scholarly journals Interleukin-21 reduces Listeria monocytogenes secondary infection via CD8+ effector memory T cells

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Yeashin Gazi ◽  
Yuji Takeda ◽  
Hidetoshi Nara ◽  
Akemi Araki ◽  
Nobuhito Nemoto ◽  
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Abstract Background/Purpose: Interleukin-21 (IL-21), which is a member of the common γ-chain cytokine family, is mainly produced by CD4+ T cells and has broad impact on immune responses. IL-21 isoform is a splicing variant of IL-21 and is functionally similar to conventional IL-21. We established IL-21 isoform transgenic (IL-21isoTg) mouse, which constitutively expresses IL-21 isoform specifically in T cells. IL-21isoTg mouse possesses high amount of CD8+ T cells in normal physiological condition. The purpose of this study is to determine whether CD8+ T cells in the IL-21isoTg mouse work against intracellular bacteria infection.Methods: Wild type (WT) and IL-21isoTg mouse are orally inoculated Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) on day 0, and 15 days after primary infection. Bacterial load in each organs, and T cell responses are analyzed.Results: IL-21isoTg and wild type (WT) mouse had similar bacterial load after L. monocytogenes primary infection. On the other hand, after secondary challenge infection, IL-21isoTg mouse exhibited reduced bacterial load in some organs compared to WT. Analysis of T cell response after primary infection showed that IL-21isoTg mouse induced higher levels of CD8+ effector memory T (TEM) cells than WT.Conclusion: IL-21-induced CD8+ TEM cells might eventually reduce the bacterial load in organs after secondary challenge infection in IL-21isoTg mouse. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to show that IL-21 is a pivotal factor involved in eliminating intracellular bacteria, probably through CD8+ TEM cells.

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 717-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen L. Wozniak ◽  
Mattie L. Young ◽  
Floyd L. Wormley

ABSTRACTIndividuals with defects in T cell-mediated immunity (CMI) are highly susceptible to infection withCryptococcus neoformans. The purpose of these studies was to determine if protection against experimental pulmonary cryptococcosis can be generated in T cell-deficient hosts. BALB/c mice were depleted of CD4+and/or CD8+T cells or given an isotype control antibody prior to vaccination with aC. neoformansstrain, designated H99γ, previously shown to induce protection againstC. neoformansinfection in immunocompetent mice. Mice depleted of CD4+or CD8+T cells, but not both subsets, survived an acute pulmonary infection withC. neoformansstrain H99γ and a subsequent second challenge with wild-typeC. neoformansstrain H99. We observed a significant increase in the percentage of CD4+and CD8+T cells expressing the activation marker CD69 in the lungs of mice immunized withC. neoformansstrain H99γ prior to a secondary challenge with wild-type cryptococci. CD4+T cells within the lungs of immunized mice also appeared to acquire a predominantly activated effector memory cell phenotype (CD69+CD44+CCR7−CD45RB−CD62L−) following a second pulmonary challenge with wild-typeC. neoformans, compared to CD4+T cells from naïve mice. Lastly, immunization of immunocompetent mice withC. neoformansstrain H99γ prior to depletion of CD4+and/or CD8+T cells resulted in significant protection against a second challenge with wild-typeC. neoformans. Our studies demonstrate that protective immunity against pulmonary cryptococcosis can be generated in immunosuppressed hosts, thus supporting the development of cryptococcal vaccines.


2013 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 903-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiung-Yu Hung ◽  
Natalia Castro-Lopez ◽  
Garry T. Cole

ABSTRACTHigh concentrations of lung tissue-associated interleukin-10 (IL-10), an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive cytokine, correlate with susceptibility of mice toCoccidioidesspp. infection. In this study, we found that macrophages, dendritic cells, neutrophils, and both CD8+and CD4+T cells recruited toCoccidioides posadasii-infected lungs of nonvaccinated and vaccinated mice contributed to the production of IL-10. The major IL-10-producing leukocytes were CD8+T cells, neutrophils, and macrophages in lungs of nonvaccinated mice, while both Foxp3+and Foxp3−subsets of IL-10+CD4+T cells were significantly elevated in vaccinated mice. Profiles of the recruited leukocytes in lungs revealed that only CD4+T cells were significantly increased inIL-10−/−knockout mice compared to their wild-type counterparts. Furthermore,ex vivorecall assays showed that CD4+T cells isolated from vaccinatedIL-10−/−mice compared to vaccinated wild-type mice produced significantly higher amounts of IL-2, gamma interferon (IFN-γ), IL-4, IL-6, and IL-17A in the presence of a coccidioidal antigen, indicating that IL-10 suppresses Th1, Th2, and Th17 immunity toCoccidioidesinfection. Analysis of absolute numbers of CD44+CD62L−CD4+T effector memory T cells (TEM) and IFN-γ- and IL-17A-producing CD4+T cells in the lungs ofCoccidioides-infected mice correlated with better fungal clearance in nonvaccinatedIL-10−/−mice than in nonvaccinated wild-type mice. Our results suggest that IL-10 suppresses CD4+T-cell immunity in nonvaccinated mice duringCoccidioidesinfection but does not impede the development of a memory response nor exacerbate immunopathology of vaccinated mice over at least a 4-month period after the last immunization.


