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CD4+ T cells are required for secondary expansion and memory in CD8+ T lymphocytes

Janssen, Edith M., Lemmens, Edward E., Wolfe, Tom, Christen, Urs, von Herrath, Matthias G., Schoenberger, Stephen P.·2003·Nature

Abstract

A long-standing paradox in cellular immunology concerns the conditional requirement for CD4+ T-helper (T(H)) cells in the priming of cytotoxic CD8+ T lymphocyte (CTL) responses in vivo. Whereas CTL responses against certain viruses can be primed in the absence of CD4+ T cells, others, such as those mediated through 'cross-priming' by host antigen-presenting cells, are dependent on T(H) cells. A clearer understanding of the contribution of T(H) cells to CTL development has been hampered by the fact that most T(H)-independent responses have been demonstrated ex vivo as primary cytotoxic effectors, whereas T(H)-dependent responses generally require secondary in vitro re-stimulation for their detection. Here, we have monitored the primary and secondary responses of T(H)-dependent and T(H)-independent CTLs and find in both cases that CD4+ T cells are dispensable for primary expansion of CD8+ T cells and their differentiation into cytotoxic effectors. However, secondary CTL expansion (that is, a secondary response upon re-encounter with antigen) is wholly dependent on the presence of T(H) cells during, but not after, priming. Our results demonstrate that T-cell help is 'programmed' into CD8+ T cells during priming, conferring on these cells a hallmark of immune response memory: the capacity for functional expansion on re-encounter with antigen.

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Authors
Janssen, E. M., Lemmens, E. E., Wolfe, T., Christen, U., von Herrath, M. G., & Schoenberger, S. P.
Affiliations
La Jolla Institute for Immunology (US)
Corresponding author
Schoenberger, Stephen P.
Venue
Nature
Published
2003-02
Volume
421
Issue
6925
Pages
852-856
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1493822493
Cited by
1,635
References
28
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FWCI
46.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune responses and vaccinations
Keywords
CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, cytotoxic T lymphocytes, T helper cells, secondary immune response, T cell memory, T cell help, cross-priming, antigen-presenting cells, T cell differentiation
MeSH terms
Animals, Antigens, Cell Line, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, Flow Cytometry, T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer, Immunologic Memory, Lymphocyte Activation, Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, Mice

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