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The ecology of pathogenic viruses can be considered both in the context of survival in the macro-environments of nature, the theme pursued generally by epidemiologists, and in the micro-environments of the infected host. The long-lived, complex, higher vertebrates have evolved specialized, adaptive immune systems designed to minimise the consequences of such parasitism. Through evolutionary time, the differential selective pressures exerted variously by the need for virus and host survival have shaped both the "one-host" viruses and vertebrate immunity. With the development of vaccines to protect us from many of our most familiar parasites, the most dangerous pathogens threatening us now tend to be those "emerging", or adventitious, infectious agents that sporadically enter human populations from avian or other wild-life reservoirs. Such incursions must, of course, have been happening through the millenia, and are likely to have led to the extraordinary diversity of recognition molecules, the breadth in effector functions, and the persistent memory that distinguishes the vertebrate, adaptive immune system from the innate response mechanisms that operate more widely through animal biology. Both are important to contemporary humans and, particularly in the period immediately following infection, we still rely heavily on an immediate response capacity, elements of which are shared with much simpler, and more primitive organisms. Perhaps we will now move forward to develop useful therapies that exploit, or mimic, such responses. At this stage, however, most of our hopes for minimizing the threat posed by viruses still focus on the manipulation of the more precisely targeted, adaptive immune system.
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- P C Doherty
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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CD8 T cells contribute to clearance and long-term protection following acute infection with certain viruses, bacteria, and protozoa, and may play an important role in tumor immunity. Primary adaptive CD8 T-cell responses have been conceptually divided into four phases: activation, expansion, contraction, and memory. We summarize each phase of the response, and discuss recent advances in our understanding of the development and maintenance of CD8 T-cell memory.
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- David Masopust
- Emory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Nussbaum AK, Whitton JL. The Contraction Phase of Virus-Specific CD8+T Cells Is Unaffected by a Pan-Caspase Inhibitor. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:6611-8. [PMID: 15557151 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.11.6611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The effectiveness of protection conferred by CD8(+) memory T cells is determined by both their quality and their quantity, which suggests that vaccine efficacy might be improved if it were possible to increase the size of the memory pool. Approximately 90% of virus-specific CD8(+) T cells die during the contraction phase and, herein, we have attempted to increase the memory pool by reducing CD8(+) T cell death. CD8(+) T cell contraction has been attributed to apoptosis, or programmed cell death (PCD), which, classically, is dependent on caspases. Caspase-dependent PCD can be prevented by the pan-caspase inhibitor benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp (OMe)-fluoromethylketone (zVAD), and here we evaluate the effect of this compound on virus-specific T cell responses in mice. zVAD prevented caspase-dependent PCD of freshly isolated virus-specific T cells in tissue culture, and a fluorescent analog, FITC-VAD, entered CD8(+) T cells following in vivo injection. However, despite using 11 different regimens of zVAD administration in vivo, no significant effects on CD8(+) or CD4(+) memory T cell numbers were observed. Furthermore, the CD8(+) memory T cell responses to secondary virus infection were indistinguishable, both qualitatively and quantitatively, in zVAD-treated and normal mice. The absence of effect cannot be attributed to a technical flaw, because identical doses of zVAD were able to rescue mice from hepatocyte apoptosis and lethal intrahepatic hemorrhage, induced by inoculation of anti-Fas Ab. We conclude that the contraction phase of the virus-specific T cell response is unlikely to require caspase-dependent PCD. We propose that contraction can be mediated by an alternative, caspase-independent pathway(s).
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- Alexander K Nussbaum
- Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Wick D, Self SG. On simulating strongly interacting, stochastic population models. II. Multiple compartments. Math Biosci 2004; 190:127-43. [PMID: 15234614 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2004.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2002] [Revised: 08/14/2002] [Accepted: 04/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In Wick and Stelf [Math. Biosci. 187 (2004) 1], we showed how to simulate a pair of strongly interacting biological populations evolving stochastically over many orders-of-magnitude. Here we generalize the method to any (finite) number of compartments; transitions including births, deaths, progression through life-stages, and mitoses; and arbitrary rate functions. We illustrate the technique for a seven-compartment model of the cellular immune response to a viral infection.
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- David Wick
- Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N, M2-A200, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
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Chemotactic migration of leucocytes largely depends on adhesive interaction with the substratum and recognition of a chemoattractant gradient. Both aspects, cell adhesion and chemotaxis, are regulated by members of the family of chemotactic cytokines (chemokines) comprising structurally related and secreted proteins of 67-127 amino acids in length. Breakdown in the control of leucocyte mobilisation contributes to chronic inflammatory diseases and, hence, interference with chemokine function is a promising approach for the development of novel anti-inflammatory medication. Chemokines target all types of leucocyte, including haematopoietic precursors, mature leucocytes of the innate immune system as well as naive, memory, and effector lymphocytes. The combinatorial diversity in responsiveness to chemokines ensures proper tissue distribution of distinct leucocyte subsets under normal and inflammatory/pathological conditions. Here, we discuss recent views on the role of chemokines in controlling tissue localisation of human memory T cells under steady state (non-inflamed) conditions. Emphasis is placed on a concept describing distinct subsets of memory T cells according to their primary residence in peripheral blood, secondary lymphoid tissues, or peripheral (extralymphoid) tissues.
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- B Moser
- Theodor-Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 1, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
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Zand MS, Briggs BJ, Bose A, Vo T. Discrete Event Modeling of CD4+ Memory T Cell Generation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:3763-72. [PMID: 15356123 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.6.3763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Studies of memory T cell differentiation are hampered by a lack of quantitative models to test hypotheses in silico before in vivo experimentation. We created a stochastic computer model of CD4+ memory T cell generation that can simulate and track 10(1)-10(8) individual lymphocytes over time. Parameters for the model were derived from experimental data using naive human CD4+ T cells stimulated in vitro. Using discrete event computer simulation, we identified two key variables that heavily influence effector burst size and the persistent memory pool size: the cell cycle dependent probability of apoptosis, and the postactivation mitosis at which memory T cells emerge. Multiple simulations were performed and varying critical parameters permitted estimates of how sensitive the model was to changes in all of the model parameters. We then compared two hypotheses of CD4+ memory T cell generation: maturation from activated naive to effector to memory cells (model I) vs direct progression from activated naive to memory cells (model II). We find that direct progression of naive to memory T cells does not explain published measurements of the memory cell mass unless postactivation expansion of the memory cell cohort occurs. We conclude that current models suggesting direct progression of activated naive cells to the persistent memory phenotype (model II) do not account for the experimentally measured size of the postactivation CD4+, Ag-specific, memory T cell cohort.
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- Martin S Zand
- Nephrology Unit, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Dikopoulos N, Riedl P, Schirmbeck R, Reimann J. Novel peptide-based vaccines efficiently prime murine "help"-independent CD8+ T cell responses in the liver. Hepatology 2004; 40:300-9. [PMID: 15368434 DOI: 10.1002/hep.20330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Vaccines for the prophylactic and/or therapeutic immunization against hepatotropic pathogens (e.g., hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus) should establish long-lasting, specific antiviral effector/memory CD8+ T cell immunity in the liver. We describe a novel peptide-based vaccine in which antigenic major histocompatibility complex Class I-binding peptides are fused to a cationic (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus tat-derived) domain and complexed to immune-stimulating oligonucleotides. This vaccine formulation efficiently primes liver-homing, Class I-restricted CD8+ effector/memory T cell responses. In different antigen systems, this formulation was more potent in priming liver-homing CD8+ T cell responses than DNA-based vaccines delivering the same epitopes. CD8+ T cell priming was independent of CD4+ T cell "help" but submitted to regulatory control by CD25+ CD4+ T cells. The vaccine efficiently primed memory/effector CD8+ T cells detectable in the liver for more than 3 months after a single injection. With increasing time after priming, the phenotype of these specific memory CD8+ T cells shifted from an effector memory to a central memory type. The vaccine could override T cell tolerance in mice expressing the relevant antigen from a transgene in the liver. The CD8+ T cell immunity in the liver primed by this peptide formulation could be boosted by challenge injections. In conclusion, we describe a simple and potent vaccine formulation that has the potential to generate or reconstitute specific CD8+ T cell immunity to hepatotropic pathogens in the liver.
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- Nektarios Dikopoulos
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
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Gao X, Tewari K, Svaren J, Suresh M. Role of cell cycle regulator E2F1 in regulating CD8 T cell responses during acute and chronic viral infection. Virology 2004; 324:567-76. [PMID: 15207641 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2004] [Revised: 03/12/2004] [Accepted: 04/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To determine the role of cell cycle regulatory protein E2F1 in T cell immunity, we compared antigen-specific CD8 T cell responses between wild type (+/+) and E2F1-deficient (E2F1-/-) mice following an acute and chronic infection with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). During an acute LCMV infection, although LCMV-specific effector CD8 T cells from E2F1-/- mice were less susceptible to activation-induced cell death (AICD) in vitro, E2F1 deficiency had no significant effect on the: (1) expansion or contraction of virus-specific CD8 T cell responses; (2) proliferative renewal of memory CD8 T cells in both lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs. Importantly, under conditions of repeated antigenic stimulation in the setting of a chronic LCMV infection, E2F1 deficiency did not preclude the exhaustion of CD8 T cells specific to the immunodominant epitope nucleoprotein 396-404 (NP396-404). Taken together, our studies show that E2F1, an important tumor suppressor and cell cycle regulator, may not have a non-redundant role in regulating CD8 T cell responses in acute and chronic LCMV infections.
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- Xiaoyan Gao
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1102, USA
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Badovinac VP, Porter BB, Harty JT. CD8+ T cell contraction is controlled by early inflammation. Nat Immunol 2004; 5:809-17. [PMID: 15247915 DOI: 10.1038/ni1098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pathogen-specific CD8(+) T cells expand in number after infection and then their numbers invariably contract by 90-95%, leaving a stable memory cell pool. The chief features of this response are programmed early after infection; however, the factors regulating contraction are mostly undefined. Here we show that antibiotic treatment before Listeria monocytogenes infection induced numbers of protective memory CD8(+) T cells similar to those in control infected mice, by a pathway without contraction. The absence of contraction correlated with decreased early inflammation and interferon-gamma production and an increased fraction of CD8(+) T cells expressing the interleukin 7 receptor at the peak of the response. Thus, contraction is controlled by early inflammation but is not essential for the generation of protective memory CD8(+) T cells after infection.
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A cardinal feature of the adaptive immune response is its ability to generate long-lived populations of memory T lymphocytes. Memory T cells are specific to the antigen encountered during the primary immune response and react rapidly and vigorously upon re-encounter with the same antigen. Memory T cells that recognize microbial antigens provide the organism with long-lasting protection against potentially fatal infections. On the other hand, memory T cells that recognize donor alloantigens can jeopardize the survival of life-saving organ transplants. We review here the immunobiology of memory T cells and describe their role in the rejection of solid organ allografts.
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- Anna Valujskikh
- Department of Immunology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue NB30, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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The surge in interest in chemokines is explained by the recognition that numerous aspects of immunity are intimately related to leukocyte traffic. Chemokines are leukocyte attractants but also contribute to immune processes that do not directly involve leukocyte migration. Recent progress is most evident in the areas of lymphocyte development, immune response initiation and immune pathology. Important observations have also been reported on chemokine-receptor interactions, signal transduction and cellular responses. New insights into the role of chemokines in leukocyte attraction and relocation will be discussed, with emphasis on the distinct levels of leukocyte migration control that ultimately determine the performance of our immune defense system.
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- Bernhard Moser
- Theodor-Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 1, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
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- Sangwon V Kim
- Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Madakamutil LT, Christen U, Lena CJ, Wang-Zhu Y, Attinger A, Sundarrajan M, Ellmeier W, von Herrath MG, Jensen P, Littman DR, Cheroutre H. CD8alphaalpha-mediated survival and differentiation of CD8 memory T cell precursors. Science 2004; 304:590-3. [PMID: 15105501 DOI: 10.1126/science.1092316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Memory T cells are long-lived antigen-experienced T cells that are generally accepted to be direct descendants of proliferating primary effector cells. However, the factors that permit selective survival of these T cells are not well established. We show that homodimeric alpha chains of the CD8 molecule (CD8alphaalpha) are transiently induced on a selected subset of CD8alphabeta+ T cells upon antigenic stimulation. These CD8alphaalpha molecules promote the survival and differentiation of activated lymphocytes into memory CD8 T cells. Thus, memory precursors can be identified among primary effector cells and are selected for survival and differentiation by CD8alphaalpha.
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- Loui T Madakamutil
- La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Balla-Jhagjhoorsingh SS, Koopman G, Mooij P, Koornstra W, McCormack S, Weber J, Pantaleo G, Heeney JL. Long-term persistence of HIV-1 vaccine-induced CD4+CD45RA-CD62L-CCR7- memory T-helper cells. AIDS 2004; 18:837-48. [PMID: 15060431 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200404090-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine in chimpanzees if candidate HIV-1 subunit protein vaccines were capable of eliciting long-lasting T-cell memory responses in the absence of viral infection, and to determine the specific characteristics of these responses. DESIGN A longitudinal study of cell-mediated immune responses induced in three chimpanzees following immunization with subunit envelope glycoproteins of either HIV-1 or herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2. Following these pre-clinical observations, four human volunteers who had been immunized 7 years previously with the same HIV-1 vaccine candidate donated blood for assessment of immune responses. METHODS Responses were monitored by protein and peptide based ELISpot assays, lymphocyte proliferation, and intracellular cytokine staining. Humoral responses were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and virus neutralization assays. RESULTS Although antigen (Ag)-specific CD4 T-cell responses persisted for at least 5 years in chimpanzees, CD8 T-cell responses were discordant and declined within 2 years. Detailed cellular analyses revealed that strong Th1 in addition to Th2 type responses were induced by AS2/gp120 and persisted, whereas CD8 T-cell memory declined in peripheral blood. The specificity of both Th and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses revealed that the majority of responses were directed to conserved epitopes. The remarkable persistence of Ag-specific CD4 T-cell memory was characterized as a population of the CD45RA-CD62L-CCR7- "effector phenotype" producing the cytokines IFNgamma, IL-2 and IL-4 upon epitope-specific recognition. Importantly, results in chimpanzees were confirmed in peripheral blood of one of four human volunteers studied more than 7 years after immunization. CONCLUSION These studies demonstrate that epitope-specific Th1 and Th2 cytokine-dependent Th responses can be induced and maintained for longer than 5 years by immunization with subunit proteins of HIV-1.
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Bansal-Pakala P, Halteman BS, Cheng MHY, Croft M. Costimulation of CD8 T Cell Responses by OX40. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:4821-5. [PMID: 15067059 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.8.4821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The persistence of functional CD8 T cell responses is dependent on checkpoints established during priming. Although naive CD8 cells can proliferate with a short period of stimulation, CD4 help, inflammation, and/or high peptide affinity are necessary for the survival of CTL and for effective priming. Using OX40-deficient CD8 cells specific for a defined Ag, and agonist and antagonist OX40 reagents, we show that OX40/OX40 ligand interactions can determine the extent of expansion of CD8 T cells during responses to conventional protein Ag and can provide sufficient signals to confer CTL-mediated protection against tumor growth. OX40 signaling primarily functions to maintain CTL survival during the initial rounds of cell division after Ag encounter. Thus, OX40 is one of the costimulatory molecules that can contribute signals to regulate the accumulation of Ag-reactive CD8 cells during immune responses.
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MESH Headings
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/transplantation
- Cell Aggregation/immunology
- Cell Division/genetics
- Cell Division/immunology
- Cell Survival/genetics
- Cell Survival/immunology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- Immunity, Cellular/genetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Lymphopenia/genetics
- Lymphopenia/immunology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- OX40 Ligand
- Peritoneal Neoplasms/genetics
- Peritoneal Neoplasms/immunology
- Peritoneal Neoplasms/pathology
- Receptors, OX40
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/deficiency
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- Tumor Necrosis Factors
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- Pratima Bansal-Pakala
- Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Cheroutre H, Madakamutil L. Acquired and natural memory T cells join forces at the mucosal front line. Nat Rev Immunol 2004; 4:290-300. [PMID: 15057787 DOI: 10.1038/nri1333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Hilde Cheroutre
- Division of Developmental Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, USA.
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At the start of the last century in the United Kingdom, only 24% of the 587,830 deaths registered were of individuals over 65, but by the end of the century these figures had changed markedly. Of the 558,052 deaths in 1997, 84% were in the population over 65. This "right shift" in the survival curve is projected to continue. The UK Government Actuary's Department forecast that by 2020, 11.75 million people (19% of the population) will be over 65 rising to 15.1 million people (25% of the population) by 2040. Older members of society show infections of the urinary tract, respiratory tract, skin, soft tissue or intra-abdominal region, infectious endocarditis, bacterial meningitis, tuberculosis, and herpes zoster, at a higher incidence than among younger adults. Moreover, mortality rates for these diseases are often 2-3 times higher among elderly patients than younger individuals with the same disease. The higher morbidity and mortality from these infections, plus the increased prevalence of specific cancers and certain autoimmune diseases point to an immune system deteriorating with age. At the core of the immune system are the T cells and this review analyses possible causes for the changes in T cell function that may account for the deterioration of the immune system. Any intervention to reverse the decline in the immune system must have a rational basis built on a hypothesis-driven inquiry, and one such intervention process is presented here.
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- Richard Aspinall
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London SW10 9NH, United Kingdom.
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Chapdelaine Y, Smith DK, Pedras-Vasconcelos JA, Krishnan L, Sad S. Increased CD8+T Cell Memory to Concurrent Infection at the Expense of Increased Erosion of Pre-existing Memory: The Paradoxical Role of IL-15. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 171:5454-60. [PMID: 14607951 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.10.5454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The use of cytokines during vaccination, particularly IL-15, is being considered due to the unique ability of IL-15 to enhance the proliferation of memory CD8(+) T cells. However, as homeostatic mechanisms limit excessive lymphocyte expansion, we addressed the consequences of this enhancement of T cell memory by IL-15. Infection of mice with either recombinant Mycobacterium bovis (BCG) expressing IL-15 (BCG-IL-15) or BCG and purified IL-15 resulted in an increased CD44, IL-2Rbeta expression and increased frequency of IFN-gamma-secreting CD8(+) T cells. Surprisingly, the enhancement of memory to concurrent infection by IL-15 exacerbated the attrition of pre-existing memory. Infection of mice with Listeria monocytogenes expressing OVA resulted in potent OVA(257-264)-specific CD8(+) T cell memory, and a challenge of these mice with either BCG-IL-15 or BCG and purified IL-15 resulted in an increased erosion of OVA(257-264)-specific CD8(+) T cell memory, relative to BCG. Enhancement in the erosion of OVA-specific CD8(+) T cell memory by BCG-IL-15 resulted in a consequently greater impairment in protection against a challenge with OVA-expressing tumor cells. We thus raise important questions regarding vaccinations that are aimed at maximizing T cell memory without considering the impact on pre-existing T cell memory.
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- Yvan Chapdelaine
- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ontario, Canada
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Ishida D, Yang H, Masuda K, Uesugi K, Kawamoto H, Hattori M, Minato N. Antigen-driven T cell anergy and defective memory T cell response via deregulated Rap1 activation in SPA-1-deficient mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:10919-24. [PMID: 12958214 PMCID: PMC196903 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1834525100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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SPA-1 is a principal Rap1 GTPase-activating protein in the hematopoietic progenitors and peripheral T cells, and SPA-1-deficient mice develop a spectrum of myeloproliferative stem cell disorders of late onset. In the present study, we show that SPA-1-deficient mice develop age-dependent T cell unresponsiveness preceding the myeloid disorders, whereas the T cell numbers remained unchanged. Progression of the T cell dysfunction was attributed to the age-dependent increase in CD44high T cell population that was unresponsive to T cell receptor stimulation. Younger SPA-1-deficient mice exhibited selectively impaired recall T cell responses against a T-dependent antigen with normal primary antibody response. These results suggested that the unresponsiveness of CD44high T cells was antigen-driven in vivo. T cells from younger SPA-1-/- mice showed much greater and more persisted Rap1 activation by anti-CD3 stimulation than control T cells. Furthermore, freshly isolated T cells from SPA-1-/- mice exhibited progressive accumulation of Rap1GTP as mice aged. T cells from aged SPA-1-/- mice with high amounts of Rap1GTP showed normal or even enhanced Ras activation with little extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation in response to anti-CD3 stimulation, indicating that excess Rap1GTP induced the uncoupling of Ras-mediated extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation. These results suggested that antigenic activation of naïve T cells in SPA-1-/- mice was followed by anergic rather than memory state due to the defective down-regulation of Rap1 activation, resulting in the age-dependent progression of overall T cell immunodeficiency.
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- Daisuke Ishida
- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan
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Hellerstein MK, Hoh RA, Hanley MB, Cesar D, Lee D, Neese RA, McCune JM. Subpopulations of long-lived and short-lived T cells in advanced HIV-1 infection. J Clin Invest 2003. [DOI: 10.1172/jci200317533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hellerstein MK, Hoh RA, Hanley MB, Cesar D, Lee D, Neese RA, McCune JM. Subpopulations of long-lived and short-lived T cells in advanced HIV-1 infection. J Clin Invest 2003; 112:956-66. [PMID: 12975480 PMCID: PMC193663 DOI: 10.1172/jci17533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Antigenic stimulation of T cells gives rise to short-lived effector cells and long-lived memory cells. We used two stable isotope-labeling techniques to identify kinetically distinct subpopulations of T cells and to determine the effect of advanced infection with HIV-1. Long-term deuterated water (2H2O) incorporation into DNA demonstrated biphasic accrual of total and of memory/effector (m/e)-phenotype but not naive-phenotype T cells, consistent with the presence of short-lived and longer-lived subpopulations within the m/e-phenotype T cell pool. These results were mirrored by biphasic die-away kinetics in m/e- but not naive-phenotype T cells after short-term 2H-glucose labeling. Persistent label retention was observed in a subset of m/e-phenotype T cells (presumably memory T cells), confirming the presence of T cells with very different life spans in humans. In advanced HIV-1 infection, much higher proportions of T cells were short-lived, compared to healthy controls. Effective long-term anti-retroviral therapy restored values to normal. These results provide the first quantitative evidence that long-lived and quiescent T cells do indeed predominate in the T cell pool in humans and determine T cell pool size, as in rodents. The greatest impact of advanced HIV-1 infection is to reduce the generation of long-lived, potential progenitor T cells.
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- Marc K Hellerstein
- University of California, Berkeley, 119 Morgan Hall, Berkeley, California 94720-3104, USA.
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OBJECTIVE The common belief that sleep supports immune defense has received surprisingly little direct experimental support. The antibody response to vaccination provides a valid tool to assess the influence of sleep on adaptive immune functioning in humans, which is also clinically relevant. METHODS Two groups of healthy humans (N = 19) not previously infected with hepatitis A virus (HAV) were studied. On the night after primary vaccination with inactivated HAV, which took place at 0900 hours, one group had regular sleep. The other group stayed awake, and did not sleep before 2100 hours the following day. HAV antibody titers were measured repeatedly until 28 days after vaccination. Plasma hormone concentrations and white blood cell (WBC) subset counts were determined on the night and day after vaccination. RESULTS Subjects who had regular sleep after vaccination, displayed a nearly two-fold higher HAV antibody titer after 4 weeks than subjects staying awake on this night (p=.018). Compared with wakefulness, sleep after vaccination distinctly increased release of several immune-stimulating hormones including growth hormone, prolactin, and dopamine (p <.01). Concentrations of thyrotropin, norepinephrine, and epinephrine were lowered by sleep (p <.02), whereas sleep only marginally influenced WBC subset counts. CONCLUSIONS Data suggest that sleep compared with sleep deprivation on the night after vaccination improves the formation of antigen-specific immune defense as reflected by antibody production in humans. Sleep presumably acts by inducing a hormonal environment in secondary lymphoid tissues, enhancing lymphocyte proliferation and differentiation and finally antibody synthesis. Results underscore the importance of sleep for immunocompetence.
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- Tanja Lange
- Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Fadi G Lakkis
- Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8029, USA.
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Berenzon D, Schwenk RJ, Letellier L, Guebre-Xabier M, Williams J, Krzych U. Protracted protection to Plasmodium berghei malaria is linked to functionally and phenotypically heterogeneous liver memory CD8+ T cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 171:2024-34. [PMID: 12902507 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.4.2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We previously demonstrated that protection induced by radiation-attenuated (gamma) Plasmodium berghei sporozoites is linked to MHC class I-restricted CD8(+) T cells specific for exoerythrocytic-stage Ags, and that activated intrahepatic memory CD8(+) T cells are associated with protracted protection. In this study, we further investigated intrahepatic memory CD8(+) T cells to elucidate mechanisms required for their maintenance. Using phenotypic markers indicative of activation (CD44, CD45RB), migration (CD62L), and IFN-gamma production, we identified two subsets of intrahepatic memory CD8(+) T cells: the CD44(high)CD45RB(low)CD62L(low)CD122(low) phenotype, representing the dominant effector memory set, and the CD44(high)CD45RB(high)CD62L(low/high)CD122(high) phenotype, representing the central memory set. Only the effector memory CD8(+) T cells responded swiftly to sporozoite challenge by producing sustained IFN-gamma; the central memory T cells responded with delay, and the IFN-gamma reactivity was short-lived. In addition, the subsets of liver memory CD8(+) T cells segregated according to the expression of CD122 (IL-15R) in that only the central memory CD8(+) T cells were CD122(high), whereas the effector memory CD8(+) T cells were CD122(low). Moreover, the effector memory CD8(+) T cells declined as protection waned in mice treated with primaquine, a drug that interferes with the formation of liver-stage Ags. We propose that protracted protection induced by P. berghei radiation-attenuated sporozoites depends in part on a network of interactive liver memory CD8(+) T cell subsets, each representing a different phase of activation or differentiation, and the balance of which is profoundly affected by the repository of liver-stage Ag and IL-15.
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- Dmitri Berenzon
- Department of Immunology and Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
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Permar SR, Moss WJ, Ryon JJ, Douek DC, Monze M, Griffin DE. Increased thymic output during acute measles virus infection. J Virol 2003; 77:7872-9. [PMID: 12829827 PMCID: PMC161922 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.14.7872-7879.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Measles virus infects thymic epithelia, induces a transient lymphopenia, and impairs cell-mediated immunity, but thymic function during measles has not been well characterized. Thirty Zambian children hospitalized with measles were studied at entry, hospital discharge, and at 1-month follow-up and compared to 17 healthy children. During hospitalization, percentages of naïve (CD62L+, CD45RA+) CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes decreased (P = 0.01 for both), and activated (HLA-DR+, CD25+, or CD69+) CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes increased (P = 0.02 and 0.03, respectively). T-cell receptor rearrangement excision circles (TRECs) in measles patients were increased in CD8+ T cells at entry compared to levels at hospital discharge (P = 0.02) and follow-up (P = 0.04). In CD4+ T cells, the increase in TRECS occurred later but was more sustained. At discharge, TRECs in CD4+ T cells (P = 0.05) and circulating levels of interleukin-7 (P = 0.007) were increased compared to control values and remained elevated for 1 month, similar to observations in two measles virus-infected rhesus monkeys. These findings suggest that a decrease in thymic output is not the cause of the lymphopenia and depressed cellular immunity associated with measles.
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- Sallie R Permar
- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
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Twenty years after the discovery of HIV, there is still no vaccine. This year, an envelope vaccine aimed at stimulating neutralizing antibodies was unable to protect against infection in phase 3 trials. But more than 20 HIV vaccines designed to stimulate T-cell responses are being developed. Will any of them work?
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- Andrew J McMichael
- MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9D5, UK.
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Krueger A, Fas SC, Baumann S, Krammer PH. The role of CD95 in the regulation of peripheral T-cell apoptosis. Immunol Rev 2003; 193:58-69. [PMID: 12752671 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2003.00047.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Apoptosis of activated peripheral T cells during the termination phase of an immune response is critical to maintain T-cell homeostasis. Activated T cells can be removed by two mechanisms: activation-induced cell death (AICD) and death by neglect. AICD is triggered by death receptors, whereas death by neglect is induced by cytokine withdrawal. CD95 (APO-1/Fas) belongs to the subfamily of death receptors and plays a major role in AICD. In this review, we focus on the molecular mechanisms of AICD, in particular those involving the CD95 system. Moreover, we discuss the relative contribution of AICD and death by neglect to terminate a T-cell immune response. In order to become fully activated, T cells require a second signal provided by antigen-presenting cells. We discuss how these costimulatory signals counteract pro-apoptotic signals and, finally, which signals might protect T cells from death to generate a pool of memory T cells.
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- Andreas Krueger
- Tumorimmunology Program,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Despite a wealth of information pertaining to functional and phenotypic attributes of memory CD4(+) cells, the mechanisms that underlie the generation and persistence of memory in this subset are largely unknown. Recent work suggests that the development of memory might be differently regulated in T-helper-1 and T-helper-2 cells, owing to differences in their susceptibility to cell death. These studies support a new paradigm, in which memory T cells are heterogeneous in terms of their stage of maturation and function as well as mechanisms of homeostatic control.
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- Linda M Bradley
- Division of Immunology, The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, 10 835 Altman Row, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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Ulsenheimer A, Gerlach JT, Gruener NH, Jung MC, Schirren CA, Schraut W, Zachoval R, Pape GR, Diepolder HM. Detection of functionally altered hepatitis C virus-specific CD4 T cells in acute and chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2003; 37:1189-98. [PMID: 12717401 DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chronic hepatitis C is characterized by a weak or absent hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD4(+) T-cell response in terms of antigen-specific proliferation or interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) secretion. To clarify whether this is due to the absence or functional impairment of antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells we developed an assay that relies on the induced expression of the T-cell activation marker CD25 and is therefore independent from cytokine secretion or proliferation. In 10 of 20 patients with chronic hepatitis C, a significant number of antigen-specific activated CD4(+) T cells (mean 1.06%/patient; range, 0% to 5.2% of CD4(+) T cells) could be shown, whereas antigen-specific proliferation was present in only 1 of 20 patients. IFN-gamma secretion was absent in all 13 patients tested. However, significant antigen-specific interleukin 10 (IL-10) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) secretion was present in 6 of 10 and 3 of 10 patients, respectively. In 8 patients with acute hepatitis C, irrespective of disease outcome, HCV-specific CD4(+) T cells were detected in all patients and at a significantly higher frequency (mean 3.7%/patient; range, 1.16% to 7.17%) in the first weeks of disease. A chronic course of disease was associated either with a loss of both IFN-gamma secretion and proliferation, resembling an anergic state, or a loss of T-cell proliferation followed by a rapid decline in IFN-gamma-producing cells, corresponding to exhaustion of the specific immune response. In conclusion, functional changes of HCV-specific CD4(+) T cells or failure to develop a long-lasting T-helper response may contribute to chronic hepatitis C viral persistence.
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Lefrançois L, Marzo AL, Masopust D, Schluns KS, Vezy V. Migration of primary and memory CD8 T cells. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2003; 512:141-6. [PMID: 12405198 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0757-4_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Our results indicate that a substantial proportion of the antimicrobial CD8 and CD4 T cell response is focused in non-lymphoid tissues. This finding makes teleological sense since maximum protection against infection is better served by the widespread presence of effector and memory cells. In the case of CD8 T cells, it appears that irrespective of the site at which initial activation of naive cells occurs, the end result is production of effector cells with broad migratory capabilities. Memory T cells perhaps have more restricted migratory abilities as compared to effector cells, although this needs to be tested definitively. Our results suggest that memory CD8 T cells in the intestinal LP may not be part of the recirculating pool of memory cells, though our data does not preclude the possibility that migrants from outside the mucosa contribute to the LP memory pool. Our data also demonstrates that CD8 memory T cells in non-lymphoid tissue exhibit heightened effector function as compared to their splenic counterparts. Whether these findings indicate the existence of distinct lineages of memory cells remains to be seen. The functional abilities of migrating memory cells could be modulated by the migration process and/or by the environmental milieu of a particular tissue. Although the development of CD8 memory T cells is a complex process requiring multiple signalling pathways, we identified IL-7 as an important player in memory generation. Much further work is needed to decipher the cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory induction as well as to learn the in vivo functional significance of memory cell subsets.
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- Leo Lefrançois
- University of Connecticut Health Center, Division of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030-1319, USA
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Hernandez JD, Baum LG. Ah, sweet mystery of death! Galectins and control of cell fate. Glycobiology 2003; 12:127R-36R. [PMID: 12244068 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwf081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Control of cell death is critical in eukaryotic development, immune system homeostasis, and control of tumorigenesis. The galectin family of lectins is implicated in all of these processes. Other families of molecules function as death receptors or death effectors, but galectins are uniquely capable of acting both extracellularly and intracellularly to control cell death. Extracellularly, galectins cross-link glycan ligands to transduce signals that lead directly to death or that influence other signals regulating cell fate. Intracellular expression of galectins can modulate other signals controlling cell viability. Individual galectins can act on multiple cell types, and multiple galectins can act on the same cell. Understanding how galectins regulate cell viability and function will broaden our knowledge of the roles of galectins in basic biological processes and facilitate development of therapeutic applications for galectins in autoimmunity, transplant-related disease, and cancer.
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- Joseph D Hernandez
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Huang CT, Huso DL, Lu Z, Wang T, Zhou G, Kennedy EP, Drake CG, Morgan DJ, Sherman LA, Higgins AD, Pardoll DM, Adler AJ. CD4+ T cells pass through an effector phase during the process of in vivo tolerance induction. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:3945-53. [PMID: 12682221 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.3945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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An important process in the generation of tolerance to peripheral self-Ags is the induction of unresponsiveness in mature specific T cells. Although the end stage of this process, termed anergy, is well defined, the pathway by which naive T cells become anergic remains to be elucidated. Using an in vivo self-tolerance model, we demonstrate that CD4(+) T cells pass through a significant effector stage on their way to an anergic state. This stage is characterized by production of effector cytokines, provision of help for CD8(+) T cells, and induction of in vivo pathology within organs that express cognate Ag. These results suggest that the initial activation stage in T cell tolerance is similar to that seen in memory induction. They also suggest that autoimmune pathology can result during the natural process of tolerance induction rather than requiring that tolerance be broken.
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MESH Headings
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- Autoantigens/biosynthesis
- Autoimmune Diseases/genetics
- Autoimmune Diseases/mortality
- Autoimmune Diseases/pathology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/transplantation
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Clonal Anergy/genetics
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/biosynthesis
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/biosynthesis
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology
- Immune Tolerance/genetics
- Lung Diseases/genetics
- Lung Diseases/immunology
- Lung Diseases/mortality
- Lung Diseases/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Immunological
- Rats
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Self Tolerance/genetics
- Self Tolerance/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/transplantation
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- Ching-Tai Huang
- Oncology Center and Division of Comparative Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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Zheng Y, Vig M, Lyons J, Van Parijs L, Beg AA. Combined deficiency of p50 and cRel in CD4+ T cells reveals an essential requirement for nuclear factor kappaB in regulating mature T cell survival and in vivo function. J Exp Med 2003; 197:861-74. [PMID: 12668645 PMCID: PMC2193891 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Signaling pathways involved in regulating T cell proliferation and survival are not well understood. Here we have investigated a possible role of the nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB pathway in regulating mature T cell function by using CD4+ T cells from p50-/- cRel-/- mice, which exhibit virtually no inducible kappaB site binding activity. Studies with these mice indicate an essential role of T cell receptor (TCR)-induced NF-kappaB in regulating interleukin (IL)-2 expression, cell cycle entry, and survival of T cells. Our results further indicate that NF-kappaB regulates TCR-induced expression of antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family members. Strikingly, retroviral transduction of CD4+ T cells with the NF-kappaB-inducing IkappaB kinase beta showed that NF-kappaB activation is not only necessary but also sufficient for T cell survival. In contrast, our results indicate a lack of involvement of NF-kappaB in both IL-2 and Akt-induced survival pathways. In vivo, p50-/- cRel-/- mice showed impaired superantigen-induced T cell responses as well as decreased numbers of effector/memory and regulatory CD4+ T cells. These findings provide the first demonstration of a role for NF-kappaB proteins in regulating T cell function in vivo and establish a critically important function of NF-kappaB in TCR-induced regulation of survival.
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- Ye Zheng
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Irons R, Anderson MJ, Zhang M, Fritsche KL. Dietary fish oil impairs primary host resistance against Listeria monocytogenes more than the immunological memory response. J Nutr 2003; 133:1163-9. [PMID: 12672937 DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.4.1163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The primary objective of this study was to determine whether dietary (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) impair the ability of mice to generate an immunological memory response against the bacterial pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes. Weanling BALB/c female mice were fed for 28 d one of two semipurified high fat diets containing either lard or refined menhaden fish oil, rich in long-chain (n-3) PUFA. Mice were immunized with 10(4) or 10(3) colony forming units (cfu) bacteria. Thirty-five days later, these immune mice and age-matched naïve (i.e., unimmunized) mice were challenged with 10(5) cfu bacteria. Three days postchallenge, bacterial clearance was determined. Compared with lard-fed mice, naïve mice in the fish oil treatment group had higher bacterial loads in their liver and spleen (P < 0.001). When mice were immunized with 10(4) cfu bacteria before rechallenge with 10-fold more bacteria, both lard- and fish oil-fed mice had significantly lower bacterial loads in their liver and spleen (e.g., approximately 2 log(10); P < 0.001) compared with their naïve counterparts. However, when the immunization dose was reduced to 10(3) bacteria, a modest diet treatment effect was observed, such that compared with immune lard-fed mice, immune fish oil-fed mice had significantly greater bacterial loads in their liver and spleen (i.e., approximately 0.5 log(10); P < 0.01). These data demonstrate for the first time that although dietary (n-3) PUFA can significantly impair host resistance to a primary as well as a secondary L. monocytogenes infection, the impairment of the immunological memory response is much less severe.
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- Robert Irons
- Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211, USA
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Pei J, Briles WE, Collisson EW. Memory T cells protect chicks from acute infectious bronchitis virus infection. Virology 2003; 306:376-84. [PMID: 12642110 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6822(02)00059-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Infectious bronchitis has remained one of the most difficult to control diseases in poultry since it was first described in 1931. Previous studies demonstrated that primary CD8(+) T lymphocytes collected at 10 days post-infection (p.i.) are important in controlling acute infection. To further investigate the role of memory T cells in protection, T lymphocytes collected from B19/B19 chicken spleens at 2, 3, 4, and 6 weeks p.i. were transferred to six-day-old syngeneic chicks one day prior to challenging with 10(6) EID(50) of the IBV Gray strain. Memory immune T cells collected at 3 to 6 weeks p.i. provided dose responsive protection from clinical illness. The greatest protection was observed after the transfer of 10(7) T cells collected at 6 weeks p.i., whereas T cells collected at 2 weeks p.i. did not protect. Annexin-V staining of the spleen cells demonstrated that the cells collected at 2 weeks p.i. were undergoing significantly more apoptosis than cells collected at 10 days p.i. Specific antibody production in sera collected at 7 days p.i. did not correlate with protection. T cell subtype depletion demonstrated that CD8(+), not CD4(+), T cells were critical. Memory T cells can be detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells up to at least 10 weeks p.i. These results demonstrated that IBV specific CD8(+) memory T cells generated at 3 to 6 weeks p.i. can protect syngeneic chicks from acute IBV infection.
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- Jianwu Pei
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467, USA
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Baron V, Bouneaud C, Cumano A, Lim A, Arstila TP, Kourilsky P, Ferradini L, Pannetier C. The repertoires of circulating human CD8(+) central and effector memory T cell subsets are largely distinct. Immunity 2003; 18:193-204. [PMID: 12594947 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(03)00020-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Memory T cells are divided into central and effector subsets with distinct functions and homing capabilities. We analyzed the composition and dynamics of the CD8(+) T cell repertoire of these subsets within the peripheral blood of four healthy individuals. Both subsets had largely distinct and autonomous TCRbeta repertoires. Their composition remained stable over a 9 month period, during which no cell passage between these subsets was detected despite important size variation of several clones. In one donor, four out of six TCRbeta clonotypes specific for the influenza A virus were detected in the central subset only, while the two others were shared. Altogether, these observations suggest that most effector memory T cells may not have derived from the central memory subset.
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- Véronique Baron
- Unité de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène, INSERM U277, Paris, France
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What's the Matter with HIV-directed Killer T Cells? J Theor Biol 2002. [DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ryon JJ, Moss WJ, Monze M, Griffin DE. Functional and phenotypic changes in circulating lymphocytes from hospitalized zambian children with measles. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2002; 9:994-1003. [PMID: 12204949 PMCID: PMC120077 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.9.5.994-1003.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Measles is associated with immunosuppression and increased susceptibility to secondary infections and is a particular problem in developing countries. Lymphocyte changes accompanying immune activation and regulation of the immune response may contribute to immunosuppression. To evaluate lymphocyte changes during measles, children (n = 274) hospitalized with measles in Lusaka, Zambia, were evaluated at entry, discharge, and 1-month follow-up and compared to healthy Zambian children (n = 98). Lymphopenia was present on hospital admission and reflected decreased CD4 and CD8 T cells but resolved quickly. Lymphopenia was most marked in girls, in those with temperatures of >38.5 degrees C, and in malnourished children. CD4/CD8 ratios were decreased at all time points and were lower in boys than in girls at discharge and follow-up. Spontaneous death occurred in cultured lymphocytes, and the proportions of freshly isolated cells undergoing apoptosis, based on annexin V and propidium iodide staining, were increased. Surface Fas was increased on both CD4 and CD8 T cells compared to controls, and expression was greater on CD4 T cells and was inversely correlated with lymphocyte viability in culture at study entry. Mitogen stimulation of lymphocytes improved viability, but inhibitors of Fas, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand, and TNF did not. Plasma levels of beta(2) microglobulin and soluble Fas, Fas ligand, CD8, CD4, and TNF receptor were increased, and soluble CD8 was higher in boys than in girls. The multiple effects of measles on lymphocytes from Zambian children include decreased numbers in circulation, increased activation, and increased susceptibility to cell death, with substantive differences in the magnitude of these changes between boys and girls.
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- Judith J Ryon
- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Pedras-Vasconcelos JA, Chapdelaine Y, Dudani R, van Faassen H, Smith DK, Sad S. Mycobacterium bovis BCG-infected mice are more susceptible to staphylococcal enterotoxin B-mediated toxic shock than uninfected mice despite reduced in vitro splenocyte responses to superantigens. Infect Immun 2002; 70:4148-57. [PMID: 12117923 PMCID: PMC128208 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.8.4148-4157.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Type 1 T-cell responses against intracellular pathogens play a crucial role in mediating protection. We examined whether the induction of a strong type 1 T-cell response during a chronic bacterial infection influences responses to superantigens capable of inducing acute shock. Intravenous infection of mice with Mycobacterium bovis BCG appeared to induce a progressive anergy towards staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and towards antigen preparation of BCG (BCG-Ag) itself, based on diminished gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) production by SEB- and BCG-Ag-stimulated splenocytes from infected mice. In contrast to these in vitro results, injection of SEB into BCG-infected mice led to a dramatic increase in the serum IFN-gamma levels and the death of infected but not of control mice. In vitro hyporesponsiveness towards SEB and BCG-Ag occurred only with unfractionated splenocyte cultures, as purified T cells from infected mice produced higher levels of IFN-gamma. Hyporesponsiveness towards SEB and BCG-Ag in unfractionated splenocyte cultures was not due to suppressive antigen-presenting cells (APCs), as APCs from infected mice stimulated higher levels of IFN-gamma from purified T cells. The diminished IFN-gamma levels observed with bulk splenocytes appear to be due to changes in the T-cell-to-APC ratio that result in a decreased proportion of T cells, coupled to reduced proliferative responses and an increased susceptibility of effector T cells to activation-induced cell death in vitro. Our results indicate that the reported phenomena of T-cell anergy during mycobacterial infection may be an in vitro consequence of the development of a strong type 1 response in vivo.
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- João A Pedras-Vasconcelos
- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, Institute for the Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Murakami M, Sakamoto A, Bender J, Kappler J, Marrack P. CD25+CD4+ T cells contribute to the control of memory CD8+ T cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:8832-7. [PMID: 12084927 PMCID: PMC124384 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.132254399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Previously we demonstrated that IL-15 and IL-2 control the number of memory CD8+ T cells in mice. IL-15 induces, and IL-2 suppresses the division of these cells. Here we show that CD25+CD4+ regulatory T cells play an important role in the IL-2-mediated control of memory phenotype CD8+ T cell number. In animals, the numbers of CD25+CD4+ T cells were inversely correlated with the numbers of memory phenotype CD8+ T cells with age. Treatment with anti-IL-2 caused CD25+CD4+ T cells to disappear and, concurrently, increased the numbers of memory phenotype CD8+ T cells. This increase in the numbers of CD8+ memory phenotype T cells was not manifest in animals lacking CD4+ cells. Importantly, adoptive transfer of CD25+CD4+ T cells significantly reduced division of memory phenotype CD8+ T cells. Thus, we conclude that CD25+CD4+ T cells are involved in the IL-2-mediated inhibition of memory CD8+ T cell division and that IL-2 controls memory phenotype CD8+ T cell numbers at least in part through maintenance of the CD25+CD4+ T cell population.
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- Masaaki Murakami
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Integrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Medical and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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Ekkens MJ, Liu Z, Liu Q, Foster A, Whitmire J, Pesce J, Sharpe AH, Urban JF, Gause WC. Memory Th2 effector cells can develop in the absence of B7-1/B7-2, CD28 interactions, and effector Th cells after priming with an intestinal nematode parasite. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:6344-51. [PMID: 12055251 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.12.6344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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B7-1/B7-2 interactions are required for many Th2-cell mediated primary immune responses including the response that follows infection with the intestinal nematode parasite, Heligmosomoides polygyrus. However, few studies have examined the role of B7-1/B7-2/CD28 interactions in the development of a Th2 memory immune response. We examined the development of the memory Th2 response to H. polygyrus in BALB/c mice deficient in both B7-1 and B7-2 (B7-1/B7-2(-/-)) and in BALB/c mice deficient in CD28 (CD28(-/-)). Following primary inoculation with H. polygyrus, adult worms in the gut were cleared with an anti-helminthic drug and mice were subsequently challenge-inoculated with H. polygyrus larvae. The memory Th2 response is readily distinguished by its inhibitory effect on adult worm maturation, resulting in marked reductions in adult worm egg production that are not observed during the primary immune response. Following H. polygyrus challenge inoculation, comparable decreases in egg production and similar increases in mesenteric lymph node cell IL-4 production were observed in B7-1/B7-2(-/-) and B7-1/B7-2(+/+) mice. However, elevations in total serum IgG1 and IgE were reduced, while increases in serum Ag-specific IgG1 and IgE and germinal center formation were blocked in H. polygyrus-challenged B7-1/B7-2(-/-) mice. In contrast, in H. polygyrus-challenged CD28(-/-) mice, marked elevations in Ag-specific IgG1 and IgE and increased germinal center formation were observed. The results of these studies demonstrate that effector Th2 memory cells that produce IL-4 and mediate host defense can develop when B7-1/B7-2 interactions, and associated effector Th2 cell development, are blocked during priming. However, humoral immunity is impaired and differentially affected in B7-1/B7-2(-/-) mice and CD28(-/-) mice following H. polygyrus challenge.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibody Specificity/genetics
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- B7-1 Antigen/genetics
- B7-1 Antigen/metabolism
- B7-2 Antigen
- CD28 Antigens/genetics
- CD28 Antigens/immunology
- CD28 Antigens/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Germinal Center/pathology
- IgG Deficiency/genetics
- IgG Deficiency/immunology
- IgG Deficiency/parasitology
- Immunization
- Immunization, Secondary
- Immunoglobulin E/deficiency
- Immunoglobulins/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulins/blood
- Immunologic Memory
- Interleukin-4/biosynthesis
- Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/genetics
- Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/immunology
- Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology
- Lymphocytosis/immunology
- Lymphocytosis/parasitology
- Lymphopenia/genetics
- Lymphopenia/immunology
- Lymphopenia/parasitology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/deficiency
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Knockout
- Nematospiroides dubius/growth & development
- Nematospiroides dubius/immunology
- Parasite Egg Count
- Strongylida Infections/genetics
- Strongylida Infections/immunology
- Strongylida Infections/parasitology
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/parasitology
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/pathology
- Th2 Cells/cytology
- Th2 Cells/immunology
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- Melinda J Ekkens
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Typical immune responses lead to prominent clonal expansion of antigen-specific T and B cells followed by differentiation into effector cells. Most effector cells die at the end of the immune response but some of these cells survive and form long-lived memory cells. The factors controlling the formation and survival of memory T cells are reviewed.
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- Jonathan Sprent
- Department of Immunology, IMM4, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Expansion and contraction of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells after infection or vaccination results in stable memory. Recent evidence demonstrates that anti-microbial effector molecules such as perforin and IFN-gamma regulate specific aspects of CD8(+) T cell homeostasis by mechanisms that may be dependent or independent of pathogen clearance.
