Low-avidity CD8lo T cells induced by incomplete antigen stimulation in vivo regulate naive higher avidity CD8hi T cell responses to the same antigen
Low-avidity CD8lo T cells induced by incomplete antigen stimulation in vivo regulate naive higher avidity CD8hi T cell responses to the same antigen
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DOI:
10.1002/eji.200535064
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发表时间:
2006-02-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Frelinger, JEA
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作者:
Maile, R;Pop, SM;Frelinger, JEA
We have previously reported that multiple injections of soluble MHC class I tetramers assembled with wild-type HY peptide induces unresponsiveness to male skin grafts in naive female C57BL/6 (136) mice. Induction of unresponsiveness is dependent on a population of unresponsive allospecific CD8(10) T cells. Reduced expression of CD8 acts to limit a T cell response to HY peptide by limiting the avidity window of effective signal transduction. We and others have demonstrated that CD8(10) T cells are an alternative stable phenotype of CD8 alpha beta(+) T cells in vitro and in vivo after antigen stimulation. We show here that CD8(10) T cells can suppress naive CD8(+) T cell responses to HY antigen in vitro and male skin graft rejection in vivo after adoptive transfer into female recipients. These novel regulatory T cells express surface TGF-beta 1 and secrete T cytotoxic 2 cytokines after antigen-specific stimulation. Anti-TGF-beta antibody and latency-associated peptide inhibit the suppressive effects in vitro. We also show that HY-specific memory CD8(+) T cells overcome regulation by CD8(10) T cells. These data define a novel peripheral regulatory CD8(+) T cell population that arises after repeated antigen encounter in vivo. These cells have implications in the maintenance of tolerance and memory.