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DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
卷 34, 期 2, 页码 177-182出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.09.005
关键词
Central memory; Tcm; CCR7; MmmSC; Ruminant
资金
- French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- European Union
Central memory T cells (Tcm) have not previously been characterized in cattle and any other ruminant species. Here we described two phenotypically and functionally different subsets of pathogen-specific memory CD4(+) T cells in cattle that survived infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small colony (MmmSC). The first subset is CD45RO(+)CD45R(-)CD62L(-) and comprises two thirds of IFN-gamma producing CD4(+) T cells after MmmSC recall stimulation. The second is CD45RO(+)CD45R(-)CD62L(+) and represents the majority of proliferating CD4(+) T cells after 7 days of stimulation. Cell sorting experiments confirmed that both CD4(+)CD62L(+) and CD4(+)CD62L(-) subsets are present in vivo and proliferate independently in recall responses to MmmSC. In addition, MmmSC stimulation strongly decreased CCR7 and increased CCR5 transcripts levels in CD4(+)CD62L(-) cells whereas CD4(+)CD62L(+) were only slightly affected. High levels of recall proliferation but low IFN-gamma production, together with the capacity to preferentially migrate through the lymph nodes (i.e., expression of CD62L and CCR7), are characteristics of Tcm, in humans and mice. Tcm are associated with long-term protective immunity and a privileged target for vaccine development. Our results demonstrate the existence of Tcm in cattle and suggest that CD62L may serve as a marker to monitor Tcm in infections and vaccine development studies in ruminant. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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