Cytokine requirements for acute and Basal homeostatic proliferation of naive and memory CD8+ T cells.
Cytokine requirements for acute and Basal homeostatic proliferation of naive and memory CD8+ T cells.
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.20020033
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发表时间:
2002-06-17
影响因子:
15.3
通讯作者:
Butz, Eric A
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作者:
Goldrath, Ananda W;Sivakumar, Pallavur V;Glaccum, Moira;Kennedy, Mary K;Bevan, Michael J;Benoist, Christophe;Mathis, Diane;Butz, Eric A
Both naive and memory T cells undergo antigen-independent proliferation after transfer into a T cell–depleted environment (acute homeostatic proliferation), whereas only memory T cells slowly divide in a full T cell compartment (basal proliferation). We show, first, that naive and memory CD8+ T cells have different cytokine requirements for acute homeostatic proliferation. Interleukin (IL)-7 receptor(R)α–mediated signals were obligatory for proliferation of naive T cells in lymphopenic hosts, whereas IL-15 did not influence their division. Memory T cells, on the other hand, could use either IL-7Rα– or IL-15–mediated signals for acute homeostatic proliferation: their proliferation was delayed when either IL-7Rα was blocked or IL-15 removed, but only when both signals were absent was proliferation ablated. Second, the cytokine requirements for basal and acute homeostatic proliferation of CD8+ memory T cells differ, as basal division of memory T cells was blocked completely in IL-15–deficient hosts. These data suggest a possible mechanism for the dearth of memory CD8+ T cells in IL-15– and IL-15Rα–deficient mice is their impaired basal proliferation. Our results show that naive and memory T lymphocytes differ in their cytokine dependence for acute homeostatic proliferation and that memory T lymphocytes have distinct requirements for proliferation in full versus empty compartments.