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- John T Harty
- Department of Microbiology, and Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, 3-512 Bowen Science Building, 51 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Bauer B, Baier G. Protein kinase C and AKT/protein kinase B in CD4+ T-lymphocytes: new partners in TCR/CD28 signal integration. Mol Immunol 2002; 38:1087-99. [PMID: 12044776 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(02)00011-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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T-cell biological responses appear to involve the complex interaction of T-cell surface receptors, intracellular signaling molecules and the cytoskeleton. Both the serine/threonine protein kinase families protein kinase C (PKC) and protein kinase B or RAC-PK (AKT/PKB) have been implicated in signal transmission leading to activation, differentiation as well as cellular survival of T-lymphocytes. The PKC gene family consists of nine diverse isotypes (PKC alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, xi, eta, theta; and iota), the AKT/PKB gene family includes three kinases (AKT1/PKB alpha, AKT2/PKB beta, AKT3/PKB gamma). Here, we attempt to summarize the regulation as well as downstream signaling pathways of PKC and AKT/PKB isotypes, that may act additive in TCR/CD28 induced proliferation and survival of peripheral CD4+ T-lymphocytes.
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- Birgit Bauer
- Institute for Medical Biology and Human Genetics, University of Innsbruck, Schoepfstr. 41, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Hocknell PK, Wiley RD, Wang X, Evans TG, Bowers WJ, Hanke T, Federoff HJ, Dewhurst S. Expression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 from herpes simplex virus type 1-derived amplicons results in potent, specific, and durable cellular and humoral immune responses. J Virol 2002; 76:5565-80. [PMID: 11991985 PMCID: PMC137011 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.11.5565-5580.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infects a wide range of cells, including dendritic cells. Consequently, HSV-1 vectors may be capable of eliciting strong immune responses to vectored antigens. To test this hypothesis, an HSV-1 amplicon plasmid encoding human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 was constructed, and murine immune responses to helper virus-free amplicon preparations derived from this construct were evaluated. Initial studies revealed that a single intramuscular (i.m.) injection of 10(6) infectious units (i.u.) of HSV:gp120 amplicon particles (HSV:gp120) elicited Env-specific cellular and humoral immune responses. A potent, CD8(+)-T-cell-mediated response to an H-2D(d)-restricted peptide from gp120 (RGPGRAFVTI) was measured by a gamma interferon ELISPOT and was confirmed by standard cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte assays. Immunoglobulin G enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analysis showed the induction of a strong, Env-specific antibody response. An i.m. or an intradermal administration of HSV:gp120 at the tail base elicited a more potent cellular immune response than did an intraperitoneal (i.p.) inoculation, although an i.p. introduction generated a stronger humoral response. The immune response to HSV:gp120 was durable, with robust cellular and humoral responses persisting at 171 days after a single 10(6)-i.u. inoculation. The immune response to HSV:gp120 was also found to be dose dependent: as few as 10(4) i.u. elicited a strong T-cell response. Finally, HSV:gp120 elicited significant Env-specific cellular immune responses even in animals that had been previously infected with wild-type HSV-1. Taken together, these data strongly support the use of helper-free HSV-1 amplicon particles as vaccine delivery vectors.
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- Peter K Hocknell
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Pazirandeh A, Xue Y, Prestegaard T, Jondal M, Okret S. Effects of altered glucocorticoid sensitivity in the T cell lineage on thymocyte and T cell homeostasis. FASEB J 2002; 16:727-9. [PMID: 11923224 DOI: 10.1096/fj.01-0891fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The homeostatic regulation that controls total thymocyte and peripheral T-cell numbers is not clearly understood. We describe here a direct hormonal influence of endogenous levels of glucocorticoids (GCs) on thymocyte and peripheral T-cell homeostasis independent of indirect systemic effects of GCs. The results were obtained by generating transgenic mice with an altered GC sensitivity targeted to thymocytes and peripheral T cells by increasing or decreasing glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression specifically in thymocytes and peripheral T cells. A twofold increase in GC sensitivity resulted in a major decrease in thymocyte number, affecting all subpopulations, although single-positive CD8+ cells were less influenced. In the thymus, this was due to increased apoptosis in the organ, whereas proliferation of thymocyte populations was unaffected. In the periphery, a pronounced reduction in T-cell number was seen, demonstrating an effect of endogenous GCs also on T-cell homeostasis. The effects were confirmed in transgenic mice with reduced GR expression, which showed increased thymocyte and T-cell numbers. Thus, our data demonstrate that physiological GC levels are directly involved in controlling the size of both thymocyte and T-cell pools.
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- Ahmad Pazirandeh
- Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, Novum, SE-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden
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Ge Q, Hu H, Eisen HN, Chen J. Naïve to memory T-cell differentiation during homeostasis-driven proliferation. Microbes Infect 2002; 4:555-8. [PMID: 11959511 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(02)01572-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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During homeostasis-driven T-cell proliferation, naïve T cells stably acquire the cell surface markers and functional properties of antigen-induced memory T cells. Thus, in T-cell-deficient individuals, homeostasis-driven T-cell proliferation appears to restore only the memory T-cell compartment, whereas the reconstitution of the naïve T-cell compartment depends on de novo T-cell development in the thymus.
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- Qing Ge
- Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E17-128, 40 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Antigen (Ag)-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses exhibit remarkably similar kinetics after different types of infection. Starting from levels that are virtually undetectable in vivo, pathogen-specific naïve CD8(+) T cells are precisely regulated to go through rapid expansion and contraction (death) phases, achieving memory levels of Ag-specific CD8(+) T cells that are maintained for the life of the host. However, the exact mechanisms used to achieve appropriate and reproducible CD8(+) T-cell homeostasis in response to diverse pathogens remain to be determined. The possibility that early events after infection regulate major features of Ag-specific CD8(+) T-cell homeostasis will be discussed here.
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- Vladimir P Badovinac
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, 3-512 Bowen Science Building, 51 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Davenport MP, Fazou C, McMichael AJ, Callan MFC. Clonal selection, clonal senescence, and clonal succession: the evolution of the T cell response to infection with a persistent virus. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:3309-17. [PMID: 11907087 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.7.3309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We have analyzed the CD8(+) T cell response to EBV and find that a larger primary burst size is associated with proportionally greater decay during the development of memory. Consequently, immunodominance and clonal dominance are less marked in memory than primary responses. An intuitive interpretation of this finding is that there is a limit to the number of cell divisions a T cell clone can undergo, and that the progeny of clones that have expanded massively during a primary immune response are more prone to die as a result of senescence. To test this hypothesis, we have derived a mathematical model of the response of different T cell clones of varying avidity for Ag in the primary and persistent phases of viral infection. When cellular survival and replication are linked to T cell avidity for Ag and Ag dose, then high-avidity T cells dominate both the primary and secondary responses. We then incorporated a limit in the number of cell divisions of individual T cell clones to test whether such a constraint could reproduce the observed association between cell division number and alterations in the contribution of clones to the response to persistent infection. Comparison of the model output with the experimental results obtained from primary and persistent EBV infection suggests that there is indeed a role for cellular senescence in shaping the immune response to persistent infection.
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- Miles P Davenport
- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Biochemical Defense Mechanisms. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50034-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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