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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Regulation of CD8 T cell responses in chronic viral infections is not well understood. In this study, we have compared the CD8 T cell responses to immunodominant and subdominant epitopes during an acute and a chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection in mice. The epitope hierarchy of the primary CD8 T cell response was similar in acute and chronic LCMV infections. However, strikingly, the epitope hierarchy of the primary CD8 T cell response was conserved in the T cell memory only in an acute but not in a chronic LCMV infection. Interestingly, in an acute infection, increasing the viral dose caused significant changes in the epitope hierarchy of the LCMV-specific memory CD8 T cell pool, with no effect on the primary CD8 T cell response. Functional and phenotypic analyses revealed that exposure of CD8 T cells to extended periods of antigenic stimulation could lead to long-term defects in cytokine production and alteration in expression of cell surface L-selectin (CD62L). Whereas expression of CD44 was minimally altered, a greater proportion of LCMV-specific memory CD8 T cells were CD62L(low) in mice that have recovered from a chronic LCMV infection, compared with acutely infected mice. Mechanistic studies showed that IFN-gammaR deficiency altered the epitope hierarchy of the pool of LCMV-specific memory CD8 T cells without significantly affecting the immunodominance of the primary CD8 T cell response in an acute infection. Taken together, these findings should further our understanding about the regulation of T cell responses in human chronic viral infections.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytokines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immunodominant Epitopes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interferon-gamma, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Interferon, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/interferon gamma receptor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/proto-oncogene protein bcl-3
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
172
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1491-500
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Immunodominant Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Receptors, Interferon, pubmed-meshheading:14734726-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of chronic viral infection on epitope selection, cytokine production, and surface phenotype of CD8 T cells and the role of IFN-gamma receptor in immune regulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.