Overexpression of IL-15 In Vivo Increases Antigen-Driven Memory CD8+ T Cells Following a Microbe Exposure
- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 168 (3) , 1198-1203
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.168.3.1198
Abstract
To elucidate potential roles of IL-15 in the maintenance of memory CD8+ T cells, we followed the fate of Ag-specific CD8+ T cells directly visualized with MHC class I tetramers coupled with listeriolysin O (LLO)91–99 in IL-15 transgenic (Tg) mice after Listeria monocytogenes infection. The numbers of LLO91–99-positive memory CD8+ T cells were significantly higher at 3 and 6 wk after infection than those in non-Tg mice. The LLO91–99-positive CD8+ T cells produced IFN-γ in response to LLO91–99, and an adoptive transfer of CD8+ T cells from IL-15 Tg mice infected with L. monocytogenes conferred a higher level of resistance against L. monocytogenes in normal mice. The CD44+CD8+ T cells from infected IL-15 Tg mice expressed the higher level of Bcl-2. Transferred CD44+CD8+ T cells divided more vigorously in naive IL-15 Tg mice than in non-Tg mice. These results suggest that IL-15 plays an important role in long-term maintenance of Ag-specific memory CD8+ T cells following microbial exposure via promotion of cell survival and homeostatic proliferation.Keywords
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