1992 ◽  
Vol 175 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Hiromatsu ◽  
Y Yoshikai ◽  
G Matsuzaki ◽  
S Ohga ◽  
K Muramori ◽  
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We have previously reported that T cells bearing T cell receptors (TCRs) of gamma/delta type appear at a relatively early stage of primary infection with Listeria monocytogenes in mice. To characterize the early-appearing gamma/delta T cells during listeriosis, we analyzed the specificity and cytokine production of the gamma/delta T cells in the peritoneal cavity in mice inoculated intraperitoneally with a sublethal dose of L. monocytogenes. The early-appearing gamma/delta T cells, most of which were of CD4-CD8- phenotype, proliferated and secreted IFN-gamma and macrophage chemotactic factor in response to purified protein derivative from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or recombinant 65-kD heat-shock protein derived from M. bovis but not to heat-killed Listeria. To further elucidate the potential role of the gamma/delta T cells in the host-defense mechanism against primary infection with Listeria, we examined the effects of in vivo administration of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against TCR-gamma/delta or TCR-alpha/beta on the bacterial eradication in mice infected with Listeria. Most of alpha/beta T cells or gamma/delta T cells were depleted in the peripheral lymphoid organs at least for 12 d after an intraperitoneal injection of 200 micrograms TCR-alpha/beta mAb or 200 micrograms TCR-gamma/delta mAb, respectively. An exaggerated bacterial multiplication was evident at the early stage of listerial infection in the gamma/delta T cells-depleted mice, whereas the alpha/beta T cell-depleted mice exhibited much the same resistance level as the control mice at this stage although the resistance was severely impaired at the late stage after listerial infection.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wing Ki Cheng ◽  
Kathleen Wee ◽  
Tobias R. Kollmann ◽  
Jan P. Dutz

ABSTRACTRobust CD8+T cell responses are essential for immune protection against intracellular pathogens. Using parenteral administration of ovalbumin (OVA) protein as a model antigen, the effect of the Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist, CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) 1826, as an adjuvant delivered either topically, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly on antigen-specific CD8+T cell responses in a mouse model was evaluated. Topical CpG adjuvant increased the frequency of OVA-specific CD8+T cells in the peripheral blood and in the spleen. The more effective strategy to administer topical CpG adjuvant to enhance CD8+T cell responses was single-dose administration at the time of antigen injection with a prime-boost regimen. Topical CpG adjuvant conferred both rapid and long-lasting protection against systemic challenge with recombinantListeria monocytogenesexpressing the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitope of OVA257–264(strainLm-OVA) in a TLR9-dependent manner. Topical CpG adjuvant induced a higher proportion of CD8+effector memory T cells than parenteral administration of the adjuvant. Although traditional vaccination strategies involve coformulation of antigen and adjuvant, split administration using topical adjuvant is effective and has advantages of safety and flexibility. Split administration of topical CpG ODN 1826 with parenteral protein antigen is superior to other administration strategies in enhancing both acute and memory protective CD8+T cell immune responses to subcutaneous protein vaccines. This vaccination strategy induces rapid and persistent protective immune responses against the intracellular organismL. monocytogenes.


Hypertension ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Xiao ◽  
Hana A Itani ◽  
Jason D Foss ◽  
David G Harrison

