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Dudani R, Russell M, van Faassen H, Krishnan L, Sad S. Mutation in the Fas pathway impairs CD8+ T cell memory. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:2933-41. [PMID: 18292515 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.5.2933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Fas death pathway is important for lymphocyte homeostasis, but the role of Fas pathway in T cell memory development is not clear. We show that whereas the expansion and contraction of CD8+ T cell response against Listeria monocytogenes were similar for wild-type (WT) and Fas ligand (FasL) mutant mice, the majority of memory CD8+ T cells in FasL mutant mice displayed an effector memory phenotype in the long-term in comparison with the mainly central memory phenotype displayed by memory CD8+ T cells in WT mice. Memory CD8+ T cells in FasL mutant mice expressed reduced levels of IFN-gamma and displayed poor homeostatic and Ag-induced proliferation. Impairment in CD8+ T cell memory in FasL mutant hosts was not due to defective programming or the expression of mutant FasL on CD8+ T cells, but was caused by perturbed cytokine environment in FasL mutant mice. Although adoptively transferred WT memory CD8+ T cells mediated protection against L. monocytogenes in either the WT or FasL mutant hosts, FasL mutant memory CD8+ T cells failed to mediate protection even in WT hosts. Thus, in individuals with mutation in Fas pathway, impairment in the function of the memory CD8+ T cells may increase their susceptibility to recurrent/latent infections.
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- Renu Dudani
- National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Biological Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Fujii T, Okada M, Mimori T, Craft J. The transmembrane form of TNF-alpha drives autoantibody production in the absence of CD154: studies using MRL/Mp-Fas(lpr) mice. Clin Exp Immunol 2002; 130:224-32. [PMID: 12390309 PMCID: PMC1906522 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01982.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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It is generally accepted that the interaction between CD40 and its ligand (CD154) plays a decisive role in contact-dependent help for T and B cells. In CD154-deficient MRL/Mp-Fas(lpr) (MRL/lpr) mice, however, high titres of IgG2a-type autoantibodies against small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) are observed. We successfully isolated two CD154-deficient MRL/lpr Th1 lines, which could provide B cell help for anti-snRNP antibody production. The proliferative responses of the Th1 cell lines were MHC class II (I-Ek)-restricted. Although syngeneic B cell proliferation was induced by Th1 lines in both a contact-dependent and -independent manner, the soluble form of TNF-alpha (sTNF-alpha) was not involved in contact-independent B cell proliferation. On the other hand, both anti-TNF-alpha and TNF-receptor 2 (TNF-R2, p75) monoclonal antibody (MoAb) blocked contact-dependent B cell proliferation, suggesting that the transmembrane form of TNF-alpha (mTNF-alpha)-TNF-R2 co-stimulation participates in B cell activation. Similarly, anti-TNF-alpha and TNF-R2 MoAb inhibited anti-snRNP antibody production in vitro, but anti-CD154 or TNF-R1 MoAb did not. These results indicate that the interaction of mTNF-alpha on activated Th1 cells with TNF-R2 on B cells may be involved in the autoimmunity seen in MRL mice, and that the blockade of CD40-CD154 co-stimulation may not always be able to suppress some Th1-related manifestations of lupus.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/biosynthesis
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD40 Ligand/genetics
- CD40 Ligand/physiology
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Coculture Techniques
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocyte Cooperation
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred MRL lpr
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/analysis
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/immunology
- Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear/immunology
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/chemistry
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/physiology
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- T Fujii
- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, USA.
