scholarly journals CD11c depletion severely disrupts Th2 induction and development in vivo

2010 ◽  
Vol 207 (10) ◽  
pp. 2089-2096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander T. Phythian-Adams ◽  
Peter C. Cook ◽  
Rachel J. Lundie ◽  
Lucy H. Jones ◽  
Katherine A. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Helminth Infection ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Th2 Response ◽  
Cell Responses ◽  
Ifn Γ ◽  
Antigen Presenting ◽  
Th2 Development

Although dendritic cells (DCs) are adept initiators of CD4+ T cell responses, their fundamental importance in this regard in Th2 settings remains to be demonstrated. We have used CD11c–diphtheria toxin (DTx) receptor mice to deplete CD11c+ cells during the priming stage of the CD4+ Th2 response against the parasitic helminth Schistosoma mansoni. DTx treatment significantly depleted CD11c+ DCs from all tissues tested, with 70–80% efficacy. Even this incomplete depletion resulted in dramatically impaired CD4+ T cell production of Th2 cytokines, altering the balance of the immune response and causing a shift toward IFN-γ production. In contrast, basophil depletion using Mar-1 antibody had no measurable effect on Th2 induction in this system. These data underline the vital role that CD11c+ antigen-presenting cells can play in orchestrating Th2 development against helminth infection in vivo, a response that is ordinarily balanced so as to prevent the potentially damaging production of inflammatory cytokines.

scholarly journals CD4 T-Cell-Mediated Heterologous Immunity between Mycobacteria and Poxviruses

2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (8) ◽  
pp. 3528-3539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisha S. Mathurin ◽  
Gregory W. Martens ◽  
Hardy Kornfeld ◽  
Raymond M. Welsh
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Immune Memory ◽  
Heterologous Immunity ◽  
Cell Responses ◽  
Ifn Γ

ABSTRACT The bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) strain of Mycobacterium bovis is used in many parts of the world as a vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Some epidemiological evidence has suggested that BCG immunization may have unpredicted effects on resistance to other pathogens. We show here in a mouse model that BCG immunization followed by antibiotic treatment to clear the host of the pathogen rendered three strains of mice partially resistant to infection with vaccinia virus (VV) but not to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). VV-challenged BCG-immune mice developed a striking splenomegaly and elevated CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses by 6 days postinfection (p.i.). However, resistance to VV infection could be seen as early as 1 to 2 days p.i. and was lost after antibody depletion of CD4 T-cell populations. BCG- but not LCMV-immune memory phenotype CD4 T cells preferentially produced gamma interferon (IFN-γ) in vivo after VV challenge. In contrast, LCMV-immune CD8 T cells preferentially produced IFN-γ in vivo in response to VV infection. In BCG-immune mice the resistance to VV infection and VV-induced CD4 T-cell IFN-γ production were ablated by cyclosporine A, which inhibits signaling through the T-cell receptor. This study therefore demonstrates CD4 T-cell-mediated heterologous immunity between a bacterium and virus. Further, it poses the question of whether BCG immunization of humans alters resistance to unrelated pathogens.

scholarly journals Trypanosoma cruzitrans-Sialidase Prevents Elicitation of Th1 Cell Response via Interleukin 10 and Downregulates Th1 Effector Cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 2099-2108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Ruiz Díaz ◽  
Juan Mucci ◽  
María Ana Meira ◽  
Yanina Bogliotti ◽  
Daniel Musikant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Neutralizing Antibodies ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Th1 Cell ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Th1 Response ◽  
Ifn Γ ◽  
Antigen Presenting

Thetrans-sialidases (TSs) fromTrypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, are virulence factors shed to the bloodstream that induce strong alterations in the immune system. Here, we report that both enzymatically active TS (aTS) and its lectinlike isoform (iTS) disturb CD4 T cell physiology, inducing downregulation of Th1 cell functionality andin vivocell expansion. By using ovalbumin-specific DO11.10 cells as tracers of clones developing the Th1 phenotype, we found that the infection induced significant amounts of gamma interferon (IFN-γ) but low levels of interleukin 2 (IL-2) and increased IL-4 productionin vivo, in agreement with a mixed T helper response. The production of cytokines associated with the Th2 phenotype was prevented by passive transfer of anti-TS neutralizing antibodies. TSs also reduced the T cell receptor signaling as assayed by Zap-70 phosphorylation. TSs also reduced IL-2 and IFN-γ secretion, with a concomitant increase in IL-4 production and then an unbalancing of the CD4 T cell response toward the Th2 phenotype. This effect was prevented by using anti-IL-10 neutralizing antibodies or IL-10−/−antigen-presenting cells, supporting the subversion of this regulatory pathway. In support, TSs stimulated IL-10 secretion by antigen-presenting cells during their interaction with CD4 T cells. When polarized cells were stimulated in the presence of TSs, the secretion of IL-2 and IFN-γ was strongly downregulated in Th1 cells, while IL-2 production was upregulated in Th2 cells. Although the Th1 response is associated with host survival, it may simultaneously induce extensive damage to infected tissues. Thus, by delaying the elicitation of the Th1 response and limiting its effector properties, TSs restrain the cell response, supportingT. cruzicolonization and persistence while favoring host survival.

