Local Cellular and Cytokine Cues in the Spleen Regulate In Situ T Cell Receptor Affinity, Function, and Fate of CD8⁺ T Cells.

ABSTRACT: T cells rapidly undergo contraction upon viral clearance, but how T cell function and fate are determined during this phase is unclear. During the contraction phase of an acute infection with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, we found that virus-specific CD8⁺ T cells within the splenic red pulp (RP) had higher two-dimensional (2D) effective affinity than those within the white pulp (WP). This increased antigen recognition of RP-derived CD8⁺ T cells correlated with more efficient target cell killing and improved control of viremia. FoxP3⁺ regulatory T cells and cytokine TGF-β limited the 2D-affinity in the WP during the contraction phase. Anatomical location drove gene expression patterns in CD8⁺ T cells that led to preferential differentiation

SUBMITTER: Seo YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5131716 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature