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Patients with multiple injuries have alterations in hemodynamic, metabolic, and immune responses that largely are orchestrated by endogenous mediators referred to as cytokines. At the molecular level cytokines act as architects constructing a blueprint which ultimately will become the clinical "Big Picture"; however, the exact role and extent each cytokine has is still in question. In addition, the surface of research opportunities has nearly been scratched regarding the best way to control or manipulate the cytokine response in efforts to improve care for the trauma patient. Systemically organisms respond to injury regardless of the cause (hemorrhage, ischemia, reperfusion, fracture, and tissue damage) by attempting to restore homeostasis, which involves a coordination of the immune, cardiovascular, endocrine, and nervous systems. This systemic response can result in severe immunologic compromise that threatens the survival of patients with trauma. It seems that it is this balance or imbalance of cytokines, along with other associative factors, that controls the eventual clinical pathway a patient will take. Blood mediator concentrations often parallel the inflammatory process, and high levels of cytokines can be followed by severe organ dysfunction. Certain cytokine levels, such as the interleukins, can be used in predictive ways to correlate organ failure in multiply injured patients. Although much more research must be done, there is great promise in the study of cytokines through basic science research and clinical trials.
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- William G DeLong
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Marra LE, Zhang ZX, Joe B, Campbell J, Levy GA, Penninger J, Zhang L. IL-10 induces regulatory T cell apoptosis by up-regulation of the membrane form of TNF-alpha. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:1028-35. [PMID: 14707076 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.2.1028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Numerous studies have demonstrated the role of regulatory T (Treg) cells in peripheral tolerance. Nevertheless, how the survival and death of Treg cells is controlled is largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms involved in regulating the homeostasis of a subset of Ag-specific alphabetaTCR+ CD4-CD8- double negative (DN) Treg cells. We demonstrate that DN Treg cells are naturally resistant to TCR cross-linking-induced apoptosis. Administration of exogenous IL-10 renders DN Treg cells susceptible to apoptosis, and abolishes their suppressive function. Furthermore, TCR cross-linking of DN Treg cells in the presence of IL-10 leads to the up-regulation of the membrane-bound but not the soluble form of TNF-alpha. Interaction of membrane bound TNF-alpha with TNFR2 sends death signals to DN Treg cells. Blocking their interaction can reverse the effects of IL-10 on DN Treg cells. These results provide insights into the mechanisms that regulate the function and homeostasis of DN Treg cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Apoptosis/immunology
- Cell Membrane/immunology
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Clone Cells
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Immunity, Innate
- Interleukin-10/antagonists & inhibitors
- Interleukin-10/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Mice, Transgenic
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/physiology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II
- Solubility
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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- Luciano E Marra
- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Immunology and Multi Organ Transplantation Program, Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ricordi C, Strom TB. Clinical islet transplantation: advances and immunological challenges. Nat Rev Immunol 2004; 4:259-68. [PMID: 15057784 DOI: 10.1038/nri1332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Camillo Ricordi
- University of Miami School of Medicine, Diabetes Research Institute, Miami, Florida 33136, USA.
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D'Souza WN, Lefrançois L. IL-2 is not required for the initiation of CD8 T cell cycling but sustains expansion. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 171:5727-35. [PMID: 14634080 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.11.5727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Based primarily on in vitro data, IL-2 is believed to be the key cytokine for initiation of the cell cycle of activated T cells. However, the role of IL-2 remains unresolved for T cell responses in vivo. We examined whether the absence of IL-2-mediated signaling in CD8 T cells affected initiation of proliferation. Our results conclusively demonstrated that initial division of Ag-specific CD8 T cells following priming was IL-2 independent, regardless of the context in which Ag was presented. In contrast, the latter stage of the proliferative phase was IL-2-dependent, particularly in nonlymphoid tissues. Thus, activated CD8 T cells initially undergo IL-2-independent proliferation, but reach a critical juncture where the requirement for IL-2 as a growth factor gains prominence.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Neoplasm/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/pathology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/virology
- Cell Cycle/immunology
- Cell Division/immunology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Humans
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Interleukin-2/administration & dosage
- Interleukin-2/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-2/deficiency
- Interleukin-2/physiology
- Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit
- Lymph Nodes/immunology
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Lymph Nodes/virology
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Ovalbumin/administration & dosage
- Ovalbumin/immunology
- Receptors, Interleukin/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Interleukin/physiology
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/administration & dosage
- Stomatitis/immunology
- Stomatitis/pathology
- Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus/immunology
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- Warren N D'Souza
- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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Chang J, Cho JH, Lee SW, Choi SY, Ha SJ, Sung YC. IL-12 Priming during In Vitro Antigenic Stimulation Changes Properties of CD8 T Cells and Increases Generation of Effector and Memory Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:2818-26. [PMID: 14978082 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.5.2818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Antigenic and costimulatory signals trigger a developmental program by which naive CD8 T cells differentiate into effector and memory cells. However, initial cytokine signals that regulate the generation of effector and memory CD8 T cells are not well understood. In this study, we show that IL-12 priming during in vitro antigenic stimulation results in the significant increase of both primary and memory CD8 T cell population in mice after adoptive transfer of activated cells. The effect of IL-12 priming is closely associated with qualitative changes in CD8 T cells, such as reduced MHC I tetramer binding and CD69 expression, altered distribution of lipid rafts, decreased cytolytic activity, and less susceptibility to apoptosis. Furthermore, exogenous IL-12 priming improved the intrinsic survival properties of memory CD8 T cells, leading to better protective immunity and vaccine-induced memory CD8 T cell responses. However, the experiments with IL-12p40- and IL-12Rbeta1-deficient mice showed similar levels of primary and memory CD8 T cell responses compared with wild-type mice, implying that endogenous IL-12 and/or IL-12R signaling in vivo is not critical for CD8 T cell immunity. Together, our results suggest that IL-12 can serve as an important, but dispensable regulatory factor for the development of CD8 T cells, and IL-12 priming could be useful in many medical applications.
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- Jun Chang
- Division of Molecular and Life Science, National Laboratory of DNA Medicine, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Hyoja-Dong, Pohang, Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea
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Klebanoff CA, Finkelstein SE, Surman DR, Lichtman MK, Gattinoni L, Theoret MR, Grewal N, Spiess PJ, Antony PA, Palmer DC, Tagaya Y, Rosenberg SA, Waldmann TA, Restifo NP. IL-15 enhances the in vivo antitumor activity of tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:1969-74. [PMID: 14762166 PMCID: PMC357036 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0307298101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 446] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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IL-15 and IL-2 possess similar properties, including the ability to induce T cell proliferation. However, whereas IL-2 can promote apoptosis and limit CD8(+) memory T cell survival and proliferation, IL-15 helps maintain a memory CD8(+) T cell population and can inhibit apoptosis. We sought to determine whether IL-15 could enhance the in vivo function of tumor/self-reactive CD8(+) T cells by using a T cell receptor transgenic mouse (pmel-1) whose CD8(+) T cells recognize an epitope derived from the self/melanoma antigen gp100. By removing endogenous IL-15 by using tumor-bearing IL-15 knockout hosts or supplementing IL-15 by means of exogenous administration, as a component of culture media or as a transgene expressed by adoptively transferred T cells, we demonstrate that IL-15 can improve the in vivo antitumor activity of adoptively transferred CD8(+) T cells. These results provide several avenues for improving adoptive immunotherapy of cancer in patients.
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- Christopher A Klebanoff
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute-National Institutes of Health Research Scholars Program, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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The alloimmune response can be divided into specific junctures where critical decisions between tolerance and immunity are made which define the outcome of the transplant. At these "decision nodes" various cytokines direct alloresponsive T cells to develop either a proinflammatory response aimed at graft destruction or an immunoregulatory response facilitating graft acceptance. This review will focus on the role of these cytokines in influencing the progression of an alloimmune response leading ultimately to either allograft survival or rejection.
