Normal responsiveness of CTLA-4-deficient anti-viral cytotoxic T cells
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_BBFDC6D20CEB
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Normal responsiveness of CTLA-4-deficient anti-viral cytotoxic T cells
Périodique
Journal of Immunology
ISSN
0022-1767 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
01/1998
Volume
160
Numéro
1
Pages
95-100
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Jan 1
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Jan 1
Résumé
CTLA-4 has been proposed to negatively regulate immune responses, and mice deficient for CTLA-4 expression succumb to a lymphoproliferative disorder within a few weeks after birth. This study assessed the responsiveness of CTLA-4-deficient T cells expressing a class I-restricted TCR specific for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). The kinetics of T cell proliferation were studied in vitro after stimulation of T cells with full and partial T cell agonists. No gross abnormalities in CTLA-4-deficient T cells could be detected. Using adoptive transfer experiments, T cell responses were also measured in vivo after infection with LCMV. Low dose infection with LCMV leads to strong expansion of specific T cells followed by a reduction in T cells that parallels the elimination of Ag. The kinetics of T cell expansion and elimination after low dose LCMV infection were not affected by the absence of CTLA-4. High dose infection of mice with LCMV leads to a transient expansion of T cells followed by T cell exhaustion, where all specific T cells are eliminated. T cell exhaustion also occurred in the absence of CTLA-4. Thus, surprisingly, the absence of CTLA-4 did not interfere with T cell activation, down-regulation of ongoing T cell responses after the elimination of Ag, or the exhaustion of T cell responses in the presence of excessive amounts of Ag.
Mots-clé
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Antigens, CD
Antigens, Differentiation/*physiology
CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology
*Immunoconjugates
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis/immunology
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Mice, Transgenic
Peptides/immunology
T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/*immunology
Pubmed
Web of science
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