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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 12, 期 7, 页码 1095-1103出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/12.7.1095
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function; non-human primate; origin
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We have previously reported that CD4/CD8 double-positive (DP)T cells with the resting memory phenotype are present in the periphery of healthy cynomolgus monkeys, In the present study, we performed functional studies on the T cells. The expression of CD4 and CD8 on DP, CD4 single-positive (SP) or CD8 SP T cells was stable in cultures with either mitogen or anti-CD3 antibody stimulation. In spite of lacking CD28 expression, DP T cells showed similar proliferative ability and apoptosis sensitivity to CD4 SP and CD8 SP T cells. DP T cells showed both helper and cytotoxic activities. Although the helper activity of DP T cells was lower than that of CD4 SP T cells, cytotoxic activity was comparable to that of CD8 SP T cells. Fresh DP T cells killed target cells mainly by the perforin-granzyme pathway. In addition, fresh DP T cells expressed a high level of mRNA for IFN-gamma and produced a high level of IFN-gamma when they were! activated by anti-CD3 antibody ligation, On the other hand, several expanded DP T cell clones shared TCR V-beta with expanded CD4 SP T cell clones, strongly suggesting that those two corresponding clones with DP and CD4 SP phenotypes might be derived from the same ancestor T cell. Thesis results showed that the DP T cells are a novel T cell subset with functions overlapping with those of CD4 SP and CD8 SP T cells, and that they might play protective and regulatory roles in secondary immune response in cynomolgus monkeys.
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