TY - JOUR
T1 - TCR down-regulation controls virus-specific CD8+ T cell responses
AU - Bonefeld, Charlotte Menné
AU - Haks, Mariëlle
AU - Nielsen, Bodil
AU - Von Essen, Marina
AU - Boding, Lasse
AU - Hansen, Ann Kathrine
AU - Larsen, Jeppe Madura
AU - Ødum, Niels
AU - Krimpenfort, Paul
AU - Kruisbeek, Ada
AU - Christensen, Jan Pravsgaard
AU - Thomsen, Allan Randrup
AU - Geisler, Carsten
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - The CD3γ di-leucine-based motif plays a central role in TCR down-regulation. However, little is understood about the role of the CD3γ di-leucine-based motif in physiological T cell responses. In this study, we show that the expansion in numbers of virus-specific CD8+ T cells is impaired in mice with a mutated CD3γ di-leucine-based motif. The CD3γ mutation did not impair early TCR signaling, nor did it compromise recruitment or proliferation of virus-specific T cells, but it increased the apoptosis rate of the activated T cells by increasing down-regulation of the antiapoptotic molecule Bcl-2. This resulted in a 2-fold reduction in the clonal expansion of virus-specific CD8+ T cells during the acute phase of vesicular stomatitis virus and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infections. These results identify an important role of CD3γ-mediated TCR down-regulation in virus-specific CD8+ T cell responses.
AB - The CD3γ di-leucine-based motif plays a central role in TCR down-regulation. However, little is understood about the role of the CD3γ di-leucine-based motif in physiological T cell responses. In this study, we show that the expansion in numbers of virus-specific CD8+ T cells is impaired in mice with a mutated CD3γ di-leucine-based motif. The CD3γ mutation did not impair early TCR signaling, nor did it compromise recruitment or proliferation of virus-specific T cells, but it increased the apoptosis rate of the activated T cells by increasing down-regulation of the antiapoptotic molecule Bcl-2. This resulted in a 2-fold reduction in the clonal expansion of virus-specific CD8+ T cells during the acute phase of vesicular stomatitis virus and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infections. These results identify an important role of CD3γ-mediated TCR down-regulation in virus-specific CD8+ T cell responses.
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M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19017968
AN - SCOPUS:71849095578
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 181
SP - 7786
EP - 7799
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 11
ER -