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- Title
Are CD8+ dendritic cells (DC) veto cells? The role of CD8 on DC in DC development and in the regulation of CD4 and CD8 T cell responses.
- Authors
Kronin, V; Vremec, D; Winkel, K; Classon, B J; Miller, R G; Mak, T W; Shortman, K; Süss, G
- Abstract
The CD8-expressing dendritic cells (DC) present in mouse spleen have been shown to have a regulatory effect on the CD4 and CD8 T cells they activate, restricting subsequent T cell proliferation by either inducing apoptotic T cell death (CD4 T cells) or by limiting endogenous cytokine production (CD8 T cells). To determine the role of the CD8 molecule itself in these regulatory phenomena, the DC from CD8 null mice were studied. The DC marker DEC-205 (NLDC 145) was used as a surrogate marker for CD8, since the expression of these two molecules on splenic DC was closely correlated. DC levels were normal, and the incidence of DEC-205+ and DEC-205- DC was normal in CD8 null mice, indicating that the absence of CD8 did not affect DC development. The proliferative response of T cells to allogeneic DEC-205+ DC from either CD8-/- or CD8+/+ mice was similar and was much less than the response to DEC-205- DC from these mice. This applied to both the CD4 and the CD8 T cell responses. Thus the lack of the CD8 molecule did not affect the stimulatory or regulatory properties of the DC. The regulatory CD8+ DEC-205+ DC therefore differ in that respect from antigen-presenting 'veto' cells, where CD8 itself is involved in transmitting negative signals to the T cells. DEC-205 may prove to be a more pertinent marker of the regulatory DC population.
- Publication
International immunology, 1997, Vol 9, Issue 7, p1061
- ISSN
0953-8178
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/intimm/9.7.1061