In vivo proliferation of naïve and memory influenza-specific CD8(+) T cells

K J Flynn, J M Riberdy, Jan Pravsgaard Christensen, J D Altman, P C Doherty

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Abstract

The virus-specific CD8(+) T cell response has been analyzed through the development, effector, and recovery phases of primary and secondary influenza pneumonia. Apparently, most, if not all, memory T cells expressing clonotypic receptors that bind a tetrameric complex of influenza nucleoprotein (NP)(366-374) peptide+H-2D(b) (NPP) are induced to divide during the course of this localized respiratory infection. The replicative phase of the recall response ends about the time that virus can no longer be recovered from the lung, whereas some primary CD8(+)NPP(+) T cells may proliferate for a few more days. The greatly expanded population of CD8(+)NPP(+) memory T cells in the lymphoid tissue of secondarily challenged mice declines progressively in mean prevalence over the ensuing 100 days, despite the fact that at least some of these lymphocytes continue to cycle. The recall of cell-mediated immunity thus is characterized by massive proliferation of the antigen-specific CD8(+) set, whereas the extent of lymphocyte turnover in the absence of cognate peptide is variable, at a low level, and can be influenced by intercurrent infection.
Original languageEnglish
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America
Volume96
Issue number15
Pages (from-to)8597-602
Number of pages5
ISSN0027-8424
Publication statusPublished - 1999

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