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- Patrick T. Walsh
- University of Pennsylvania, 700 Clinical Research Building, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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- University of Pennsylvania, 700 Clinical Research Building, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) has been the primary limitation to the wider application of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The pathophysiology of acute GVHD is complex and can be conceptualized to be a three-step process based on murine studies. In step 1, the conditioning regimen leads to the damage and activation of host tissues and induces the secretion of inflammatory cytokines. As a consequence, the expression of MHC antigens and adhesion molecules is increased enhancing the recognition of host alloantigens by donor T cells. Donor T-cell activation in step 2 is characterized by donor T cell interaction with host APCs and subsequent proliferation, differentiation and secretion of cytokines. Cytokines such as IL-2 and IFN-gamma enhance T-cell expansion, induce cytotoxic T cells (CTL) and natural killer (NK) cell responses and prime additional mononuclear phagocytes to produce TNF-alpha and IL-1. These inflammatory cytokines in turn stimulate production of inflammatory chemokines, thus recruiting effector cells into target organs. In step 3, effector functions of mononuclear phagocytes are triggered via a secondary signal provided by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) that leaks through the intestinal mucosa damaged during step 1. This mechanism may result in the amplification of local tissue injury and further promotion of an inflammatory response, which, together with the CTL and NK components, leads to target tissue destruction in the transplant host. The following review discusses the three-step process of the pathophysiology of experimental acute GVHD.
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- Pavan Reddy
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0942, USA.
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Castelli J, Thomas EK, Gilliet M, Liu YJ, Levy JA. Mature dendritic cells can enhance CD8+ cell noncytotoxic anti-HIV responses: the role of IL-15. Blood 2003; 103:2699-704. [PMID: 14684414 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-06-1913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The CD8+ cell noncytotoxic anti-HIV response (CNAR) is associated with a long-term healthy clinical state in HIV-infected individuals. Over time CNAR is reduced concomitant with progression to disease. In studies to evaluate whether the interaction between CD8+ cells and dendritic cells (DCs) could increase CNAR, CD8+ cells from individuals who showed a decrease in this antiviral activity were cocultured with monocyte-derived dendritic cells matured with CD40 ligand. After coculture with these mature DCs, the CD8+ cells showed an increase in CNAR greater than that observed with CD8+ cells costimulated with CD3/CD28 antibodies. This antiviral response appeared to be mediated primarily by production of interleukin-15 (IL-15) by the mature DCs. Purified IL-15 also enhanced CNAR, whereas IL-12 showed no substantial effect. These studies provide another potential approach by which the immune system in HIV infection could be restored by cytokine therapy, particularly IL-15 administration.
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- JoAnn Castelli
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-1270, USA
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Kondrack RM, Harbertson J, Tan JT, McBreen ME, Surh CD, Bradley LM. Interleukin 7 regulates the survival and generation of memory CD4 cells. J Exp Med 2003; 198:1797-806. [PMID: 14662907 PMCID: PMC2194153 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20030735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 375] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2003] [Accepted: 10/15/2003] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Cytokines, particularly those of the common gamma chain receptor family, provide extrinsic signals that regulate naive CD4 cell survival. Whether these cytokines are required for the maintenance of memory CD4 cells has not been rigorously assessed. In this paper, we examined the contribution of interleukin (IL) 7, a constitutively produced common gamma chain receptor cytokine, to the survival of resting T cell receptor transgenic memory CD4 cells that were generated in vivo. IL-7 mediated the survival and up-regulation of Bcl-2 by resting memory CD4 cells in vitro in the absence of proliferation. Memory CD4 cells persisted for extended periods upon adoptive transfer into intact or lymphopenic recipients, but not in IL-7- mice or in recipients that were rendered deficient in IL-7 by antibody blocking. Both central (CD62L+) and effector (CD62L-) memory phenotype CD4 cells required IL-7 for survival and, in vivo, memory cells were comparable to naive CD4 cells in this regard. Although the generation of primary effector cells from naive CD4 cells and their dissemination to nonlymphoid tissues were not affected by IL-7 deficiency, memory cells failed to subsequently develop in either the lymphoid or nonlymphoid compartments. The results demonstrate that IL-7 can have previously unrecognized roles in the maintenance of memory in the CD4 cell population and in the survival of CD4 cells with a capacity to become memory cells.
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- Robyn M Kondrack
- Department of Immunology, The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, 10835 Altman Row, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Hedfors IA, Brinchmann JE. Long-term proliferation and survival of in vitro-activated T cells is dependent on Interleukin-2 receptor signalling but not on the high-affinity IL-2R. Scand J Immunol 2003; 58:522-32. [PMID: 14629624 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2003.01338.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Optimization of T-cell-activation protocols is an important prerequisite for the use of populations of activated, polyclonal T cells for immunotherapeutic purposes. This study compares two activation protocols. Following initial CD3/CD28 activation, naïve and memory subsets of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells were either repeatedly stimulated or maintained in medium containing interleukin-2 (IL-2). Initially, activation-induced cell death (AICD) was observed in all subsets. After 2-3 days, death in the cultures maintained in IL-2 only dropped dramatically, while live cells increased logarithmically. Despite intense proliferation, these cells lost the expression of CD25, the alpha chain of the IL-2 receptor and CD71, the transferrin receptor. Functional blocking of CD25 caused minimal changes in proliferation and survival of these cells as long as IL-2 was present in the medium. Blocking of CD25 in combination with the removal of IL-2 caused rapid death of these cells. Restimulation every 3-4 days led to persistently high levels of AICD and lower live cell counts. Live cells maintained the expression of activation markers and a blastoid phenotype. Initial CD3/CD28 followed by maintenance in IL-2 for 2-3 weeks seems to be the best in vitro T-cell-activation strategy. Signalling through the IL-2 receptor is vital for these cells, despite their downregulation of CD25.
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- I A Hedfors
- Institute of Immunology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Alloreactive T cells undergo clonal expansion before they participate in allograft rejection. Current estimates suggest that roughly 1 in 20 peripheral T cells are alloreactive, and these cells may expand at least 20-50-fold during an alloimmune response in vivo. The majority of immunosuppressive drugs currently used to facilitate graft survival in experimental models and in the clinic act to inhibit T-cell proliferation. This review focuses on 1) recent advances in monitoring alloreactive T-cell proliferation during alloimmune responses, 2) the link between cell division, anergy avoidance, and effector T-cell differentiation, and 3) an overview of growth factor receptor-coupled signal transduction pathways, with emphasis on key cell-cycle regulators that may serve as potential targets for novel immunosuppressive or tolerance-inducing strategies.
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- Andrew D Wells
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Joseph Stokes, Jr. Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3516 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA.
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Zheng XX, Sánchez-Fueyo A, Sho M, Domenig C, Sayegh MH, Strom TB. Favorably tipping the balance between cytopathic and regulatory T cells to create transplantation tolerance. Immunity 2003; 19:503-14. [PMID: 14563315 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(03)00259-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Therapeutic application of broadly reactive anti-T cell antibodies can lead not only to potent immunosuppression but also to profound and long-lived T cell depletion. We reasoned that a strategy that almost exclusively targets activated cytopathic donor reactive T cells and spares immunoregulatory networks might prove to be an exceptionally potent and highly selective means of producing long-term engraftment and tolerance. Herein we show that the combined administration of rapamycin and agonist IL-2- and antagonist IL-15-related cytolytic fusion proteins provides for long-term engraftment/tolerance in exceptionally stringent allotransplant models by (1) limiting the early expansion of activated T cells, (2) preserving and even exaggerating their subsequent apoptotic clearance, and (3) further amplifying the depletion of these activated T cells by antibody-dependent mechanisms, while (4) preserving CD4+CD25+ T cell-dependent immunoregulatory networks.
