TY - JOUR
T1 - A natural immunological adjuvant enhances T cell clonal expansion through a CD28-dependent, interleukin (IL)-2-independent mechanism
AU - Khoruts, Alexander
AU - Mondino, Anna
AU - Pape, Kathryn A.
AU - Reiner, Steven L.
AU - Jenkins, Marc K.
PY - 1998/1/19
Y1 - 1998/1/19
N2 - The adoptive transfer of naive CD4+ T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic T cells was used to investigate the mechanisms by which the adjuvant lipopolysaccharide (LPS) enhance T cell clonal expansion in vivo. Subcutaneous administration of soluble antigen (Ag) resulted in rapid and transient accumulation of the Ag-specific T cells in the draining lymph nodes (LNs), which was preceded by the production of interleukin (IL)-2. CD28- deficient, Ag-specific T cells produced only small amounts of IL-2 in response to soluble Ag and did not accumulate in the LN to the same extent as wild-type T cells. Injection of Ag and LPS, a natural immunological adjuvant, enhanced IL-2 production and LN accumulation of wild-type, Ag-specific T cells but had no significant effect on CD28-deficient, Ag-specific T cells. Therefore, CD28 is critical for Ag-driven IL-2 production and T cell proliferation in vivo, and is essential for the LPS-mediated enhancement of these events. However, enhancement of IL-2 production could not explain the LPg-dependent increase of T cell accumulation because IL-2-deficient, Ag- specific T cells accumulated to a greater extent in the LN than wild-type T cells in response to Ag plus LPS. These results indicate that adjuvants improve T cell proliferation in vivo via a CD28-dependent signal that can operate in the absence of IL-2.
AB - The adoptive transfer of naive CD4+ T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic T cells was used to investigate the mechanisms by which the adjuvant lipopolysaccharide (LPS) enhance T cell clonal expansion in vivo. Subcutaneous administration of soluble antigen (Ag) resulted in rapid and transient accumulation of the Ag-specific T cells in the draining lymph nodes (LNs), which was preceded by the production of interleukin (IL)-2. CD28- deficient, Ag-specific T cells produced only small amounts of IL-2 in response to soluble Ag and did not accumulate in the LN to the same extent as wild-type T cells. Injection of Ag and LPS, a natural immunological adjuvant, enhanced IL-2 production and LN accumulation of wild-type, Ag-specific T cells but had no significant effect on CD28-deficient, Ag-specific T cells. Therefore, CD28 is critical for Ag-driven IL-2 production and T cell proliferation in vivo, and is essential for the LPS-mediated enhancement of these events. However, enhancement of IL-2 production could not explain the LPg-dependent increase of T cell accumulation because IL-2-deficient, Ag- specific T cells accumulated to a greater extent in the LN than wild-type T cells in response to Ag plus LPS. These results indicate that adjuvants improve T cell proliferation in vivo via a CD28-dependent signal that can operate in the absence of IL-2.
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U2 - 10.1084/jem.187.2.225
DO - 10.1084/jem.187.2.225
M3 - Article
C2 - 9432980
AN - SCOPUS:0031965469
SN - 0022-1007
VL - 187
SP - 225
EP - 236
JO - Journal of Experimental Medicine
JF - Journal of Experimental Medicine
IS - 2
ER -