CD8(+) T cells sabotage their own memory potential through IFN-gamma-dependent modification of the IL-12/IL-15 receptor alpha axis on dendritic cells Journal Article

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Authors: Kohlhapp, F. J.; Zloza, A.; O'Sullivan, J. A.; Moore, T. V.; Lacek, A. T.; Jagoda, M. C.; McCracken, J.; Cole, D. J.; Guevara-Patino, J. A.
Article Title: CD8(+) T cells sabotage their own memory potential through IFN-gamma-dependent modification of the IL-12/IL-15 receptor alpha axis on dendritic cells
Abstract: CD8(+) T cell responses have been shown to be regulated by dendritic cells (DCs) and CD4(+) T cells, leading to the tenet that CD8(+) T cells play a passive role in their own differentiation. In contrast, by using a DNA vaccination model, to separate the events of vaccination from those of CD8(+) T cell priming, we demonstrate that CD8(+) T cells, themselves, actively limit their own memory potential through CD8(+) T cell-derived IFN-gamma-dependent modification of the IL-12/IL-15Ralpha axis on DCs. Such CD8(+) T cell-driven cytokine alterations result in increased T-bet and decreased Bcl-2 expression, and thus decreased memory progenitor formation. These results identify an unrecognized role for CD8(+) T cells in the regulation of their own effector differentiation fate and a previously uncharacterized relationship between the balance of inflammation and memory formation.
Journal Title: Journal of Immunology
Volume: 188
Issue: 8
ISSN: 1550-6606
Publisher: Unknown  
Journal Place: United States
Date Published: 2012
Start Page: 3639
End Page: 3647
Language: eng
DOI/URL:

10.4049/jimmunol.1101580

10.4049/jimmunol.1101580
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