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- Xin Xiao Zheng
- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Moreira JMA, Scheipers P, Sørensen P. The histone deacetylase inhibitor Trichostatin A modulates CD4+ T cell responses. BMC Cancer 2003; 3:30. [PMID: 14606959 PMCID: PMC280656 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-3-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2003] [Accepted: 11/09/2003] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) induce hyperacetylation of core histones modulating chromatin structure and affecting gene expression. These compounds are also able to induce growth arrest, cell differentiation, and apoptotic cell death of tumor cells in vitro as well as in vivo. Even though several genes modulated by HDAC inhibition have been identified, those genes clearly responsible for the biological effects of these drugs have remained elusive. We investigated the pharmacological effect of the HDACI and potential anti-cancer agent Trichostatin A (TSA) on primary T cells. Methods To ascertain the effect of TSA on resting and activated T cells we used a model system where an enriched cell population consisting of primary T-cells was stimulated in vitro with immobilized anti-CD3/anti-CD28 antibodies whilst exposed to pharmacological concentrations of Trichostatin A. Results We found that this drug causes a rapid decline in cytokine expression, accumulation of cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle, and induces apoptotic cell death. The mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) plays a critical role in the apoptotic response to TSA, as dissipation of mitochondrial membrane potential and reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavengers block TSA-induced T-cell death. Treatment of T cells with TSA results in the altered expression of a subset of genes involved in T cell responses, as assessed by microarray gene expression profiling. We also observed up- as well as down-regulation of various costimulatory/adhesion molecules, such as CD28 and CD154, important for T-cell function. Conclusions Taken together, our findings indicate that HDAC inhibitors have an immunomodulatory potential that may contribute to the potency and specificity of these antineoplastic compounds and might be useful in the treatment of autoimmune disorders.
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- José Manuel Afonso Moreira
- Department of Biology, Active Biotech Research AB, P.O. Box 724, SE-22007 Lund, Sweden
- Institute of Cancer Biology and Danish Centre for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, Active Biotech Research AB, P.O. Box 724, SE-22007 Lund, Sweden
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Active Biotech Research AB, Scheelev. 22, P.O. Box 724, SE-22007 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Active Biotech Research AB, P.O. Box 724, SE-22007 Lund, Sweden
- Micromet AG, Staffelseestrasse 2, 81477 Munich, Germany
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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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In recent years, significant milestones have been reached in the field of transplantation through the development of immunosuppressive drugs that inhibit lymphocyte activation, cytokine signal transduction, and cellular proliferation. However, the widespread tissue distribution of the molecular targets exploited to date-calcineurin, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase-produces an array of collateral toxicities. Avoiding these side effects requires new strategies that selectively block destructive immune responses: a fifth generation of immunosuppressants. These agents must target molecules that are critical for and specific to the adaptive immune response.
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- B D Kahan
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
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Adler SH, Chiffoleau E, Xu L, Dalton NM, Burg JM, Wells AD, Wolfe MS, Turka LA, Pear WS. Notch signaling augments T cell responsiveness by enhancing CD25 expression. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 171:2896-903. [PMID: 12960312 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.6.2896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Notch receptors signal through a highly conserved pathway to influence cell fate decisions. Notch1 is required for T lineage commitment; however, a role for Notch signaling has not been clearly defined for the peripheral T cell response. Notch gene expression is induced, and Notch1 is activated in primary CD4(+) T cells following specific peptide-Ag stimulation. Notch activity contributes to the peripheral T cell response, as inhibition of endogenous Notch activation decreases the proliferation of activated T cells in a manner associated with the diminished production of IL-2 and the expression of the high affinity IL-2R (CD25). Conversely, forced expression of a constitutively active Notch1 in primary T cells results in increased surface expression of CD25, and renders these cells more sensitive to both cognate Ag and IL-2, as measured by cell division. These data suggest an important role for Notch signaling during CD4(+) T cell responses, which operates through augmenting a positive feedback loop involving IL-2 and its high affinity receptor.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/antagonists & inhibitors
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/genetics
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/physiology
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Division/genetics
- Cell Division/immunology
- Cell Membrane/genetics
- Cell Membrane/immunology
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Growth Inhibitors/antagonists & inhibitors
- Growth Inhibitors/biosynthesis
- Growth Inhibitors/genetics
- Growth Inhibitors/physiology
- Interleukin-2/pharmacology
- Intracellular Fluid/immunology
- Intracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Transgenic
- Receptor, Notch1
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/physiology
- Receptors, Notch
- Retroviridae/genetics
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Transcription Factors
- Transduction, Genetic
- Up-Regulation/genetics
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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- Scott H Adler
- Departments of Medicine, Institute for Medicine and Engineering, The Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Drappa J, Kamen LA, Chan E, Georgiev M, Ashany D, Marti F, King PD. Impaired T cell death and lupus-like autoimmunity in T cell-specific adapter protein-deficient mice. J Exp Med 2003; 198:809-21. [PMID: 12953096 PMCID: PMC2194195 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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T cell-specific adaptor protein (TSAd) is a T lineage-restricted signaling adaptor molecule that is thought to participate in the assembly of intracellular signaling complexes in T cells. Previous studies of TSAd-deficient mice have revealed a role for TSAd in the induction of T cell interleukin 2 secretion and proliferation. We now show that TSAd-deficient mice are susceptible to lupus-like autoimmune disease. On the nonautoimmune-prone C57BL/6 genetic background, TSAd deficiency results in hypergammaglobulinemia that affects all immunoglobulin (Ig)G subclasses. Older C57BL/6 TSAd-deficient mice (1 yr of age) accumulate large numbers of activated T and B cells in spleen, produce autoantibodies against a variety of self-targets including single stranded (ss) and double stranded (ds) DNA, and, in addition, develop glomerulonephritis. We further show that immunization of younger C57BL/6 TSAd-deficient mice (at age 2 mo) with pristane, a recognized nonspecific inflammatory trigger of lupus, results in more severe glomerulonephritis compared with C57BL/6 controls and the production of high titer ss and ds DNA antibodies of the IgG subclass that are not normally produced by C57BL/6 mice in this model. The development of autoimmunity in TSAd-deficient mice is associated with defective T cell death in vivo. These findings illustrate the role of TSAd as a critical regulator of T cell death whose absence promotes systemic autoimmunity.
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- Jorn Drappa
- Research Division, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Bona G, Defranco S, Chiocchetti A, Indelicato M, Biava A, Difranco D, Dianzani I, Ramenghi U, Corrias A, Weber G, De Sanctis V, Iughetti L, Radetti G, Dianzani U. Defective function of Fas in T cells from paediatric patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases. Clin Exp Immunol 2003; 133:430-7. [PMID: 12930371 PMCID: PMC1808790 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02221.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Triggering of the Fas receptor induces T cell apoptosis and is involved in shutting-off the immune response. Inherited defects impairing Fas function cause the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, and may play a role in other autoimmune diseases. The aim of this work was to analyse the Fas function in paediatric patients with thyroid autoimmunities. We found that T cells from 24/28 patients with Graves' disease (GD) and 12/35 patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) displayed defective Fas function. In HT, the defect was more frequent in patients requiring replacement therapy (11/20) than in those not requiring (1/15); moreover, in untreated HT the highest defect was displayed by patients with the highest levels of autoantibodies. Fas was always expressed at normal levels and no Fas mutations were detected. Analysis of the healthy parents of seven Fas-resistant patients showed that several of them were Fas-resistant, which suggests a genetic component. Fusion of Fas-resistant T cells with the Fas-sensitive HUT78 T cell line generated Fas-resistant hybrid cells, which suggests the presence of molecules exerting a dominant negative effect on Fas function. Analysis of Fas-induced activation of caspase-8 and -9 showed decreased activity of both caspases in HT, whereas activity of caspase-9 was increased and that of caspase-8 was decreased in GD. These data suggest that heterogeneous inherited defects impairing Fas function favour the development of thyroid autoimmunities.
