Attrition of bystander CD8 T cells during virus-induced T-cell and interferon responses
Attrition of bystander CD8 T cells during virus-induced T-cell and interferon responses
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DOI:
10.1128/jvi.75.13.5965-5976.2001
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发表时间:
2001-07-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Welsh, RM
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作者:
McNally, JM;Zarozinski, CC;Welsh, RM
Experiments designed to distinguish virus-specific from non-virus-specific T cells show-ed that bystander T cells underwent apoptosis and substantial attrition in the wake of a strong T-cell response. Memory CD8 T cells (CD8(+) CD44(hi)) were most affected, During acute viral infection, transgenic T cells that were clearly defined as non-virus specific decreased in number and showed an increase in apoptosis. Also, use of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) carrier mice, which lack LCMV-specific T cells, showed a significant decline in non-virus-specific memory CD8 T cells that correlated to an increase in apoptosis in response to the proliferation of adoptively transferred virus-specific T cells. Attrition of T cells early during infection correlated with the alpha/beta interferon (IFN-alpha/beta) peak, and the IFN inducer poly (I:C) caused apoptosis and attrition of CD8(+) CD44(hi) T cells in normal mice but not in IFN-alpha/beta receptor-deficient mice. Apoptotic attrition of bystander T cells may make room for the antigen-specific expansion of T cells during infection and may, in part, account for the loss of T-cell memory that occurs when the host undergoes subsequent infections.