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Tsitsikov EN, Laouini D, Dunn IF, Sannikova TY, Davidson L, Alt FW, Geha RS. TRAF1 is a negative regulator of TNF signaling. enhanced TNF signaling in TRAF1-deficient mice. Immunity 2001; 15:647-57. [PMID: 11672546 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(01)00207-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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TNF receptor-associated factor 1 (TRAF1) is a unique TRAF protein because it lacks a RING finger domain and is predominantly expressed in activated lymphocytes. To elucidate the function of TRAF1, we generated TRAF1-deficient mice. TRAF1(-/-) mice are viable and have normal lymphocyte development. TRAF1(-/-) T cells exhibit stronger than wild-type (WT) T cell proliferation to anti-CD3 mAb, which persisted in the presence of IL-2 or anti-CD28 antibodies. Activated TRAF1(-/-) T cells, but not TRAF1(+/+) T cells, responded to TNF by proliferation and activation of the NF-kappa B and AP-1 signaling pathways. This TNF effect was mediated by TNFR2 (p75) but not by TNFR1 (p55). Furthermore, skin from TRAF1(-/-) mice was hypersensitive to TNF-induced necrosis. These findings suggest that TRAF1 is a negative regulator of TNF signaling.
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- E N Tsitsikov
- Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Izeradjene K, Revillard JP, Genestier L. Inhibition of thymidine synthesis by folate analogues induces a Fas-Fas ligand-independent deletion of superantigen-reactive peripheral T cells. Int Immunol 2001; 13:85-93. [PMID: 11133837 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/13.1.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Methotrexate (MTX), a folate antagonist with multiple enzymatic targets, is used in the treatment of malignancies as well as in autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases, and ZD1694 (tomudex), a water-soluble quinazoline specific inhibitor of thymidylate synthase (TS), is used in the treatment of adenocarcinomas. In this study, we investigated the effects of these folate analogues on superantigen (SAg)-reactive peripheral T cells in vivo. In BALB/c mice, staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)-induced cytokine secretion, IL-2R (CD25) expression and early deletion of a fraction of SEB-reactive V(beta)8(+) T cells were not impaired by either MTX (7 mg/kg/day) or tomudex (5 mg/kg/day). However, both MTX and tomudex prevented V(beta)8-selective T cell expansion and accelerated their peripheral elimination. Administration of thymidine (500 mg/kg/12 h) completely abrogated this effect, indicating that inhibition of TS but not that of other folate-dependent enzymes was the main mechanism involved. Furthermore, a marked increase of apoptotic cells restricted to the V(beta)8(+) T cell subset indicated that proliferation inhibition was associated with apoptosis. In contrast with peripheral V(beta)8(+) T cell deletion, MTX and tomudex did not prevent the increase of V(beta)8(+) thymocytes triggered by SEB. Experiments in C57BL/6-lpr/lpr mice further demonstrated that deletion of V(beta)8(+) T cells induced by folate analogues was independent of Fas-Fas ligand interaction. Our results provide evidence that folate analogues may selectively delete dividing peripheral T cells through TS inhibition, but do not interfere with other events triggered by SAg.
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- K Izeradjene
- Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U503, Claude Bernard University, Hopital E. Herriot, 5 Place d'Arsonval, 69437 Lyon Cedex 03, France
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It is clear that there is genetic variation among different individuals in their susceptibility to infection by viruses and other pathogens. Identification of the genes involved in conferring resistance or susceptibility to viral infection will allow us to understand both mechanisms of infection and pathogenesis and to develop reagents for treating or preventing them. Because of the large number of genetically well-characterized inbred mouse strains and the ability to generate targeted germ line mutations, this species is particularly well-suited for such analysis. This review focuses on how the use of genetics to study the retrovirus mouse mammary tumor virus allowed the dissection of both the viral infection pathway and the response of the host to this infection.
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- S R Ross
- Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, 421 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6142, USA
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Le Bon A, Waché AC, Papiernik M. In vivo elimination of viral superantigen-activated CD4+ T cells: apoptosis occurs at a distance from the activation site. Int Immunol 1999; 11:373-82. [PMID: 10221649 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.3.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Local injection of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) induces a local immune response, with activation of viral superantigen (vSAG)-specific T cell subsets followed by their clonal deletion. We investigated the fate of vSAG-reactive T cells following footpad injection of MMTV(SW) to mice. Activated T cells accumulated in draining lymph nodes. However, we demonstrated that apoptosis did not occur at the activation site, on the contrary of what has been shown after bacterial SAG activation. Although activated T cells were already shown to have the capacity to migrate to the gut, the fate of gut homing cells remains unclear. We demonstrate that the number of vSAG-specific T cells activated in the periphery was increasing in the follicles of gut-associated lymphoid organs, together with the number of apoptotic cell clusters. These results strongly suggested that gut-associated lymphoid tissue was the specific graveyard for apoptotic vSAG-activated CD4 T cells.
