Costimulation of aged human naive T cells through ICAM-1

通过 ICAM-1 共刺激衰老的人类初始 T 细胞

• 批准号: 6783177
• 负责人: STEPHEN H BENEDICT
• 金额: $ 7.2万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-30 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6783177
• 关键词: CD28 molecule; T lymphocyte; cell adhesion molecules; cell senescence; developmental immunology; helper T lymphocyte; human old age (65+); human subject; immunologic memory; immunosuppression; leukocyte activation /transformation; phlebotomy; tissue /cell culture

In response to PAR-03-056, this proposal responds to topics: #5, Vaccine Development and #18, Functional Senescence. Diminished immune responsiveness in aging individuals limits their ability to combat infectious agents and also decreases the effectiveness of vaccines designed to promote generation of effector and memory cells from the naive T cell population. It is imperative to examine all methods by which the immune system might be modulated in aging individuals. We will examine effects of second signal strategies on the aging T cell immune response. Movement of halve T cells to effector and ultimately to memory cells depends on receipt of two signals at the cell surface: (1) an antigen-specific interaction of the T cell antigen receptor with antigen in the context of MHC on the surface of an antigen-presenting cell; and (2) an antigen-independent second signal delivered by a cell surface protein. The best-studied 2nd signal receiver is CD28, although several T cell surface proteins can receive 2nd signals. We recently published that stimulation through ICAM-1 on a T cell can deliver a 2nd signal capable of activating the CD4+ T cell to assume properties of effector cells of primarily the Th1 subset. Thus far, only costimulation through CD28 has been shown capable of moving nafve T cells all the way to memory cells, and these include both Th1 and Th2 cells. We have just submitted a paper demonstrating that costimulation through ICAM-1 can move CD4+ nafve T cells to memory cells representing only Thl cells. Thus, only two potential 2nd signals are capable of memory induction. ICAM-1 has not been tested in any capacity for ability to activate T cells from aging individuals and it is possible that stimulation through ICAM-1 can enhance responsiveness of aging T cells. In the present Re3 proposal, we will investigate the ability of costimulation through ICAM-1: (1) to activate nalve T cells taken from aging individuals and (2) to move na'fve T cells from aging individuals to effector and then to memory cells. These two aims will prepare us for our long-term project, which will be to investigate the ability of stimulation through ICAM-1 to modulate immune responsiveness in aging humans and mouse models.

作为对PAR-03-056的回应，本提案回应了以下主题：#5，疫苗开发和#18，