Il-10 is Required for Optimal Cd8 T Cell Memory Following Listeria Monocytogenes Infection.
From: Cellular Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 0022-1767
- Volume: 177
- Issue: 4
- Pages: 2565-74
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Foulds Kathryn E, Rotte Masashi J, Seder Robert A, et al. Il-10 is Required for Optimal Cd8 T Cell Memory Following Listeria Monocytogenes Infection.. J. Immunol. Aug 2006;177:2565-74
Abstract
IL-10 is an important immunoregulatory cytokine that plays a central role in maintaining a balance between protective immunity against infection and limiting proinflammatory responses to self or cross-reactive Ags. We examined the full effects of IL-10 deficiency on the establishment and quality of T cell memory using murine listeriosis as a model system. IL-10(-/-) mice had reduced bacterial loads and a shorter duration of primary infection than did wild-type mice. However, the number of Ag-specific T cells in secondary lymphoid and nonlymphoid organs was diminished in IL-10(-/-) mice, compared with wild-type mice, at the peak of the effector response. Moreover, the frequency and protective capacity of memory T cells also were reduced in IL-10(-/-) mice when assessed up to 100 days postinfection. Remarkably, this effect was more pronounced for CD8 T cells than CD4 T cells. To address whether differences in the number of bacteria and duration of primary infection could explain these findings, both strains of mice were treated with ampicillin 24 hours after primary infection. Despite there being more comparable bacterial loads during primary infection, IL-10(-/-) mice still generated fewer memory CD8 T cells and were less protected against secondary infection than were wild-type mice. Finally, the adoptive transfer of purified CD8 T cells from previously infected wild-type mice into naive recipients conferred better protection than the transfer of CD8 T cells from immune IL-10(-/-) mice. Overall, these data show that IL-10 plays an unexpected role in promoting and/or sustaining CD8 T cell memory following Listeria monocytogenes infection.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Adoptive Transfer, Animals, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Female, Immunologic Memory, Interleukin-10, Listeria Infections, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout
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