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- A Le Bon
- INSERM U345, Institut Necker, Paris, France
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Sharma MD, Leite de Moraes M, Zavala F, Pontoux C, Papiernik M. Induction and Inhibition of CD40-CD40 Ligand Interactions: A New Strategy Underlying Host-Virus Relationships. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.10.5357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Interaction between CD40 and the CD40 ligand (CD40L) is required for mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) propagation. We found that Fas was expressed on B cells and CD40L on a small subset of viral superantigen-cognate T cells 12 h after MMTV(SW) infection. CD40L and Fas were down-regulated after 24 h. All CD4 T cells then became resistant to anti-CD3-induced CD40L induction in vitro for 2 wk. Initiation of CD40L expression and its rapid shut-off was associated with IL-12 production and was controlled by IFN-γ and shedding of soluble CD40. These results suggest that a rapid, transient CD40-CD40L interaction involving a small number of cells is sufficient for MMTV propagation. Modulation of CD40L expression may be a major mechanism regulating the balance between viral propagation and host defenses, allowing mutual survival.
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- Madhav D. Sharma
- *Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U345, Institut Necker, and
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- †Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité de Recherche Associée 1461, and
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- *Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U345, Institut Necker, and
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- *Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U345, Institut Necker, and
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Fleck M, Kern ER, Zhou T, Podlech J, Wintersberger W, Edwards CK, Mountz JD. Apoptosis mediated by Fas but not tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 prevents chronic disease in mice infected with murine cytomegalovirus. J Clin Invest 1998; 102:1431-43. [PMID: 9769336 PMCID: PMC508991 DOI: 10.1172/jci3248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The role of Fas- and TNF-receptor 1 (TNF-R1)-mediated apoptosis in the clearance of virally infected cells and in the regulation of the immune response was analyzed after murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection of C57BL/6 (B6)-+/+ mice, Fas-mutant B6-lpr/lpr mice, TNF-R1 knockout B6-tnfr0/0 mice, and double-deficient B6-tnfr0/0 lpr/lpr mice. There was approximately equivalent clearance of MCMV in B6-+/+, B6-tnfr0/0, and B6-lpr/lpr mice, and by day 28 no infectious virus could be detected in the liver, kidney, lung, or peritoneal exudate. However, delayed virus clearance was observed in B6-tnfr0/0 lpr/lpr mice. An acute inflammatory response occurred in the liver, lung, and kidney of all mice, which was most severe 7 d after MCMV infection, but resolved by day 28 in B6-+/+ and B6-tnfr0/0 mice, but not in B6-lpr/lpr or B6-tnfr0/0 lpr/lpr mice. These results indicate that apoptosis mediated by either Fas or TNF-R1 is sufficient for rapid clearance of the virus. However, apoptosis induced by Fas, but not TNF-R1, is required for the downmodulation of the immune response to the virus and prevention of a chronic inflammatory reaction.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Apoptosis/physiology
- Chronic Disease
- Cytomegalovirus Infections/pathology
- Cytomegalovirus Infections/physiopathology
- Cytomegalovirus Infections/prevention & control
- Female
- In Situ Nick-End Labeling/methods
- Kidney/pathology
- Liver/pathology
- Lung/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Models, Biological
- Muromegalovirus/physiology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I
- fas Receptor/physiology
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- M Fleck
- The University of Regensburg, Department of Medicine I, 93042 Regensburg, Germany
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Radvanyi LG, Raju K, Spaner D, Mills GB, Miller RG. Interleukin-2 reverses the defect in activation-induced apoptosis in T cells from autoimmune lpr mice. Cell Immunol 1998; 183:1-12. [PMID: 9578714 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1997.1233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Activated T cells from MRLlpr/lpr (lpr) mice have been shown to be resistant to TCR-induced apoptosis (activation-induced cell death) in vitro. We have found that this resistance is related to a defect in IL-2R alpha (CD25) expression and IL-2 signaling. Following primary activation, splenic T cells from 8-week old lpr mice failed to undergo apoptosis after the TCR was religated upon reculture with plate-bound anti-CD3 mAb. These cells had markedly reduced levels of IL-2 secretion and CD25 expression during primary activation in vitro; however, the cells still progressed through the cell cycle and were capable of cell division following TCR religation. Addition of exogenous IL-2 during the