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The self-restricted T cell repertoire exhibits a high frequency of alloreactivity. Because these alloreactive T cells are derived from the pool of cells selected on several different self MHC alleles, it is unknown how development of the alloantigenic repertoire is influenced by homology between a self MHC allele and an alloantigen. To address this, we used the 2C transgenic TCR that is selected by K(b), is alloreactive for L(d), and cross-reacts with L(q). L(q) is highly homologous to L(d) and binds several of the same peptide ligands, including p2Ca, the peptide recognized by 2C. We find that L(d)/p2Ca is a high avidity agonist ligand, whereas L(q)/p2Ca is a low avidity agonist ligand for 2C T cells. When mice transgenic for the 2C TCR are bred to L(q)-expressing mice, 2C(+) T cells develop; however, they express lower levels of either the 2C TCR or CD8 and require a higher L(d)/p2Ca ligand density to be activated than 2C(+) T cells selected by K(b). Furthermore, the 2C T cells selected in the presence of L(q) fail to detect L(q)/p2Ca complexes even at high ligand density. Thus, despite possessing the identical TCR, there is a functional avidity difference between 2C(+) T cells selected in the presence of L(q) vs K(b). These data provide evidence that homology between the selecting ligand and an alloantigen can influence the avidity of the T cell repertoire for the alloantigen, and suggest that thymic selection can fine tune T cell avidity independent of intrinsic TCR affinity.

Homology Between an Alloantigen and a Self MHC Allele Calibrates the Avidity of the Alloreactive T Cell Repertoire Independent of TCR Affinity