scholarly journals TRANCE, a Tumor Necrosis Factor Family Member Critical for CD40 Ligand–independent T Helper Cell Activation

1999 ◽  
Vol 189 (7) ◽  
pp. 1025-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin F. Bachmann ◽  
Brian R. Wong ◽  
Régis Josien ◽  
Ralph M. Steinman ◽  
Annette Oxenius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Family Member ◽  
T Cell Responses ◽  
Cd40 Ligand ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Cell Responses ◽  
T Cell Priming ◽  
Deficient Mice ◽  
Necrosis Factor

CD40 ligand (CD40L), a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family member, plays a critical role in antigen-specific T cell responses in vivo. CD40L expressed on activated CD4+ T cells stimulates antigen-presenting cells such as dendritic cells, resulting in the upregulation of costimulatory molecules and the production of various inflammatory cytokines required for CD4+ T cell priming in vivo. However, CD40L- or CD40-deficient mice challenged with viruses mount protective CD4+ T cell responses that produce normal levels of interferon γ, suggesting a CD40L/CD40-independent mechanism of CD4+ T cell priming that to date has not been elucidated. Here we show that CD4+ T cell responses to viral infection were greatly diminished in CD40-deficient mice by administration of a soluble form of TNF-related activation-induced cytokine receptor (TRANCE-R) to inhibit the function of another TNF family member, TRANCE. Thus, the TRANCE/TRANCE-R interaction provides costimulation required for efficient CD4+ T cell priming during viral infection in the absence of CD40L/CD40. These results also indicate that not even the potent inflammatory microenvironment induced by viral infections is sufficient to elicit efficient CD4+ T cell priming without proper costimulation provided by the TNF family (CD40L or TRANCE). Moreover, the data suggest that TRANCE/TRANCE-R may be a novel and important target for immune intervention.

CpG oligonucleotides induce strong humoral but only weak CD4+ T cell responses to protein antigens in rhesus macaques in vivo

Vaccine ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (25) ◽  
pp. 3310-3317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunther Hartmann ◽  
Anja Marschner ◽  
Pablo Renner Viveros ◽  
Christiane Stahl-Hennig ◽  
Martin Eisenblätter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Rhesus Macaques ◽  
T Cell Responses ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Protein Antigens ◽  
Cell Responses ◽  
Cpg Oligonucleotides

scholarly journals In Vivo Suppression of Naive CD4 T Cell Responses by IL-2- and Antigen-Stimulated T Lymphocytes in the Absence of APC Competition

2008 ◽  
Vol 181 (5) ◽  
pp. 3323-3335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroto Inaba ◽  
Meredith Steeves ◽  
Phuong Nguyen ◽  
Terrence L. Geiger
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Lymphocytes ◽  
T Cell Responses ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Cell Responses

scholarly journals HIV-1 Viremia Prevents the Establishment of Interleukin 2–producing HIV-specific Memory CD4+ T Cells Endowed with Proliferative Capacity

2003 ◽  
Vol 198 (12) ◽  
pp. 1909-1922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Souheil-Antoine Younes ◽  
Bader Yassine-Diab ◽  
Alain R. Dumont ◽  
Mohamed-Rachid Boulassel ◽  
Zvi Grossman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Cd4 T Cells ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Memory Cells ◽  
Cell Responses ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
Ifn Γ ◽  
Memory Cd4 T Cells