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- G Bona
- Interdisciplinary Research Center of Autoimmune Diseases (IRCAD) and Department of Medical Sciences, 'A.Avogadro' University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Apoptotic cell death plays a critical role in the development and functioning of the immune system. During differentiation, apoptosis weeds out lymphocytes lacking useful antigen receptors and those expressing dangerous ones. Lymphocyte death is also involved in limiting the magnitude and duration of immune responses to infection. In this review, we describe the role of the Bcl-2 protein family, and to a lesser extent that of death receptors (members of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family with a death domain), in the control of lymphoid and myeloid cell survival. We also consider the pathogenic consequences of failure of apoptosis in the immune system.
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- Vanessa S Marsden
- Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia
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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: 4.4] [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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Luzina IG, Atamas SP, Wise R, Wigley FM, Choi J, Xiao HQ, White B. Occurrence of an activated, profibrotic pattern of gene expression in lung CD8+ T cells from scleroderma patients. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2003; 48:2262-74. [PMID: 12905481 DOI: 10.1002/art.11080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Pulmonary fibrosis is a major cause of death in scleroderma patients. Previous studies have shown an increase in CD8+ T cells in the lungs of scleroderma patients. In the present study, we sought to determine whether activated CD8+ T cells contribute to pulmonary fibrosis in scleroderma patients through the production and activation of profibrotic mediators. METHODS CD8+ cells were isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid obtained from 19 scleroderma patients and 7 healthy subjects. The phenotype of these cells was determined using DNA array technology. Expression of selected genes was confirmed in real-time polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay experiments. RESULTS Hierarchical clustering of gene expression profiles revealed 2 groups of subjects. Group 1 consisted of 11 patients (8 with and 3 without lung inflammation). Group 2 consisted of 15 subjects (7 healthy controls and 2 patients with and 6 without lung inflammation). Gene expression in group 1 indicated T cell activation, a type 2 phenotype, production of profibrotic factors and matrix metalloproteinases, and reduced activation-induced cell death. Increased expression of beta6 integrin messenger RNA by CD8+ T cells in group 1 suggested the possibility that these T cells might induce cell-contact-dependent activation of latent transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta). CONCLUSION A subset of scleroderma patients at higher risk of progressive lung disease have activated, long-lived CD8+ T cells in their lungs that could promote fibrosis directly, through production of profibrotic factors such as interleukin-4 and oncostatin M, as well as indirectly, through activation of TGFbeta.
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- Irina G Luzina
- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Room 3C-125, 10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Sun R, Fan J, Wei H, Zhang C, Tian Z. Use of interleukin-15 for preparation of adherent NK cells from human peripheral blood: comparison with interleukin-2. J Immunol Methods 2003; 279:79-90. [PMID: 12969549 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(03)00245-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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To search the possibility of utilizing interleukin-15 (IL-15) in preparation of adherent human natural killer (A-NK) cells, recombinant human IL-15 (rhIL-15) or rhIL-2 (500 u/ml of each cytokine) were added to purified human NK cell culture in 24-well plastic plate. The cytokine-induced adherent ratio was calculated by percentage of A-NK cell in whole NK cells. The cytotoxicity of NK cells (NA- or A-NK cells) was examined by 4-h 51Chromium release assay, the surface markers of NK cells were checked by flow cytometry, and the cytokines were analyzed by reverse transcript (RT)-PCR and ELISA method. RhIL-15-induced adherence of human NK cells into plastic was higher than IL-2 when harvesting the A-NK cells at each hour point from hr 1 to hr 12. IL-15- and IL-2-induced adherent ratio peaked to 36.67% and 27.73% at hr 1, and the IL-15-induced adherent ratio was around two folds higher than IL-2-induced group at hrs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. The IL-15 group expanded more rapidly than IL-2 during 2 weeks' culture. IL-15- and IL-2-A-NK cells exerted similar levels of higher cytotoxic potentials. A-NK cells were characterized with phenotypes of CD3(-)CD16(+)CD56(+) (more than 93%) in the presence of IL-2 or IL-15 stimulation. CD54, an intracellular adhesion molecule (ICAM), was also continuously expressed in A-NK cells (more than 85%) induced by each cytokine. Interestingly, IL-15 stimulated relatively low level of expression of CD18, a beta2 integrin molecule related to lymphocyte apoptosis in A-NK cells (11.45%), whereas IL-2 exerted a strong effect on CD18 expression (87.54%). IL-11b was only expressed at A-NK cell induced by IL-2 (49.56%), IL-15 did not exert any stimulating effect on CD11b expression. All A-NK cells expressed high levels of interferon gamma (IFNgamma) after stimulation with IL-2 or IL-15. In contrast to IL-2, IL-15 did not stimulate gene expressions of type 2 cytokines (e.g. IL-4, IL-6, IL-10 and IL-13) in A-NK cells. The results indicate that rhIL15 is possibly a stronger stimulator for A-NK cell preparation by improving adherence and proliferation through inhibiting apoptosis by down-regulating the expression of CD18 and type 2 cytokines.
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- Rui Sun
- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui 230027, Hefei, China
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Klein L, Khazaie K, von Boehmer H. In vivo dynamics of antigen-specific regulatory T cells not predicted from behavior in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:8886-91. [PMID: 12857946 PMCID: PMC166408 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1533365100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 317] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Adoptive transfer of antigen-specific CD25+CD4+ regulatory T cells was used to analyze the stability of their phenotype, their behavior after immunization, and their mode of suppressing cotransferred naive T cells in vivo. We found that regulatory T cells maintained their phenotype in the absence of antigen, were not anergic in vivo, and proliferated as extensively as naive CD4+ T cells after immunization without losing their suppressive function in vivo and in vitro. In vivo, the expansion of cotransferred naive T cells was suppressed relatively late in the response such that regulatory T cells expressing mostly IL-10 but not IL-2 or IFN-gamma represented the dominant subset of cells. Our results reveal properties of regulatory T cells that were not predicted from in vitro studies.
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- Ludger Klein
- Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Smith 736, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Cameron MJ, Kelvin DJ. Cytokines and chemokines--their receptors and their genes: an overview. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2003; 520:8-32. [PMID: 12613570 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0171-8_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Mark J Cameron
- The Robarts Research Institute and University of Western Ontario, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada
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Zheng XX, Maslinski W, Ferrari-Lacraz S, Strom TB. Cytokines in the treatment and prevention of autoimmune responses-a role of IL-15. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2003; 520:87-95. [PMID: 12613574 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0171-8_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Xin Xiao Zheng
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Jaleco S, Swainson L, Dardalhon V, Burjanadze M, Kinet S, Taylor N. Homeostasis of naive and memory CD4+ T cells: IL-2 and IL-7 differentially regulate the balance between proliferation and Fas-mediated apoptosis. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 171:61-8. [PMID: 12816983 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.1.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cytokines play a crucial role in the maintenance of polyclonal naive and memory T cell populations. It has previously been shown that ex vivo, the IL-7 cytokine induces the proliferation of naive recent thymic emigrants (RTE) isolated from umbilical cord blood but not mature adult-derived naive and memory human CD4(+) T cells. We find that the combination of IL-2 and IL-7 strongly promotes the proliferation of RTE, whereas adult CD4(+) T cells remain relatively unresponsive. Immunological activity is controlled by a balance between proliferation and apoptotic cell death. However, the relative contributions of IL-2 and IL-7 in regulating these processes in the absence of MHC/peptide signals are not known. Following exposure to either IL-2 or IL-7 alone, RTE, as well as mature naive and memory CD4(+) T cells, are rendered only minimally sensitive to Fas-mediated cell death. However, in the presence of the two cytokines, Fas engagement results in a high level of caspase-dependent apoptosis in both RTE as well as naive adult CD4(+) T cells. In contrast, equivalently treated memory CD4(+) T cells are significantly less sensitive to Fas-induced cell death. The increased susceptibility of RTE and naive CD4(+) T cells to Fas-induced apoptosis correlates with a significantly higher IL-2/IL-7-induced Fas expression on these T cell subsets than on memory CD4(+) T cells. Thus, IL-2 and IL-7 regulate homeostasis by modulating the equilibrium between proliferation and apoptotic cell death in RTE and mature naive and memory T cell subsets.
