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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
The inducible costimulator protein (ICOS) was recently identified as a costimulatory molecule for T cells. Here we analyze the role of ICOS for the acquired immune response of mice against the intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. During oral L. monocytogenes infection, low levels of ICOS expression were detected by extracellular and intracellular Ab staining of Listeria-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. Blocking of ICOS signaling with a soluble ICOS-Ig fusion protein markedly impaired the Listeria-specific T cell responses. Compared with control mice, the ICOS-Ig treated mice generated significantly reduced numbers of Listeria-specific CD8(+) T cells in spleen and liver, as determined by tetramer and intracellular cytokine staining. In contrast, the specific CD8(+) T cell response in the intestinal mucosa did not appear to be impaired by the ICOS-Ig treatment. Analysis of the CD4(+) T cell response revealed that ICOS-Ig treatment also affected the specific CD4(+) T cell response. When restimulated with listerial Ag in vitro, reduced numbers of CD4(+) T cells from infected and ICOS-Ig-treated mice responded with IFN-gamma production. The impaired acquired immune response in ICOS-Ig treated mice was accompanied by their increased susceptibility to L. monocytogenes infection. ICOS-Ig treatment drastically enhanced bacterial titers, and a large fraction of mice succumbed to the otherwise sublethal dose of infection. Thus, ICOS costimulation is crucial for protective immunity against the intracellular bacterium L. monocytogenes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5813-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Antibodies, Blocking, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-CD4-CD8 Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Disease Susceptibility, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Inducible T-Cell Co-Stimulator Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Injections, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Injections, Subcutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Listeria monocytogenes, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Listeriosis, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Lymphocyte Depletion, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Rats, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12421962-T-Lymphocyte Subsets
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Inducible costimulator protein controls the protective T cell response against Listeria monocytogenes.
pubmed:affiliation
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany. mittruecker@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't