primary activation of 8-week-old lpr T cells overcame the defect in CD25 expression. Strikingly, these cells also became sensitive to apoptosis induction and died when the TCR was religated with anti-CD3 mAb. Viable cell recovery of both the lpr CD4+ and CD8+ subsets, as well as the CD4-CD8- subsets, was dramatically reduced under these conditions. Further investigation also revealed that the defect in activation-induced apoptosis in T cells from lpr mice was age-related. Activated T cells from young lpr mice (5 weeks old) underwent apoptosis in response to TCR ligation; these cells also expressed normal levels of CD25 following primary activation. However, as the mice aged from 5 to 8 weeks, susceptibility to TCR-mediated apoptosis in vitro was progressively lost together with the ability to express CD25. Our results suggest that before the onset of severe lymphoaccumulation, activated T cells from young lpr mice possess the capability to undergo TCR-induced apoptosis despite defective fas expression; IL-2 participates in sensitizing the cells to this death pathway. In older mice, this pathway breaks down and, together with the lack of fas-induced apoptosis, may account for the onset of severe lymphoaccumulation and autoimmunity.
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- L G Radvanyi
- Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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Chan O, J. Shlomchik M. A New Role for B Cells in Systemic Autoimmunity: B Cells Promote Spontaneous T Cell Activation in MRL- lpr/lpr Mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.1.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A conventional view of the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus has emerged. The role of B cells is to secrete pathogenic autoantibodies, while the role of T cells is to provide help for autoantibody-producing B cells. A problem with this view is that spontaneous T cell activation as well as T cell infiltration of organs such as kidney and skin are prominent features in systemic lupus erythematosus patients and murine models of lupus. The identification of T cell infiltrates, in particular, suggests that autoantibody-mediated damage may be only part of the story and that T cells could also play a primary role in immune-mediated pathology. To test the role of B cells directly, we previously generated autoimmune-prone MRL-lpr/lpr mice that lack B cells. The complete absence of T cell infiltrates in these mice was surprising, and it prompted us to examine whether a key role of B cells in disease evolution is to prime autoreactive T cells. Here we demonstrate, by comparing B cell-deficient and control mice, that the expansion of activated and memory T cells in the MRL-lpr/lpr mouse is indeed highly dependent on B cells. These results suggest a novel role for B cells in autoimmune disregulation.
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- *Section of Immunobiology and
- †Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
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Telford WG, Nam SY, Podack ER, Miller RA. CD30-regulated apoptosis in murine CD8 T cells after cessation of TCR signals. Cell Immunol 1997; 182:125-36. [PMID: 9514701 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1997.1228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A variety of culture systems have been developed to study mechanisms of activation-induced cell death in peripheral T lymphocytes either during the initial period after exposure to an activating stimulus or following repeated stimulation of activated T cells. In this study we describe a new culture model for the analysis of apoptosis after withdrawal of TCR signals from activated T cells. T cells activated by anti-CD3 antibodies for 48 h and then further cultured in the presence of IL-2 but absence of continued CD3/TCR stimulation underwent dramatic cell death approximately 4 days following removal of the TCR stimulus. Apoptotic cells generated in this protocol, unlike those produced by hyperstimulation, retained substantial levels of degraded DNA following fixation, consistent with death in the G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle. This "agonist withdrawal" cell death occurred largely within the CD8 T cell subset, with CD4 cells showing lower levels of apoptosis. This form of cell death did not appear to be the result of IL-2 exhaustion, since repeated addition of IL-2 during the culture period did not significantly alter the number of apoptotic cells. Apoptosis induced by agonist withdrawal was not blocked by Fas antigen fusion protein or by anti-TNF alpha-neutralizing antibodies, suggesting a mechanism independent of Fas/FasL and TNF alpha/TNF-R interactions. Cell death was, however, significantly inhibited by treatment with a CD30 fusion protein. CD30 was found to be transiently expressed on CD8 T cells immediately prior to death, with lower expression on CD4 cells, while CD30 ligand was found to be expressed most strongly by CD4 T cells. These results suggest a role for CD30 in regulating the onset of apoptosis in CD8 T cells after interruption of CD3/TCR.