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- Sara Jaleco
- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5535/Institut Fédératif de Recherche 122, Montpellier, France
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Nguyen CL, Salem ML, Rubinstein MP, Demcheva M, Vournakis JN, Cole DJ, Gillanders WE. Mechanisms of enhanced antigen-specific T cell response following vaccination with a novel peptide-based cancer vaccine and systemic interleukin-2 (IL-2). Vaccine 2003; 21:2318-28. [PMID: 12744862 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(03)00096-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Systemic interleukin-2 (IL-2) therapy has been shown to enhance the clinical efficacy of peptide-based cancer vaccines. However, the mechanisms involved in this complex response remain poorly defined. IL-2 is known to be a potent T cell growth factor, but recent studies suggest that IL-2 is also involved in the regulation of T cell immune responses by increasing the susceptibility of proliferating T cells to apoptosis. Using an adoptive transfer model, we demonstrate that the administration of systemic IL-2 significantly enhances the primary and memory immune responses following peptide-based vaccination. In order to define the mechanisms of IL-2 therapy on the antigen-specific T cell response, the kinetics of T cell proliferation, apoptosis, and trafficking were explored. Systemic IL-2 therapy did not appear to alter the kinetics of T cell proliferation immediately following vaccination, but did prolong the proliferative response. Furthermore, IL-2 therapy did not significantly influence apoptosis of proliferating T cells. Such therapy did, however, potentiate L-selectin (CD62L) downregulation on activated antigen-specific T cells, and altered their trafficking confirming their potential therapeutic value. Our findings support the use of systemic IL-2 following peptide-based vaccination, and suggest that IL-2 therapy enhances the primary and memory immune responses by prolonging the proliferative response and altering the trafficking of antigen-specific T cells.
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- Christophe L Nguyen
- Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Room 420P, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, PO Box 250613, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Baan CC, Balk AHMM, van Riemsdijk IC, Vantrimpont PJMJ, Maat APWM, Niesters HGM, Zondervan PE, van Gelder T, Weimar W. Anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody therapy affects the death signals of graft-infiltrating cells after clinical heart transplantation. Transplantation 2003; 75:1704-10. [PMID: 12777860 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000063937.53702.97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND To define whether immunosuppressive agents that block the interleukin (IL)-2 pathway could prevent activation-induced cell death of activated T cells in the graft, we measured expression of IL-2, IL-2 receptor alpha chain (CD25), IL-15, Fas, and Fas ligand by real time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in cardiac allografts. METHODS We characterized the phenotype of the infiltrating cells (CD3, CD68, CD25) by immunohistochemistry. The proportion of apoptotic graft-infiltrating cells was determined by TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling) staining. We analyzed endomyocardial biopsy specimens from cardiac allograft recipients who were treated with anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody (mAb) induction therapy (daclizumab) or with matching placebo in combination with cyclosporine, steroids, and mycophenolate mofetil. RESULTS Treatment with anti-CD25 mAb affected the number of infiltrating CD3 and CD68 cells and the IL-2-regulated apoptotic pathway. During anti-CD25 mAb treatment, significantly lower intragraft IL-2 and CD25 mRNA transcription levels and decreased numbers of CD25+ T cells were found compared with the levels measured in endomyocardial biopsy specimens from placebo-treated patients (5- to 10-fold, P=0.002 and P<0.0001, respectively). In these samples the intragraft mRNA expression levels of IL-15 were also lower (P=0.02). Inhibition of the IL-2 pathway by anti-CD25 mAb therapy was accompanied by reduced mRNA and protein of Fas ligand and not by reduced Fas expression (P=0.001 and P=0.03). TUNEL staining revealed that the proportion of graft-infiltrating cells was lower in the anti-CD25 mAb patient group than the proportion of apoptotic cells in patients receiving placebo (P=0.06). CONCLUSION Our data suggest that immunosuppressive agents that affect the IL-2 pathway hinder the mechanism of activation-induced cell death by which the immune system eliminates alloreactive cells.
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- C C Baan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Decallonne B, van Etten E, Giulietti A, Casteels K, Overbergh L, Bouillon R, Mathieu C. Defect in activation-induced cell death in non-obese diabetic (NOD) T lymphocytes. J Autoimmun 2003; 20:219-26. [PMID: 12753807 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-8411(03)00025-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Activation-induced cell death (AICD) represents a major means of peripheral tolerance induction, eliminating effector cells. NOD mice, a widely used model for autoimmune diabetes, are characterized by high levels of circulating T lymphocytes and by resistance to several apoptosis-inducing signals. The aim of this study was to analyse AICD in peripheral NOD T lymphocytes. First, we demonstrated in an in vitro AICD model that NOD T lymphocytes are more resistant to AICD (64+/-2%) compared to non-autoimmune C57BL/6 T lymphocytes (73+/-2%), but also diabetes-resistant NOR T lymphocytes (76+/-3%, P<0.05). Moreover, both CD4(+)and CD8(+)subsets were affected. Analysis of the cellular and molecular pathways revealed lower caspase 8 levels, a central caspase proximally involved in the AICD-pathway (fluorescence of 258+/-47 in NOD vs. 441+/-16 in NOR and 414+/-61 in C57BL/6 T lymphocytes, P<0.05). Gene expression analysis using real-time RT-PCR additionally revealed low expression of Fas and FasL, the death receptor system activating caspase 8 and contributing to AICD. Additionally, low IL-2 levels, together with high TGFbeta and Bclx-L levels, confirm the presence of a NOD-specific AICD-resistance profile. In conclusion, we present cellular and molecular evidence for disturbed AICD mechanisms in NOD T lymphocytes. This resistance in AICD may contribute to defective tolerance induction to autoantigens in NOD mice.
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- Brigitte Decallonne
- Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Chitnis V, Pahwa R, Pahwa S. Determinants of HIV-specific CD8 T-cell responses in HIV-infected pediatric patients and enhancement of HIV-gag-specific responses with exogenous IL-15. Clin Immunol 2003; 107:36-45. [PMID: 12738248 DOI: 10.1016/s1521-6616(02)00051-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cellular immune responses play a central role in controlling HIV-1 infection. HIV-specific IFN-gamma production by CD8 T cells was evaluated in 17 HLA-A2+ HIV-infected pediatric patients (age range 1 month to 16 years) in an ELISPOT assay. Most patients (15/17) exhibited responses to HIV-gag, followed by responses to envelope gp120, gp41, and V3 loop. Only 7 patients responded to all four antigenic peptides. Treatment-related immune reconstitution of CD4 T cells was associated with increase in gag-specific responses, but these declined with prolonged viral suppression. Exogenous IL-15 resulted in augmentation of HIV-gag-specific response in 71% of patients, while IL-2 and IL-7 had variable effects, augmenting responses in 25% patients. Thus, HIV-specific CD8 T-cell responses are dependent on both CD4 T-cell help and antigenic stimulation. The cytokine IL-15 may be a useful modality as adjunctive therapy to augment HIV-specific memory CD8 T cells.
