Journal
CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 257, Issue 1-2, Pages 69-79Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2009.03.002
Keywords
CD4 subsets; Cytotoxicity; Peptide dose; IL-2; Perforin
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- PHS [Al-46530, AG-21600, Al-0672]
- Trudeau Institute
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CD4 T cell effectors can promote survival against lethal influenza virus via perforin mediated cytolytic mechanisms; however, our understanding of how naive CD4 cells differentiate into class 11 restricted killers remains obscure. To address this, TCR Tg CD4 cells were activated in vitro and examined for their ability to lyse target cells. We found that cytokine polarized CD4 T cell effectors displayed cytolytic activity with the hierarchy Th0 > Th1 > Th2. Further, IL-4 inhibited the generation of cytotoxic CD4 cells. LPS stimulated B cells and bone marrow derived dendritic cells (BMDC) both induced potent cytolytic activity; however, IL-6, TGF-beta, IL-10, IL-12 or TNF-alpha were not required for inducing cytollytic activity in CD4 effectors. Antigen dose had a marked effect on cytotoxicity: low concentrations of peptide induced more potent cytolytic activity than relatively high concentrations. At low peptide concentration, exogenous IL-2 was necessary to drive granzyme B (GrB) expression and perforin mediated lysis. Thus, low antigen dose and early activation signals via IL-2 direct the CD4 T cell response toward effectors with perforin mediated cytolytic potential. These data have implications for the design of vaccines that may induce cytolytic CD4 cells in vivo and improve cell-mediated immunity to viral and bacterial infections. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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