T+ chimeras but not in T- chimeras. On the other hand, clonal elimination of Vβ6+ T cells reactive to the recipient Ag (Mls-1a) was abolished in T+ chimeras but successfully induced in T- chimeras. The Vβ6+ T cells not eliminated in T+ chimeras showed depressed responses against Mls-1a antigens. The findings herein demonstrate that T cells which contaminate a BM inoculum survive in recipient mice after treatment with anti-Thy-1 mAb without C in vitro followed by BMT. The surviving T cells have been estimated to represent fewer than 0.5% of the BM cells inoculated. These cells appear to accelerate the full replacement of recipient lymphoid tissues by donor cells. Furthermore, the T cells which survive in the marrow inoculum influence eventually the development of a tolerant state in the T cell repertoire of the donor.

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