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- Vivek Chitnis
- Immunology and Inflammation Center of Excellence, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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Gonzalez J, Orlofsky A, Prystowsky MB. A1 is a growth-permissive antiapoptotic factor mediating postactivation survival in T cells. Blood 2003; 101:2679-85. [PMID: 12406903 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-04-1229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The regulation of cell death in activated naive T cells is not well understood. We examined the expression of A1, an antiapoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family, following activation of naive mouse splenocytes. A1 gene expression was strongly but transiently induced during the first day of activation, with a peak at 2 to 6 hours, whereas Bcl-2 mRNA was simultaneously transiently down-regulated. Transgenic (Tg) overexpression of A1-a in T cells via the lck distal promoter resulted in decreased apoptosis following activation either with concanavalin A or with antibodies to CD3 and CD28 and led to a doubling of T-cell yield by 5 days. Tg A1-a also partially protected thymocytes from several proapoptotic stimuli but did not protect T-cell blasts from cell death induced by reactivation via the T-cell receptor. Tg Bcl-2 and Tg A1-a showed a similar ability to reduce apoptosis in both resting and activated T cells. However, in activated splenocyte cultures, the increase in 5-day T-cell yield observed with Tg Bcl-2 was only half that produced by Tg A1-a. This difference could be attributed at least in part to the fact that A1, unlike Bcl-2, did not inhibit S-phase entry of activated cells. The A1 protein may represent an adaptation of the Bcl-2 gene family to the need for survival regulation in the context of a proliferative stimulus.
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- Juana Gonzalez
- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Kambayashi T, Assarsson E, Lukacher AE, Ljunggren HG, Jensen PE. Memory CD8+ T cells provide an early source of IFN-gamma. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:2399-408. [PMID: 12594263 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.5.2399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During the non-Ag-specific early phase of infection, IFN-gamma is believed to be primarily provided by NK and NKT cells in response to pathogen-derived inflammatory mediators. To test whether other cell types were involved in early IFN-gamma release, IFN-gamma-producing cells were visualized in spleens and lymph nodes of LPS-injected mice. In addition to NK and NKT cells, IFN-gamma was also detected in a significant fraction of CD8(+) T cells. CD8(+) T cells represented the second major population of IFN-gamma-producing cells in the spleen ( approximately 30%) and the majority of IFN-gamma(+) cells in the lymph nodes ( approximately 70%). LPS-induced IFN-gamma production by CD8(+) T cells was MHC class I independent and was restricted to CD44(high) (memory phenotype) cells. Experiments performed with C3H/HeJ (LPS-nonresponder) mice suggested that CD8(+) T cells responded to LPS indirectly through macrophage/dendritic cell-derived IFN-alpha/beta, IL-12, and IL-18. IFN-gamma was also detected in memory CD8(+) T cells from mice injected with type I IFN or with poly(I:C), a synthetic dsRNA that mimics early activation by RNA viruses. Taken together, these results suggest that in response to bacterial and viral products, memory T cells may contribute to innate immunity by providing an early non-Ag-specific source of IFN-gamma.
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- Taku Kambayashi
- Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Cytokines are important hormonal mediators, produced in tissues undergoing defence, growth and repair processes. Infection and inflammation in particular result in a cascade of cytokine induction that acts to maintain tissue homeostasis. Most cytokines act within the injured tissues, although some have an endocrine action, recruiting distant tissues in defence of the tissue producing the cytokine and many are important for regulating acquired immunity in secondary lymphoid tissues. Induction of interleukin-1 (IL-1), tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and IL-6 highlight the way in which local tissue cytokine responses are induced and act. Since most cytokines act locally, cytokine measurement presents several difficulties. Only where cytokines (such as IL-6) have a systemic action are plasma cytokine concentrations really meaningful. The presence of cytokine antagonists and soluble cytokine receptors, often released in concert with their respective cytokine agonists, presents additional complexity to interpretation. Measurement and manipulation of cytokines can contribute towards an understanding of their pathophysiological role in both experimental and clinical settings. This includes measurement of plasma IL-6, which has striking relationships to tissue inflammation. Its value is exemplified by some recent studies of stroke patients, where IL-6 reflects not only the initial response but also clinical outcome and survival.
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- Stephen John Hopkins
- University of Manchester Injury Research Group, Clinical Sciences Building, Hope Hospital, Salford, M6 8HD, UK.
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Brentjens RJ, Latouche JB, Santos E, Marti F, Gong MC, Lyddane C, King PD, Larson S, Weiss M, Rivière I, Sadelain M. Eradication of systemic B-cell tumors by genetically targeted human T lymphocytes co-stimulated by CD80 and interleukin-15. Nat Med 2003; 9:279-86. [PMID: 12579196 DOI: 10.1038/nm827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 486] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2002] [Accepted: 01/21/2003] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The genetic transfer of antigen receptors provides a means to rapidly generate autologous tumor-reactive T lymphocytes. However, recognition of tumor antigens by cytotoxic T cells is only one step towards effective cancer immunotherapy. Other crucial biological prerequisites must be fulfilled to expand tumor-reactive T cells that retain a functional phenotype, including in vivo cytolytic activity and the ability to travel to tumor sites without prematurely succumbing to apoptosis. We show that these requirements are met by expanding peripheral blood T cells genetically targeted to the CD19 antigen in the presence of CD80 and interleukin-15 (IL-15). T cells expanded in the presence of IL-15 uniquely persist in tumor-bearing severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)-Beige mice and eradicate disseminated intramedullary tumors. Their anti-tumor activity is further enhanced by in vivo co-stimulation. In addition, transduced T cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) effectively lyse autologous tumor cells. These findings strongly support the clinical feasibility of this therapeutic strategy.
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- Renier J Brentjens
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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Csencsits KL, Bishop DK. Contrasting alloreactive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells: there's more to it than MHC restriction. Am J Transplant 2003; 3:107-15. [PMID: 12603205 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00036.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Surface expression of CD4 or CD8 is commonly used to identify T-cell subsets that recognize antigen presented by class II MHC or class I MHC, respectively. This holds true for T cells that respond to allogeneic MHC molecules that are directly recognized as foreign, as well as peptides from allogeneic MHC molecules that are indirectly presented by self MHC molecules. CD4 or CD8 expression was initially believed to define cytokine secreting helper T cells or cytotoxic cells, respectively. However, this association of phenotype and function is not absolute, in that CD4+ cells may possess lytic activity and CD8+ cells secrete cytokines, notably IFNgamma. Recently, additional fundamental differences in the immunobiology of these T-cell subsets have been identified. These include differences in costimulatory requirements, cytokine responsiveness, cytokine production, cell survival, and the maintenance of memory. This review will survey these differences, emphasizing alloreactive T-cell responses as well as relevant observations that have been made in other systems.
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- Keri L Csencsits
- Depajtment of Surgery University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Ingulli E. New frontiers: the 2002 FASEB Summer Research Conference in Transplant Immunology. Am J Transplant 2003; 3:121-7. [PMID: 12603207 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00038.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The first Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) summer research conference on transplantation immunology was organized by Angus Thomson (University of Pittsburgh), Robert Lechler (Imperial College London), Laurence Turka (University of Pennsylvania) and Megan Sykes (Massachusetts General Hospital). Over the past four decades, patient and graft survival rates for solid organ transplant recipients have improved dramatically; however, chronic rejection and the untoward effects of potent immunosuppressive drugs continue to loom. This symposium is a testament to the importance of bringing investigators from diverse biological backgrounds together in a single forum to discuss the fundamental issues of immune biology and advance the goal of transplant-specific tolerance.
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- Elizabeth Ingulli
- Division of Nephrology, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, BSBE 6-130, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Autoimmune disease in the elderly is hypothesized to be caused by an imbalance in T-cell expansion and deletion after an encounter with self-antigens. A decrease in thymic output leads to a decreased pool of naive T cells in the periphery and to increased oligoclonal expansion of T cells. This expansion may be caused by stimulation with autoantigens that drive high-affinity interactions with self-antigens. Accumulation of presenescent, apoptosis-resistant, and proinflammatory T cells results in the growth of these autoreactive T cells. A decreased T-cell activation response that occurs with age leads to several defects that diminish the immune response.
