期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
卷 192, 期 1, 页码 117-122出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.1.117
关键词
T lymphocytes; homeostasis; cell death; knockout mice; nitric oxide
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [R29 AI041258-04, R29 AI41258-02, R29 AI041258-05] Funding Source: Medline
In Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-infected wild-type mice, there was a large expansion of an activated (CD44(hi)) splenic CD4 T cell population followed by a rapid contraction of this population to normal numbers. Contraction of the activated CD4 T cell population in wild-type mice was associated with increased apoptosis of activated CD4 T cells. In BCG-infected interferon (IFN)-gamma knockout (KO) mice, the activated CD4 T cell population did not undergo apoptosis. These mice accumulated large numbers of CD4(+)CD44(hi) T cells that were responsive to mycobacterial antigens. Addition of IFN-gamma to cultured splenocytes from BCG-infected IFN-gamma KO mice induced apoptosis of activated CD4 T cells. IFN-gamma-mediated apoptosis was abolished by depleting adherent cells or Mac-1(+) spleen cells or by inhibiting nitric oxide synthase. Thus, IFN-gamma is essential to a regulatory mechanism that eliminates activated CD4 T cells and maintains CD4 T cell homeostasis during an immune response.
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