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- W G Telford
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA
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Tchilian EZ, Owen JJ, Jenkinson EJ. Anti-alpha 4 integrin antibody induces apoptosis in murine thymocytes and staphylococcal enterotoxin B-activated lymph node T cells. Immunology 1997; 92:321-7. [PMID: 9486103 PMCID: PMC1363791 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00351.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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We have shown that an antibody (9C10) to the alpha 4 integrin induces apoptosis in murine immature CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes and in activated (but not resting) mature lymph node T cells. In both cases, apoptosis is blocked by the highly selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor Ro31.8425, suggesting that 9C10 induces signalling through the alpha 4 integrin resulting in PKC activation leading to apoptosis. Overall, our results indicate the potential role of the alpha 4 integrin-mediated interactions in apoptosis induction during T-cell development and following mature T-cell activation.
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- E Z Tchilian
- Centre for Clinical Research in Immunology and Signalling/Department of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Birmingham, UK
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Wang JK, Zhu B, Ju ST, Tschopp J, Marshak-Rothstein A. CD4+ T cells reactivated with superantigen are both more sensitive to FasL-mediated killing and express a higher level of FasL. Cell Immunol 1997; 179:153-64. [PMID: 9268499 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1997.1159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Naive CD4(+) T cells proliferate strongly in response to superantigens such as staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB). When these cells are rested and challenged a second time, they undergo activation-induced cell death (AICD). Fas/FasL interactions have been shown to mediate AICD, even though the level of Fas expression in the 2 degrees SEB responder populations is no higher than in the 1 degrees cultures. To determine whether the dissimilarity between the 1 degrees and 2 degrees cultures could be attributed to differences in FasL cytotoxic activity or in the sensitivity of the Fas apoptosis signaling pathway, we compared these parameters during the 1 degrees and 2 degrees responses of lpr and gld CD4+ T cells (which do not undergo AICD due to a lack of Fas and an inactive FasL, respectively) so that each parameter could be evaluated independently. The results demonstrate that 2 degrees responders both express a higher level of functional FasL and are more sensitive to FasL-mediated killing. These findings account for the differences between the 1 degrees and 2 degrees responses of CD4+ T cells to superantigen. In addition, we found that the apparent level of FasL-mediated cytotoxic activity in the 2 degrees lpr CD4+ T cell population is much higher than that of wild-type cells, suggesting that deficient Fas expression leads to inordinately high levels of FasL expression or subsaturation of FasL binding sites.
