TY - JOUR
T1 - In vivo detection of dendritic cell antigen presentation to CD4+ T cells
AU - Ingulli, Elizabeth
AU - Mondino, Anna
AU - Khoruts, Alexander
AU - Jenkins, Marc
PY - 1997/6/16
Y1 - 1997/6/16
N2 - Although lymphoid dendritic cells (DC) are thought to play an essential role in T cell activation, the initial physical interaction between antigen- bearing DC and antigen-specific T cells has never been directly observed in vivo under conditions where the specificity of the responding T cells for the relevant antigen could be unambiguously assessed. We used confocal microscopy to track the in vivo location of fluorescent dye labeled DC and naive TCR transgenic CD4+ T cells specific for an OVA peptide-I-A(d) complex after adoptive transfer into syngeneic recipients. DC that were riot exposed to the OVA peptide, homed to the paracortical regions of the lymph nodes but did not interact with the OVA peptide-specific T cells. In contrast, the OVA peptide- specific T cells formed large clusters around paracortical DC that were pulsed in vitro with the OVA peptide before injection. Interactions were also observed between paracortical DC of the recipient and OVA peptide-specific T cells after administration of intact OVA. Injection of OVA peptide pulsed DC caused the specific P cells to produce IL-2 in vivo, proliferate, and differentiate into effector cells capable of causing a delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction. Surprisingly, by 48 h after injection, OVA peptide-pulsed, but not unpulsed DC disappeared from the lymph nodes of mice that contained the transferred TCR transgenic population. These results demonstrate that antigen-bearing DC directly interact with naive antigen- specific T cells within the T cell-rich regions of lymph nodes. This interaction results in T cell activation and disappearance of the DC.
AB - Although lymphoid dendritic cells (DC) are thought to play an essential role in T cell activation, the initial physical interaction between antigen- bearing DC and antigen-specific T cells has never been directly observed in vivo under conditions where the specificity of the responding T cells for the relevant antigen could be unambiguously assessed. We used confocal microscopy to track the in vivo location of fluorescent dye labeled DC and naive TCR transgenic CD4+ T cells specific for an OVA peptide-I-A(d) complex after adoptive transfer into syngeneic recipients. DC that were riot exposed to the OVA peptide, homed to the paracortical regions of the lymph nodes but did not interact with the OVA peptide-specific T cells. In contrast, the OVA peptide- specific T cells formed large clusters around paracortical DC that were pulsed in vitro with the OVA peptide before injection. Interactions were also observed between paracortical DC of the recipient and OVA peptide-specific T cells after administration of intact OVA. Injection of OVA peptide pulsed DC caused the specific P cells to produce IL-2 in vivo, proliferate, and differentiate into effector cells capable of causing a delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction. Surprisingly, by 48 h after injection, OVA peptide-pulsed, but not unpulsed DC disappeared from the lymph nodes of mice that contained the transferred TCR transgenic population. These results demonstrate that antigen-bearing DC directly interact with naive antigen- specific T cells within the T cell-rich regions of lymph nodes. This interaction results in T cell activation and disappearance of the DC.
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U2 - 10.1084/jem.185.12.2133
DO - 10.1084/jem.185.12.2133
M3 - Article
C2 - 9182685
AN - SCOPUS:0030918820
SN - 0022-1007
VL - 185
SP - 2133
EP - 2141
JO - Journal of Experimental Medicine
JF - Journal of Experimental Medicine
IS - 12
ER -