Division of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Center for Cell Signaling & Drug Discovery Research, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea.
Immune Netw. 2010 Oct;10(5):153-63. doi: 10.4110/in.2010.10.5.153. Epub 2010 Oct 31.
In addition to TCR and costimulatory signals, cytokine signals are required for the differentiation of activated CD8 T cells into memory T cells and their survival. Previously, we have shown that IL-12 priming during initial antigenic stimulation significantly enhanced the survival of activated CD8 T cells and increased the memory cell population. In the present study, we analyzed the mechanisms by which IL-12 priming contributes to activation and survival of CD8 T cells.
We observed dramatically decreased expression of CD43 in activated CD8 T cells by IL-12 priming. We purified CD43(lo) and CD43(hi) cells after IL-12 priming and analyzed the function and survival of each population both in vivo and in vitro.
Compared to CD43(hi) effector cells, CD43(lo) effector CD8 T cells exhibited reduced cytolytic activity and lower granzyme B expression but showed increased survival. CD43(lo) effector CD8 T cells also showed increased in vivo expansion after adoptive transfer and antigen challenge. The enhanced survival of CD43(lo) CD8 T cells was also partly associated with CD62L expression.
We suggest that CD43 expression regulated by IL-12 priming plays an important role in differentiation and survival of CD8 T cells.
除了 TCR 和共刺激信号外,细胞因子信号对于激活的 CD8 T 细胞分化为记忆 T 细胞及其存活也是必需的。先前,我们已经表明,在初始抗原刺激期间的 IL-12 引发显著增强了激活的 CD8 T 细胞的存活,并增加了记忆细胞群体。在本研究中,我们分析了 IL-12 引发有助于 CD8 T 细胞激活和存活的机制。
我们观察到 IL-12 引发导致激活的 CD8 T 细胞中 CD43 的表达显著降低。我们在 IL-12 引发后纯化 CD43(lo)和 CD43(hi)细胞,并在体内和体外分析每个群体的功能和存活。
与 CD43(hi)效应细胞相比,CD43(lo)效应 CD8 T 细胞表现出降低的细胞毒性活性和较低的颗粒酶 B 表达,但表现出增加的存活。CD43(lo)效应 CD8 T 细胞在过继转移和抗原挑战后也显示出体内扩增的增加。CD43(lo)CD8 T 细胞的增强存活也部分与 CD62L 表达有关。
我们认为,IL-12 引发调节的 CD43 表达在 CD8 T 细胞的分化和存活中起重要作用。