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Chronic Antigen Stimulation Alone Is Sufficient to Drive CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion

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Bucks, Christine M, Norton, Jillian A, Boesteanu, Alina C, Mueller, Yvonne M, Katsikis, Peter D·2009·The Journal of Immunology

Abstract

The failure of CD8+ T cells to respond to chronic infection has been termed “exhaustion” and describes the condition in which CD8+ T cells exhibit reduced differentiation, proliferation, and effector function. CD8+ T cell exhaustion has been extensively studied in the murine model of chronic infection, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). Although LCMV-based studies have yielded many interesting findings, they have not allowed for discrimination between the roles of cytokine- and Ag-driven exhaustion. We have created a system of chronic Ag stimulation using murine influenza A virus that leads to exhaustion and functional disability of virus-specific CD8+ T cells, in the absence of high viral titers, sustained proinflammatory cytokine production and lymphocyte infection. Our findings show that Ag alone is sufficient to drive CD8+ T cell impairment, that Ag-driven loss of virus-specific CD8+ T cells is TRAIL mediated, and that removal of Ag reverses exhaustion. Although programmed death 1 was up-regulated on chronic Ag-stimulated CD8+ T cells, it played no role in the exhaustion. These findings provide a novel insight into the mechanisms that control functional exhaustion of CD8+ T cells in chronic infection.

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Authors
Bucks, C. M., Norton, J. A., Boesteanu, A. C., Mueller, Y. M., & Katsikis, P. D.
Venue
The Journal of Immunology
Published
2009-06-01
Volume
182
Issue
11
Pages
6697-6708
ISSN
  • 0022-1767 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-6606
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W1945827894
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187
References
9
FWCI
4.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Bucks, C. M., Norton, J. A., Boesteanu, A. C., Mueller, Y. M., & Katsikis, P. D. (2009). Chronic Antigen Stimulation Alone Is Sufficient to Drive CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion. The Journal of Immunology. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0800997

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