We have recently identified a critical role of hypertension-specific effector memory T lymphocytes (T EM cells) in the blood pressure elevation and renal dysfunction caused by repeated hypertensive stimuli. Formed during an initial immune challenge, T EM cells reside in the bone marrow (BM) in a quiescent state for prolonged periods, and can be reactivated upon re-exposure to the hypertensive stimulus. Hypertension is associated with increased sympathetic outflow. We therefore hypothesized that sympathetic nerves regulate accumulation and reactivation of hypertension-specific T EM cells in the BM. We performed unilateral superior cervical ganglionectomy (SCGx) in wild-type C57BL/6 mice, causing selectively sympathectomy of the forelimb on the surgical side. After recovery, mice received Ang II infusion for two weeks. To determine the changes of T cells in the BM that were specific to hypertension, 5х10 6 BM cells were isolated from either the SCGx or control limbs, loaded with proliferation marker CFSE, and co-cultured with 0.5х10 6 splenic dendritic cells isolated from another Ang II-infused mouse. We found 30% less CD8 + T cell proliferation in the SCGx BM compared to control side (1.8±0.1 vs. 2.6±0.3х10 4 ), but no difference in CD4 + T cells. To further study the effect of sympathetic nerves on BM T cell homing, 1х10 7 pan T cells were isolated from CD45.2 + wild-type mice after Ang II infusion and adoptively transferred to CD45.1 mice that had previously undergone unilateral SCGx. Flow cytometry indicated that 7 days after transfer, 25% fewer CD8 + T EM cells from the hypertensive donors homed to the SCGx BM compared to the innervated BM (27.8±2.6 vs. 20.8±2.5 per 10 3 total BM cells). This effect was specific for hypertension as homing of OT-I T EM cells, which are responsive to ovalbumin, was not influenced by sympathectomy. Further adoptive transfer studies using mice lacking beta 2 adrenergic receptors (β2AR) indicate that β2AR in the bone marrow niche, rather than T cell β2AR is critical for T EM cell homing. These data define a novel role of sympathetic nerves in regulation of memory T cell trafficking, and this likely contributes to the predisposition to hypertension and end-organ damage for prolonged periods following an initial episode of hypertension.


1999 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 4143-4148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikuo Igarashi ◽  
Reiko Suzuki ◽  
Seiji Waki ◽  
Yoh-Ichi Tagawa ◽  
Seyha Seng ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Babesia microti produces a self-limiting infection in mice, and recovered mice are resistant to reinfection. In the present study, the role of T cells in protective immunity against challenge infection was examined. BALB/c mice which recovered from primary infection showed strong protective immunity against challenge infection. In contrast, nude mice which failed to control the primary infection and were cured with an antibabesial drug did not show protection against challenge infection. Treatment of immune mice with anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody (MAb) diminished the protective immunity against challenge infection, but treatment with anti-CD8 MAb had no effect on the protection. Transfer of CD4+ T-cell-depleted spleen cells resulted in higher parasitemia than transfer of CD8+ T-cell-depleted spleen cells. A high level of gamma interferon (IFN-γ), which was produced by CD4+ T cells, was observed for the culture supernatant of spleen cells from immune mice, and treatment of immune mice with anti-IFN-γ MAb partially reduced the protection. Moreover, no protection against challenge infection was found in IFN-γ-deficient mice. On the other hand, treatment of immune mice with MAbs against interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, or tumor necrosis factor alpha did not affect protective immunity. These results suggest essential requirements for CD4+ T cells and IFN-γ in protective immunity against challenge infection with B. microti.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Alice Bayiyana ◽  
Samuel Okurut ◽  
Rose Nabatanzi ◽  
Godfrey Zziwa ◽  
David R. Boulware ◽  
...  

Despite improvement in the prognosis of HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome) patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART), cryptococcal meningitis (CM) still causes 10–15% mortality among HIV-infected patients. The immunological impact of ART on the CD4+ and CD8+ T cell repertoire during cryptococcal co-infection is unclear. We determined longitudinal phenotypic changes in T cell subsets among patients with CM after they initiated ART. We hypothesized that ART alters the clonotypic phenotype and structural composition of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells during CM co-infection. For this substudy, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were isolated at four time points from CM patients following ART initiation during the parent study (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01075152). Phenotypic characterization of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells was done using T cell surface marker monoclonal antibodies by flow cytometry. There was variation in the expression of immunophenotypic markers defining central memory (CD27+CD45R0+), effector memory (CD45R0+CD27–), immune activation (CD38+ and Human Leucocyte Antigen DR (HLA-DR+), and exhaustion (Programmed cell death protein one (PD-1) in the CD4+ T cell subset. In comparison to the CD4+ T cell population, the CD8+ central memory subset declined gradually with minimal increase in the effector memory subset. Both CD4+ and CD8+ T cell immune exhaustion and activation markers remained elevated over 12 weeks. The relative surge and decline in the expression of T cell surface markers outlines a variation in the differentiation of CD4+ T cells during ART treatment during CM co-infection.


Viruses ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1490
Author(s):  
Victoria Matyushenko ◽  
Irina Isakova-Sivak ◽  
Igor Kudryavtsev ◽  
Arina Goshina ◽  
Anna Chistyakova ◽  
...  