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- Hui-Chen Hsu
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 701 South 19th Street, Lyons Harrison Research Building 473, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Yu A, Zhou J, Marten N, Bergmann CC, Mammolenti M, Levy RB, Malek TR. Efficient induction of primary and secondary T cell-dependent immune responses in vivo in the absence of functional IL-2 and IL-15 receptors. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:236-42. [PMID: 12496405 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.1.236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IL-2 and IL-15 are thought to be important cytokines for T cell-dependent immune responses. Mice deficient in IL-2, IL-2Ralpha, and IL-2Rbeta are each characterized by a rapid lethal autoimmune lymphoproliferative disorder that complicates their use in studies aimed at investigating the role of these cytokines and receptors for immune responses in vivo. We have previously characterized a novel transgenic (Tg) mouse on the IL-2Rbeta-/- genetic background (Tg-/- mice) that lacks autoimmune disease but still contains peripheral T cells that are nonresponsive to IL-2 and IL-15. In the present study, these mice were used to investigate the extent by which IL-2 and IL-15 are essential for T cell immunity in vivo. Tg-/- mice generated near normal primary and secondary Ab responses to OVA, readily mounted first and second set allogeneic skin graft rejection responses, and developed primary and recall CD8 T cell responses to vaccinia virus. However, Tg-/- mice generated a slightly lower level of IgG2a Abs to OVA, exhibited a somewhat delayed first set skin graft rejection response with lower allo-specific CTL, and developed a significantly lower number of IFN-gamma-producing vaccinia-specific CD8+ T cells. Thus, although T effector function is somewhat impaired, T cell immunity is largely functional in the absence of IL-2- and IL-15-induced signaling through IL-2Rbeta.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/administration & dosage
- Antibody Formation/genetics
- CD3 Complex/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/virology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- Graft Rejection/genetics
- Immunization
- Immunization, Secondary
- Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-15/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Murine hepatitis virus/immunology
- Ovalbumin/administration & dosage
- Ovalbumin/immunology
- Receptors, Interleukin-15
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/deficiency
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/genetics
- Skin Transplantation/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Transplantation, Homologous
- Vaccinia virus/immunology
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- Aixin Yu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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Thomas AK, Maus MV, Shalaby WS, June CH, Riley JL. A cell-based artificial antigen-presenting cell coated with anti-CD3 and CD28 antibodies enables rapid expansion and long-term growth of CD4 T lymphocytes. Clin Immunol 2002; 105:259-72. [PMID: 12498807 DOI: 10.1006/clim.2002.5277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We compared the ability of two genetically modified myeloid cells, K562 and U937, to serve as artificial antigen-presenting cells (aAPC). Both aAPC were stably transfected with the low-affinity Fcgamma receptor CD32 (K32/U32 cells). K32 cells loaded with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 Ab (K32/CD3/28) induced more rapid CD4 T-cell expansion than CD3/28-coated beads. In contrast, U32/CD3/28 induced high levels of CD4 T-cell thymidine uptake but were unable to sustain long-term T-cell expansion. K32 cells, but not U32 cells, loaded with anti-CD3 alone also stimulated CD4 T-cell growth and IL-2 secretion, indicating the expression of additional costimulatory molecules on K32 cells. We found constitutive expression of B7-H3 and a strong upregulation of mRNA encoding for IL-15, PD-L1, and PD-L2 after coculture with CD4 T cells activated by K32/CD3/28 but not U32/CD3/28. We conclude that K32 aAPCs are a robust system for clinical scale ex vivo expansion of CD4 T cells.
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- Anna K Thomas
- Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Weng NP, Liu K, Catalfamo M, Li Y, Henkart PA. IL-15 is a growth factor and an activator of CD8 memory T cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2002; 975:46-56. [PMID: 12538153 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb05940.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Memory lymphocytes, arising from naïve lymphocytes after antigenic stimulation and being long-lived, are the cellular basis for immunological memory. Recent studies of CD8 T cells suggest that generation of CD8 memory T cells requires the engagement of T cell antigen receptors (TCR) with antigen, yet the maintenance of CD8 memory T cells appears to be dependent on cytokines, such as IL-15, independent of TCR. Although considerable progress has been made in understanding the molecular and cellular events of TCR-induced differentiation and proliferation in the past decade, less is known about the mechanisms of IL-15 action. From a kinetic and comparative analysis of the responses of memory phenotype CD8 T cells to IL-15 and TCR stimulation in vitro, we found that IL-15 and anti-CD3 induce highly similar responses in memory phenotype CD8 T cells as measured by general gene expression profiles, synthesis of effector molecules (IFNgamma, TNFbeta, granzyme B and perforin), induction of cytotoxicity, and cellular proliferation. These findings indicate that IL-15 is not only a growth factor but also an antigen-independent activator for CD8 memory T cells.
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- Nan-Ping Weng
- Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
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Baan CC, Balk AHMM, van der Plas AJ, van Gelder T, Vantrimpont PJMJ, Maat LPWM, Weimar W. IL-15R alpha-chain expression during anti-CD25 treatment of cardiac allograft recipients. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:3243-5. [PMID: 12493434 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03591-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- C C Baan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Cooper MA, Bush JE, Fehniger TA, VanDeusen JB, Waite RE, Liu Y, Aguila HL, Caligiuri MA. In vivo evidence for a dependence on interleukin 15 for survival of natural killer cells. Blood 2002; 100:3633-8. [PMID: 12393617 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2001-12-0293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 335] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cellular homeostasis requires a balance between cell production, cell survival, and cell death. Production of natural killer (NK) cells from bone marrow precursor cells requires interleukin 15 (IL-15); however, very little is known about the factors controlling survival of mature NK cells in vivo. Because mice deficient in IL-15 (IL-15(-/-) mice) fail to develop NK cells, it is not known whether mature NK cells can survive in an environment lacking IL-15. We hypothesized that IL-15 might indeed be required for survival of mature NK cells in vivo. Freshly isolated NK cells labeled with 5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate, succinimidyl ester (CFSE) were adoptively transferred into IL-15(-/-) mice and littermate control (IL-15(+/-)) mice. Within 36 hours after transfer, NK cells were detected in both IL-15(-/-) and IL-15(+/-) mice; however, significantly more (P <.003) CFSE-positive (CFSE(+)) NK cells were found in control mice than in IL-15(-/-) mice. By 5 days, similar numbers of CFSE(+) NK cells were still easily detected in IL-15(+/-) mice, whereas no CFSE(+) NK cells survived in IL-15(-/-) mice. Furthermore, mice with severe combined immunodeficiency treated with the Fab fragment of a blocking antibody recognizing a signaling subunit of the IL-15 receptor, IL-2/15Rbeta, had a significant ( approximately 90%) loss of NK cells compared with control mice. Finally, NK cells from Bcl-2 transgenic mice that were adoptively transferred into IL-15(-/-) mice did survive. These results show conclusively that IL-15 is required for mature NK cell survival in vivo and suggest that IL-15 mediates its effect on NK cell survival by means of Bcl-2.
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- Megan A Cooper
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, The James Cancer Hospital and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA
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Chastagner P, Reddy J, Thèze J. Lymphoadenopathy in IL-2-deficient mice: further characterization and overexpression of the antiapoptotic molecule cellular FLIP. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2002; 169:3644-51. [PMID: 12244156 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.7.3644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IL-2 was originally identified as a potent T cell growth factor. It was subsequently demonstrated that IL-2 also exerts proapoptotic effects under certain conditions. Inactivation of IL-2 by gene targeting in mice showed that whereas IL-2 is not essential for the generation, clonal expansion, or differentiation of lymphocytes to effector cells, it has a unique role in preventing the accumulation of activated lymphocytes. IL-2(-/-) mice show lymphoadenopathy and autoimmune reactions, suggesting that the proapoptotic effects of IL-2 may predominate in vivo. In this study, we confirm that lymph nodes (LNs) are enlarged in IL-2(-/-) animals, but surprisingly, we found that their spleens are almost normal in size. Subsequent to this observation, we compare lymphocytes from LNs and spleens of IL-2(-/-) and IL-2(+/-) animals to analyze molecular and cellular correlates of the immunopathological disorders found in IL-2-deficient mice. LN lymphocytes from IL-2(-/-) are selectively activated and show an enhanced survival capacity and an increased ability to proliferate in vitro when compared with LN cells from IL-2(+/-) mice and splenocytes from IL-2(-/-) and IL-2(+/-) mice. Because the apoptosis inhibitor FLIP has been shown in vitro to participate in the IL-2 control of activation-induced cell death, we analyze its expression in IL-2(-/-) mice. FLIP was found to be selectively overexpressed in the LNs of IL-2(-/-) mice, but no overexpression was found in spleen cells or thymocytes. These results suggest that FLIP, in conjunction with other IL-2-regulated genes previously characterized in our laboratory, is involved in controlling lymphoadenopathy in IL-2(-/-) mice.
