Four functionally distinct populations of human effector-memory CD8+ T lymphocytes
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In humans, the pathways of memory and effector T cell differentiation remain poorly defined. We have dissected the functional properties of ex vivo effector-memory (EM) CD45RA−CCR7− T lymphocytes present within the circulating CD8+ T cell pool of healthy individuals. Our studies show that EM T cells are heterogeneous and are subdivided based on differential CD27 and CD28 expression into four subsets. EM1 (CD27+CD28+) and EM4 (CD27−CD28+) T cells express low levels of effector mediators such as granzyme B and perforin and high levels of CD127/IL-7Rα. EM1 cells also have a relatively short replicative history and display strong ex vivo telomerase activity. Therefore, these cells are closely related to central-memory (CD45RA−CCR7+) cells. In contrast, EM2 (CD27+CD28−) and EM3 (CD27−CD28−) cells express mediators characteristic of effector cells, whereby EM3 cells display stronger ex vivo cytolytic activity and have experienced larger numbers of cell divisions, thus resembling differentiated effector (CD45RA+CCR7−) cells. These data indicate that progressive up-regulation of cytolytic activity and stepwise loss of CCR7, CD28, and CD27 both characterize CD8+ T cell differentiation. Finally, memory CD8+ T cells not only include central-memory cells but also EM1 cells, which differ in CCR7 expression and may therefore confer memory functions in lymphoid and peripheral tissues, respectively.
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CCR7 directs homing to secondary lymphoid tissues.
“As CCR7 promotes homing to secondary lymphoid tissues, EM1 may represent memory T cells that can survey blood and peripheral tissues, whereas CM can home efficiently to lymphoid tissues (Romero et al., 2007).”
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- Authors
- Romero, P., Zippelius, A., Kurth, I., Pittet, M. J., Touvrey, C., Iancu, E. M., Corthesy, P., Devevre, E., Speiser, D. E., & Rufer, N.
- Affiliations
- Ludwig Cancer Research (BE)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Division of Clinical Onco-Immunology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University Hospital of Lausanne , Lausanne ,
- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research , Epalinges ,
- Corresponding author
- Romero, Pedro
- Zippelius, Alfred
- Venue
- The Journal of Immunology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2007-04-01
- Volume
- 178
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 4112-4119
- ISSN
- 0022-1767 (ISSN-L)
- 1550-6606
- OpenAlex
- W1577972394
- Cited by
- 405
- References
- 43
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- FWCI
- 12.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Immunology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- IRIS (submittedVersion)
- SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
- 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 › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
- Keywords
- CD8+ effector memory T cells, CD8+ T cell differentiation, CD27, CD28, CCR7, granzyme B, perforin, telomerase activity, cytolytic activity, central memory T cells, T cell heterogeneity, T cell memory subsets
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Cell Differentiation, Female, Flow Cytometry, Humans, Immunologic Memory, Male, Membrane Glycoproteins, Middle Aged, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, RNA, Messenger, T-Lymphocyte Subsets, Telomere, CD28 Antigens, Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 7, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Receptors, Chemokine, Receptors, Interleukin-7, Gene Expression Profiling, Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins, Interleukin-7 Receptor alpha Subunit, Granzymes, Perforin, Receptors, CCR6
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