Subsets of memory cytotoxic T lymphocytes elicited by vaccination influence the efficiency of secondary expansion in vivo |
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| Authors: | Seaman Michael S Peyerl Fred W Jackson Shawn S Lifton Michelle A Gorgone Darci A Schmitz Jörn E Letvin Norman L |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Division of Viral Pathogenesis, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Vaccine-elicited cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) should be long-lived memory cells that can rapidly expand in number following re-exposure to antigen. The present studies were initiated to analyze the ability of plasmid interleukin-12 (IL-12) to augment CTL responses in mice when delivered during the peak phase of an immune response elicited by a plasmid human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 DNA vaccine. Delivery of plasmid IL-12 on day 10 postimmunization resulted in a robust expansion of gp120-specific CD8+ T cells, as measured by tetramer, gamma interferon ELISPOT, and functional-killing assays. Interestingly, this delayed administration of plasmid IL-12 had no significant effect on antigen-specific CD4(+)-T-cell and antibody responses. Phenotypic analyses suggested that administration of plasmid IL-12 near the time of the peak CTL response activated and expanded antigen-specific effector cells, preventing their loss through apoptosis. However, this IL-12-augmented population of gp120-specific CD8+ T cells did not efficiently expand following gp120 boost immunization, suggesting that these effector cells would be of little utility in expanding to contain a viral infection. Analyses of the phenotypic profile and anatomic distribution of the plasmid IL-12-augmented CTL population indicated that these lymphocytes were primarily effector memory rather than central memory T cells. These observations suggest that CTL-based vaccines should elicit central memory rather than effector memory T cells and illustrate the importance of monitoring the phenotype and functionality of vaccine-induced, antigen-specific CTL. |
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