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- J K Wang
- Department of Microbiology, Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Fuse Y, Nishimura H, Maeda K, Yoshikai Y. CD95 (Fas) may control the expansion of activated T cells after elimination of bacteria in murine listeriosis. Infect Immun 1997; 65:1883-91. [PMID: 9125576 PMCID: PMC175236 DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.5.1883-1891.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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CD95 (Fas) is known to mediate activation-induced T-cell death by apoptosis. To understand the role of CD95 during the course of bacterial infection, we examined the kinetics of alphabeta and gammadelta T cells in the peritoneal cavities and livers of 5-week-old CD95-defective MRL/lpr mice after an intraperitoneal infection with Listeria monocytogenes. The number of bacteria in the spleen decreased to an undetectable level by day 10 after infection with 7 x 10(3) Listeria cells similar to the number in MRL/+/+ mice. The number of alphabeta T cells expressing CD44 and CD95 reached a maximum in the peritoneal cavity on day 6 after listerial infection and thereafter decreased gradually in MRL/+/+ mice, whereas CD44+ alphabeta T cells without CD95 expression continued to increase throughout the course of listerial infection in MRL/lpr mice. Freshly isolated T cells from MRL/+/+ mice infected with L. monocytogenes 10 days previously showed DNA fragmentation with apoptosis, whereas such fragmentation was not prominent in T cells from infected MRL/lpr mice. In correlation with the increased number of CD44+ alphabeta T cells, Listeria-specific T-cell proliferation of peritoneal exudate cells was significantly greater in MRL/lpr mice than in MRL/+/+ mice on day 10 after listerial infection. In contrast to alphabeta T cells, gammadelta T cells increased in number only transiently in the peritoneal cavity and liver after listerial infection in both MRL/lpr mice and MRL/+/+ mice. These results suggest that CD95-mediated cell death with apoptosis may be involved in termination of the alphabeta-T-cell-mediated immune response after the battle against L. monocytogenes has been won, whereas gammadelta T cells may undergo apoptosis independently of CD95 during the course of listerial infection.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Apoptosis/immunology
- CD3 Complex/immunology
- Cell Division/immunology
- Colony Count, Microbial
- DNA Fragmentation
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Hyaluronan Receptors/immunology
- Kinetics
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Listeriosis/immunology
- Liver/immunology
- Liver/microbiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred MRL lpr
- Peritoneal Cavity/cytology
- Peritoneum/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/physiology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/physiology
- Spleen/microbiology
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- fas Receptor/immunology
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- Y Fuse
- Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University Branch Hospital, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan
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Differences Between Graft-Versus-Leukemia and Graft-Versus-Host Reactivity. I. Interaction of Donor Immune T Cells With Tumor and/or Host Cells. Blood 1997. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v89.6.2189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractGraft-versus-leukemia (GVL) and Graft-versus-host (GVH) reactions were compared after systemic transfer of allogeneic antitumor immune T lymphocytes from B10.D2 (H-2d; MIsb) into DBA/2 (H-2d; MIsa) mice. Before immune cell transfer, recipient DBA/2 mice were sublethally irradiated with 5 Gy to prevent host-versus-graft reactivity. Recipients were either bearing syngeneic metastatic ESb lymphomas (GVL system) or were normal, non–tumor-bearing mice (GVH system). We previously reported that this adoptive immunotherapy protocol (ADI) had pronounced GVL activity and led to immune rejection of even advanced metastasized cancer. In this study, monoclonal antibodies were used for immunohistochemical analysis of native frozen tissue sections from either spleen or liver to distinguish donor from host cells, to differentiate between CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes, and to stain sialoadhesin-positive macrophages at different time points after cell transfer. The kinetics of donor cell infiltration in spleen and liver differed in that the lymphoid organ was infiltrated earlier (days 1 to 5 after transfer) than the nonlymphoid organ (days 5 to 20). After reaching a peak, donor cell infiltration decreased gradually and was not detectable in the spleen after day 20 and in the liver after day 30. The organ-infiltrating donor immune cells were mostly T lymphocytes and stained positive for CD4 or CD8 T-cell markers. A remarkable GVL-associated observation was made with regard to a subset of macrophages bearing the adhesion molecule sialoadhesin (SER+ macrophages). In the livers of tumor-bearing mice, their numbers increased between days 1 and 12 after ADI by a factor greater than 30. Double-staining for donor cell marker and SER showed that the sialoadhesin-expressing macrophages were of host origin. The SER+ host macrophages from GVL livers were isolated by enzyme perfusion and rosetting 12 days after ADI, when they reached peak values of about 60 cells per liver lobule, and were tested, without further antigen addition, for their capacity to stimulate an antitumor CD8 T-cell response. The results of this immunologic analysis suggest that these cells in the liver function as scavengers of the destroyed metastases and as antigen-processing and -presenting cells for antitumor immune T cells.