CD4+ T cell responses are associated with disease control in chronic viral infections. We analyzed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific responses in ten aviremic and eight viremic patients treated during primary HIV-1 infection and for up to 6 yr thereafter. Using a highly sensitive 5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate-succinimidyl ester–based proliferation assay, we observed that proliferative Gag and Nef peptide-specific CD4+ T cell responses were 30-fold higher in the aviremic patients. Two subsets of HIV-specific memory CD4+ T cells were identified in aviremic patients, CD45RA− CCR7+ central memory cells (Tcm) producing exclusively interleukin (IL)-2, and CD45RA− CCR7− effector memory cells (Tem) that produced both IL-2 and interferon (IFN)-γ. In contrast, in viremic, therapy-failing patients, we found significant frequencies of Tem that unexpectedly produced exclusively IFN-γ. Longitudinal analysis of HIV epitope–specific CD4+ T cells revealed that only cells that had the capacity to produce IL-2 persisted as long-term memory cells. In viremic patients the presence of IFN-γ–producing cells was restricted to periods of elevated viremia. These findings suggest that long-term CD4+ T cell memory depends on IL-2–producing CD4+ T cells and that IFN-γ only–producing cells are short lived. Our data favor a model whereby competent HIV-specific Tcm continuously arise in small numbers but under persistent antigenemia are rapidly induced to differentiate into IFN-γ only–producing cells that lack self-renewal capacity.

scholarly journals Second Class Minors

2003 ◽  
Vol 197 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroeki Sahara ◽  
Nilabh Shastri
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Cd4 T Cells ◽  
T Cell Responses ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Interleukin 4 ◽  
General Strategy ◽  
Mhc Ii ◽  
Cell Responses ◽  
Antigen Presenting

CD4 T cells regulate immune responses that cause chronic graft rejection and graft versus host disease but their target antigens remain virtually unknown. We developed a new method to identify CD4 T cell–stimulating antigens. LacZ-inducible CD4 T cells were used as a probe to detect their cognate peptide/MHC II ligand generated in dendritic cells fed with Escherichia coli expressing a library of target cell genes. The murine H46 locus on chromosome 7 was thus found to encode the interleukin 4–induced IL4i1 gene. The IL4i1 precursor contains the HAFVEAIPELQGHV peptide which is presented by Ab major histocompatibility complex class II molecule via an endogenous pathway in professional antigen presenting cells. Both allelic peptides bind Ab and a single alanine to methionine substitution at p2 defines nonself. These results reveal novel features of H loci that regulate CD4 T cell responses as well as provide a general strategy for identifying elusive antigens that elicit CD4 T cell responses to tumors or self-tissues in autoimmunity.

scholarly journals Induction of Polyomavirus-Specific CD8+T Lymphocytes by Distinct Dendritic Cell Subpopulations

2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 544-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald R. Drake ◽  
Mandy L. Shawver ◽  
Annette Hadley ◽  
Eric Butz ◽  
Charles Maliszewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dendritic Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Cell Epitope ◽  
T Cell Responses ◽  
T Cell Epitope ◽  
Cell Responses ◽  
Cd8 T Lymphocytes ◽  
Cell Subpopulations ◽  
Antigen Presenting

ABSTRACT Dendritic cells are pivotal antigen-presenting cells for generating adaptive T-cell responses. Here, we show that dendritic cells belonging to either the myeloid-related or lymphoid-related subset are permissive for infection by mouse polyomavirus and, when loaded with a peptide corresponding to the immunodominant anti-polyomavirus CD8+T-cell epitope or infected by polyomavirus, are each capable of driving expansion of primary polyomavirus-specific CD8+ T-cell responses in vivo.

scholarly journals Dendritic cells are potent antigen-presenting cells for microbial superantigens.

1992 ◽  
Vol 175 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Bhardwaj ◽  
S M Friedman ◽  
B C Cole ◽  
A J Nisanian
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Dendritic Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Antigen Presenting Cells ◽  
Small Subset ◽  
Cell Functions ◽  
Cell Responses ◽  
Antigen Presenting

Dendritic cells are a small subset of human blood mononuclear cells that are potent stimulators of several T cell functions. Here we show they are 10-50-fold more potent than monocytes or B cells in inducing T cell responses to a panel of superantigens. Furthermore, dendritic cells can present femtomolar concentrations of superantigen to T cells even at numbers where other antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are inactive. Although dendritic cells express very high levels of the major histocompatibility complex products that are required to present superantigens, it is only necessary to pulse these APCs for 1 hour with picomolar levels of one superantigen, staphylococcal enterotoxin B, to maximally activate T cells. Our results suggest that very small amounts of superantigen will be immunogenic in vivo if presented on dendritic cells.

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