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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
The immunologic requirements for generating long-lived protective CD8 T cell memory remain unclear. Memory CD8 populations generated in the absence of CD4 Th cells reportedly have functional defects, and at least a subset of CD8 T cells transiently express CD40 after activation, suggesting that direct CD4-CD8 T cell interactions through CD40 may influence the magnitude and functional quality of memory CD8 populations. To ascertain the role of CD40 in such direct T cell interactions, we investigated CD8 T cell responses in CD40-/- mice after infection with Listeria monocytogenes, an intracellular bacterium that induces APC activation and thus priming of CD8 T cells independently of CD4 Th cell help through CD40. In this study we show that memory CD8 T cells generated in CD40-deficient mice show in vivo cytotoxicity and cytokine production equivalent to CD8 memory T cells from wild-type mice. Upon secondary Listeria infection, CD40-/- memory CD8 T cells expand to greater numbers than seen in wild-type mice. These results indicate that CD40 ligation on CD8 T cells, although reportedly a part of CD8 T cell memory development in an H-Y-directed response, is not needed for the development of functional memory CD8 T cell populations after Listeria infection.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
173
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4084-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Antigens, CD40, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-CD40 Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Immunization, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Listeria monocytogenes, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Listeriosis, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15356158-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The development of functional CD8 T cell memory after Listeria monocytogenes infection is not dependent on CD40.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland 97239, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.