Background: New coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, a causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been circulating among humans since November 2019. Multiple studies have assessed the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of virus-specific immunity in COVID-19 convalescents, however, some aspects of the development of memory T-cell responses after natural SARS-CoV-2 infection remain uncovered. Methods: In most of published studies T-cell immunity to the new coronavirus is assessed using peptides corresponding to SARS-CoV-1 or SARS-CoV-2 T-cell epitopes, or with peptide pools covering various parts of the viral proteins. Here, we determined the level of CD4+ and CD8+ memory T-cell responses in COVID-19 convalescents by stimulating PBMCs collected 1 to 6 months after recovery with sucrose gradient-purified live SARS-CoV-2. IFNγ production by the central and effector memory helper and cytotoxic T cells was assessed by intracellular cytokine staining assay and flow cytometry. Results: Stimulation of PBMCs with live SARS-CoV-2 revealed IFNγ-producing T-helper effector memory cells with CD4+CD45RA−CCR7− phenotype, which persisted in circulation for up to 6 month after COVID-19. In contrast, SARS-CoV-2-specific IFNγ-secreting cytotoxic effector memory T cells were found at significant levels only shortly after the disease, but rapidly decreased over time. Conclusion: The stimulation of immune cells with live SARS-CoV-2 revealed a rapid decline in the pool of effector memory CD8+, but not CD4+, T cells after recovery from COVID-19. These data provide additional information on the development and persistence of cellular immune responses after natural infection, and can inform further development of T cell-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cui-lin Shi ◽  
Jian-ping Zhang ◽  
Ping Xu ◽  
Jin Li ◽  
Jie Shen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk for occupationally acquired Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis (TB) disease due to repeated exposure to workplace tubercle bacilli. To determine whether continual mycobacterial stimulation correlates with increased expression of inhibitory T cell receptors, here we compared PD-1 receptor expression on surfaces of circulating T cells between naïve (uninfected) HCWs and HCWs with latent TB infection (LTBI). Result Data collected from 133 medical workers who met study selection criteria were included in the final analysis. QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-​Tube (QFT-GIT) testing yielded positive results for 32 HCWs, for an overall LTBI rate of 24.1%. Multivariate analysis identified HCW length of service > 15 years as an independent risk factor for a positive QFT-GIT result. In addition, comparisons of blood T cell subgroup profiles between QFT- and QFT+ groups indicated QFT+ subjects possessed greater proportions of mature (TM), transitional memory (TTM) and effector memory (TEM) CD4+ T cell subgroups and lower proportions of naïve T cells (TN). Moreover, the QFT+ group percentage of CD8+ T cells with detectable surface PD-1 was significantly higher than the corresponding percentage for the QFT- group. Meanwhile, no statistical intergroup difference was observed in percentages of CD4+ T cells with detectible surface PD-1. Conclusions Our data demonstrated that upregulated PD-1 expression on circulating CD8+, but not CD4+ T cells, was associated with latent TB infection of HCWs. As compared to other hospitals, occupational TB infection risk in our hospital was substantially mitigated by implementation of multitiered infection control measures.


2020 ◽  
Vol 126 (6) ◽  
pp. 708-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Xiao ◽  
Luciana Simao do Carmo ◽  
Jason D. Foss ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
David G. Harrison

Rationale: Effector memory T lymphocytes (T EM cells) exacerbate hypertension in response to repeated hypertensive stimuli. These cells reside in the bone marrow for prolonged periods and can be reactivated on reexposure to the hypertensive stimulus. Objective: Because hypertension is associated with increased sympathetic outflow to the bone marrow, we hypothesized that sympathetic nerves regulate accumulation and reactivation of bone marrow–residing hypertension-specific T EM cells. Methods and Results: Using unilateral superior cervical ganglionectomy in wild-type C57BL/6 mice, we showed that sympathetic nerves create a bone marrow environment that supports residence of hypertension-specific CD8 + T cells. These cells, defined by their proliferative response on coculture with dendritic cells from Ang (angiotensin) II–infused mice, were reduced in denervated compared with innervated bone of Ang II–infused mice. Adoptively transferred CD8 + T cells from Ang II–infused mice preferentially homed to innervated compared with denervated bone. In contrast, ovalbumin responsive T cells from OT-I mice did not exhibit this preferential homing. Increasing superior cervical ganglion activity by activating Gq-coupled designer receptor exclusively activated by designer drug augmented CD8 + T EM bone marrow accumulation. Adoptive transfer studies using mice lacking β2AR (β2 adrenergic receptors) indicate that β2AR in the bone marrow niche, rather than T-cell β2AR is critical for T EM cell homing. Inhibition of global sympathetic outflow using Gi-coupled DREADD (designer receptor exclusively activated by designer drug) injected into the rostral ventrolateral medulla or treatment with a β2AR antagonist reduced hypertension-specific CD8 + T EM cells in the bone marrow and reduced the hypertensive response to a subsequent response to low dose Ang II. Conclusions: Sympathetic nerves contribute to the homing and survival of hypertension-specific T EM cells in the bone marrow after they are formed in hypertension. Inhibition of sympathetic nerve activity and β2AR blockade reduces these cells and prevents the blood pressure elevation and renal inflammation on reexposure to hypertension stimuli.


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