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Selective expression of the interleukin 7 receptor identifies effector CD8 T cells that give rise to long-lived memory cells

Kaech, Susan M, Tan, Joyce T, Wherry, E John, Konieczny, Bogumila T, Surh, Charles D, Ahmed, Rafi·2003·Nature Immunology

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A major unanswered question is what distinguishes the majority of activated CD8 T cells that die after an acute viral infection from the small fraction (5-10%) that survive to become long-lived memory cells. In this study we show that increased expression of the interleukin 7 receptor alpha-chain (IL-7Ralpha) identifies the effector CD8 T cells that will differentiate into memory cells. IL-7R(hi) effector cells contained increased amounts of antiapoptotic molecules, and adoptive transfer of IL-7R(hi) and IL-7R(lo) effector cells showed that IL-7R(hi) cells preferentially gave rise to memory cells that could persist and confer protective immunity. Thus, selective expression of IL-7R identifies memory cell precursors, and this marker may be useful in predicting the number of memory T cells generated after infection or immunization.

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  • Ag-specific CD8 T cells derived from the effector phase of a response can express various combinations of CD127 and KLRG1, defining SLECs (CD127−KLRG1+) that are lost during contraction or MPECs (CD127+KLRG1−) that are more likely to persist and contribute to memory.

    “Ag-specific CD8 T cells derived from the effector phase of a response can express various combinations of CD127 and KLRG1, which define either more short-lived effector cells (SLECs; CD127−KLRG1+), which are lost during the contraction phase of the immune response, or memory precursor effector cells (MPECs; CD127+KLRG1−), which are more likely to persist and contribute to memory populations [224,”

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Authors
Kaech, S. M., Tan, J. T., Wherry, E. J., Konieczny, B. T., Surh, C. D., & Ahmed, R.
Affiliations
  • Emory University (US)
  • Scripps Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Ahmed, Rafi
Venue
Nature Immunology
Published
2003-11-16
Volume
4
Issue
12
Pages
1191-1198
ISSN
  • 1529-2908 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2916
OpenAlex
W1974842026
Cited by
1,830
References
48
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FWCI
30.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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
CD127, CD8+ T cells, effector T cells, memory T cells, apoptosis, adoptive transfer, viral infection, protective immunity, memory T cell generation
MeSH terms
Animals, Antigens, Surface, Cell Differentiation, Immunologic Memory, Lymphocyte Activation, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis, Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, Mice, Transgenic, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression, T-Lymphocyte Subsets, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Cell Lineage, Adoptive Transfer, Receptors, Interleukin-7, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Mice

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