Use of adoptive transfer of T-cell-antigen-receptor-transgenic T cells for the study of T-cell activation in vivo

Kathryn A. Pape, Elizabeth R. Kearney, Alexander Khoruts, Anna Mondino, Rebecca Merica, Zong Ming Chen, Elizabeth Ingulli, Jennifer White, Julia G. Johnson, Marc K. Jenkins

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Abstract

Adoptive transfer of TCR-transgenic T cells uniformly expressing an identifiable TCR of known peptide/MHC specificity can be used to monitor the in vivo behavior of antigen-specific T cells. We have used this system to show that naive T cells are initially activated within the T-cell zones of secondary lymphoid tissue to proliferate in a B7-dependent manner. If adjuvants or inflammatory cytokines are present during this period, enhanced numbers of T cells accumulate, migrate into B-cell-rich follicles, and acquire the capacity to produce IFN-γ and help B cells produce IgG2a. If inflammation is absent, most of the initially activated antigen-specific T cells disappear without entering the follicles, and the survivors are poor producers of IL-2 and IFN-γ. Our results indicate that inflammatory mediators play a key role in regulating the anatomic location, clonal expansion, survival and lymphokine production potential of antigen-stimulated T cells in vivo.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)67-78
Number of pages12
JournalImmunological Reviews
Volume156
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

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