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Antigen-Specific Primary Activation of CD8+ T Cells Within the Liver
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It is generally accepted that naive T cells recirculate via the blood and lymph, but do not enter nonlymphoid tissues without prior activation and differentiation. In this study, we demonstrate that the liver is an exception to this rule. Naive Des-TCR transgenic CD8+ T cells specific for H-2Kb were selectively retained in the liver within a few minutes of adoptive transfer into transgenic Met-Kb mice expressing H-2Kb in the liver. Activated CD8+ cells were found in the liver, but not the blood, as soon as 2 h after transfer and underwent cell division and started to recirculate within 24 h of transfer. In contrast, CD8+ cells activated in the lymph nodes remained sequestered at that site for 2 days before entering the blood. Our results therefore suggest that, in addition to its previously described role as a non Ag-specific activated T cell graveyard, the liver is involved in Ag-specific activation of naive recirculating CD8+ T cells. This particular property of the liver, combined with the previously demonstrated ability of hepatocytes to induce tolerance by means of premature CD8+ T cell death, may be a major mechanism contributing to the acceptance of liver allografts and the chronicity of viral hepatitis.
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“These results proved that circulating T 458 cells have full access to hepatocellular antigens, which functionally act as a secondary 459 lymphoid organ for CD8+ T cell priming(93-95).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bertolino, P., Bowen, D. G., McCaughan, G. W., & Fazekas de St. Groth, B.
- Affiliations
- Centenary Institute (AU)
- Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology , Newtown ,
- Venue
- The Journal of Immunology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2001-05-01
- Volume
- 166
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 5430-5438
- ISSN
- 0022-1767 (ISSN-L)
- 1550-6606
- OpenAlex
- W2141770821
- Cited by
- 209
- References
- 47
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- FWCI
- 2.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Journal of Immunology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Sydney
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Keywords
- CD8+ T cells, liver, antigen-specific T cell activation, H-2Kb, viral hepatitis, T cell division
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, Autoantigens, Cell Division, Cell Movement, H-2 Antigens, Interphase, Liver, Lymph Nodes, Lymphocyte Activation, Metallothionein, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Time Factors, Apoptosis, Lymphocyte Transfusion, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, Adoptive Transfer, Mice
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