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- Patricia Chastagner
- Unité d'Immunogénétique Cellulaire, Département de Médecine Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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CD8 T-cell immunity is thought to require helper activity derived from CD4 T cells. Nevertheless, under some circumstances, effective CD8-dependent T-cell responses occur in vivo without CD4 T-cell help. Several recent papers help to explain this paradox and lead to a refined view concerning the role of T helper cells and interleukin-2 receptor signaling in the production of cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
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Cheng LE, Greenberg PD. Selective delivery of augmented IL-2 receptor signals to responding CD8+ T cells increases the size of the acute antiviral response and of the resulting memory T cell pool. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:4990-7. [PMID: 12391213 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.9.4990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CD8(+) T cells respond to IL-2 produced both endogenously and by CD4(+) Th during an antiviral response. However, IL-2R signals can potentially promote CD8(+) T cell death as well as proliferation, making it unclear whether IL-2R signals provide a predominantly positive or negative effect upon CD8(+) T cell responses to viral infection. To more precisely define the direct role of IL-2R signaling on CD8(+) T cells during the response to a virus, we examined the effect of delivering augmented IL-2R signals selectively to CD8(+) T cells responding to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection. Although naive CD8(+) T cells are competent to produce IL-2, CD8(+) T cells lose this capacity upon differentiation into effector CD8(+) T cells. However, effector CD8(+) T cells do retain the capacity to produce GM-CSF upon Ag stimulation. Thus, to deliver enhanced autocrine IL-2R signals to CD8(+) T cells, we established a transgenic mouse strain expressing a chimeric GM-CSF/IL-2R (GMIL2R). As GM-CSF production is Ag dependent, the GMIL2R delivers an augmented IL-2R signal exclusively to CD8(+) T cells responding to Ag. Following lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection, GMIL2R transgenic mice exhibited an increase in both the peak CD8(+) T cell response achieved and the size of the resulting memory pool established. Upon secondary viral challenge, the GMIL2R also enhanced the proliferative response of memory CD8(+) T cells. Thus, our findings indicate that IL-2 delivery to responding CD8(+) T cells is a limiting factor in both the acute and memory antiviral responses.
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- Laurence E Cheng
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Rubinstein MP, Kadima AN, Salem ML, Nguyen CL, Gillanders WE, Cole DJ. Systemic administration of IL-15 augments the antigen-specific primary CD8+ T cell response following vaccination with peptide-pulsed dendritic cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:4928-35. [PMID: 12391205 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.9.4928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The systemic administration of IL-2 can act as a potent adjuvant for T cell-directed vaccine strategies. However, not only is the administration of IL-2 potentially toxic, but recent evidence suggests that it may also paradoxically limit the duration and magnitude of the cytotoxic T cell response. A recently identified cytokine, IL-15, shares many properties with IL-2 and may provide a preferential means of augmenting T cell-directed vaccine responses. Although well characterized in vitro, there are few data on the ability of IL-15 to augment T cell-mediated responses in vivo. We therefore evaluated the ability of systemic IL-15 to function as a T cell adjuvant in a murine vaccine model. To establish a population of easily identifiable Ag-responsive T cells, naive CD8(+) (OT-1) T cells were first adoptively transferred into mice. Vaccination with peptide-pulsed dendritic cells induced a modest expansion of OT-1 T cells. The addition of systemic IL-15 for 7 days following vaccination resulted in a significant increase in the expansion of responding T cells in the PBL, spleen, and lymph nodes. Importantly, the responding T cells were cytotoxic and maintained a Tc1-biased phenotype. We did not observe either enhanced resistance to activation-induced cell death or preferential generation of memory T cells as a result of treatment with IL-15 compared with IL-2. These studies show for the first time that IL-15 is capable of augmenting the primary CD8(+) T cell response to vaccination and contribute to the basis for future experiments exploring the clinical role of IL-15.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/administration & dosage
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cell Death/immunology
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/transplantation
- Egg Proteins/administration & dosage
- Egg Proteins/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/administration & dosage
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Humans
- Immunologic Memory
- Immunophenotyping
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Injections, Intravenous
- Interleukin-15/administration & dosage
- Interleukin-15/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Ovalbumin/administration & dosage
- Ovalbumin/immunology
- Peptide Fragments
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/immunology
- Spleen/transplantation
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/transplantation
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Vaccination/methods
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- Mark P Rubinstein
- Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
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Regnström K, Ragnarsson EGE, Rydell N, Sjöholm I, Artursson P. Tetanus antigen modulates the gene expression profile of aluminum phosphate adjuvant in spleen lymphocytes in vivo. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2002; 2:57-64. [PMID: 11990383 DOI: 10.1038/sj.tpj.6500080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Adjuvants play an important role in stimulation of the immune response to antigens. Very little is known about the molecular mechanisms of this stimulation. Here we address this issue by studying gene expression profiles from spleen lymphocytes after in vivo immunization of mice with a clinically relevant vaccine, tetanus toxoid formulated with aluminum phosphate as adjuvant (TT(ADJ)), or the adjuvant alone (ADJ). The Th1/Th2 response to TT(ADJ) was obtained from a combination of up- and downstream markers to conventional cytokines, which were in good agreement with cytokine protein levels. A clustering algorithm revealed that ADJ elicited expression of 47 genes active in cytotoxic lymphocytes, inflammation, oncogenesis, stress, toxicity and cell cycle regulation. In TT(ADJ) these adjuvant-elicited genes were expressed at lower levels and a compensatory onset of protective and inhibitory genes was observed. We conclude that the antigen, to a larger extent than previously recognized, modulates the molecular mechanism of the aluminum phosphate adjuvant and that the identified genes may serve as predictive biomarkers in the development of new adjuvants and vaccines.
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- K Regnström
- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Judge AD, Zhang X, Fujii H, Surh CD, Sprent J. Interleukin 15 controls both proliferation and survival of a subset of memory-phenotype CD8(+) T cells. J Exp Med 2002; 196:935-46. [PMID: 12370255 PMCID: PMC2194030 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20020772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Previous work has shown that memory-phenotype CD44(hi) CD8(+) cells are controlled by a cytokine, interleukin (IL)-15. However, the dependency of CD44(hi) CD8(+) cells on IL-15 is partial rather than complete. Here, evidence is presented that CD44(hi) CD8(+) cells comprise a mixed population of IL-15-dependent and IL-15-independent cells. The major subset of CD122(hi) CD44(hi) CD8(+) cells is heavily dependent on IL-15 by three different parameters, namely (1) "bystander" proliferation induced via IFN-induced stimulation of the innate immune system, (2) normal "background" proliferation, and (3) T cell survival; IL-15 dependency is most extreme for the Ly49(+) subset of CD122(hi) CD44(hi) CD8(+) cells. In contrast to CD122(hi) cells, the CD122(lo) subset of CD44(hi) CD8(+) cells is IL-15 independent; likewise, being CD122(lo), CD44(hi) CD4(+) cells are IL-15 independent. Thus, subsets of memory-phenotype T cells differ radically in their sensitivity to IL-15.
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- Adam D Judge
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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