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Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus: Immunological Interplays between Virus and Host **This article was accepted for publication on 1 October 1996. Adv Immunol 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(08)60743-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Zimmermann C, Rawiel M, Blaser C, Kaufmann M, Pircher H. Homeostatic regulation of CD8+ T cells after antigen challenge in the absence of Fas (CD95). Eur J Immunol 1996; 26:2903-10. [PMID: 8977284 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830261215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The role of Fas in the homeostatic regulation of CD8+ T cells after antigen challenge was analyzed in the murine model of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection. Mice homozygous for the lpr mutation and carrying T cell receptor (TCR) alphabeta transgenes specific for the LCMV glycoprotein peptide aa 33-41 in the context of H-2Db were used. Five main results emerged: first, development of lymphadenopathy and of CD4- CD8- double-negative B220+ T cells in lpr mice was not inhibited by the alphabeta TCR transgenes; second, tolerance induction and peripheral deletion of CD8+ T cells induced by LCMV glycoprotein peptide injection was independent of Fas expression; third, clonal down-regulation of Fas-deficient TCR-transgenic CD8+ T cells after acute LCM virus infection was identical to the decline of transgenic T cells expressing Fas; fourth, in vivo activated CD8+ effector T cells from TCR transgenic and TCR-lpr/lpr mice were equally susceptible to activation-induced cell death in vitro; and fifth, transgenic effector T cells from lpr/lpr mice were cleared in the declining phase of the immune response in vivo without giving rise to CD4- CD8- double-negative T cells. Taken together, these data suggest that the homeostatic regulation of CD8+ T cells after antigen challenge in vivo is regulated by mechanisms that do not require Fas.
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- C Zimmermann
- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Superantigens of mouse mammary tumor virus induce a strong cognate interaction between T cells and B cells. In addition to amplifying the virus-infected B-cell pool, this superantigen-driven interaction leads to the differentiation of virus-specific B cells into plasma cells. Successful interaction between T cells and B cells is required for completion of the viral life cycle.
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- S A Luther
- Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, Chemin des Boveresses 155, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
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Miethke T, Vabulas R, Bittlingmaier R, Heeg K, Wagner H. Mechanisms of peripheral T cell deletion: anergized T cells are Fas resistant but undergo proliferation-associated apoptosis. Eur J Immunol 1996; 26:1459-67. [PMID: 8766547 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830260709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The complementary receptor pair Fas ligand: Fas controls apoptosis during activation-induced cell death (AICD) of peripheral T cells sensitized for the Fas signal pathway by interleukin-2 (IL-2). In the present study, we used the bacterial superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) to anergize ligand-reactive peripheral T cells in wild-type and Fas-defective lpr mice. In a second step, we investigated whether apoptosis in anergized and thus operationally IL-2-defective peripheral T cells is triggered via the Fas signal pathway. We report here that SEB-driven anergy induction and deletion of anergized peripheral V beta 8+ T cells is similar in wild-type and healthy C3H/lpr mice. In monitoring SEB-driven V beta 8+ T cell apoptosis in situ, we observe in both wild-type and lpr mice an intimate association between proliferation and apoptosis of anergized V beta 8+ T cells. We further show that V beta 8+ T cells activated in vitro from wild-type mice express a Fas-sensitive phenotype determined by Fas cross-linking which causes apoptosis. In contrast, V beta 8+ T cells anergized in vivo from wild-type mice are Fas resistant. As expected, T cells from lpr mice activated in vitro or anergized in vivo are Fas resistant. Taken together, these data indicate that both in wild-type and Fas-defective C3H/lpr mice, anergized T cells become deleted via a Fas-independent, proliferation-associated apoptosis signal pathway.
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- T Miethke
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Technical University of Munich, Germany
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