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Sarcoidosis is a chronic noncaseating granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. An accumulation of CD4+ T cells in the alveolar space of the lungs is a characteristic feature of the disease. We have in this study analyzed T-cell receptor (TCR) variable region (V) gene usage by CD4+ and CD8+ lung and peripheral blood T cells of 29 sarcoidosis patients and 15 control subjects. In the patient group, we found a 100% positive correlation between TCR V alpha 2.3+ CD4+ lung T-cell expansions and the expression of the HLA-DR3(17),DQ2 haplotype. The remaining TCR V alpha/V beta gene products analyzed in this study--V alpha 12, V beta 2, V beta 3, V beta 5.1, V beta 5.2/5.3, V beta 5.3, V beta 6.7, V beta 8.1, and V beta 12--were in general normally expressed by CD4+ T cells, although some of them were used to a significantly higher or lower degree by lung T cells compared to peripheral blood T cells. We also performed repeated TCR V gene analyses on some HLA-DR3+ patients and found an association between the ratio bronchoalveolar lavage fluid/peripheral blood V alpha 2.3+ CD4+ T cells and clinical signs of disease activity. Finally, when analyzing TCR V gene usage by CD8+ bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and peripheral blood T cells, a normal V alpha 2.3 usage was found in all cases, but lung-restricted T-cell expansions using other TCR V gene segment products were identified.

T-cell receptor variable region gene usage by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and peripheral blood of sarcoidosis patients.