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- Title
Prolonged exposure of naïve CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells to interleukin-7 or interleukin-15 stimulates proliferation without differentiation or loss of telomere length.
- Authors
Wallace, Diana L.; Bérard, Marion; Soares, Maria V. D.; Oldham, Janine; Cook, Joanne E.; Akbar, Arne N.; Tough, David F.; Beverley, Peter C. L.
- Abstract
Interleukin (IL)-7 and IL-15 are cytokines implicated in homeostatic control of the peripheral CD8 T-cell pool. We compared the effects of IL-7 and IL-15 on survival and proliferation of purified human CD8+ T-cell subsets. Low concentrations of either cytokine reduced the spontaneous apoptosis of all subsets, and enhancement of survival corresponded to the extent of Bcl-2 up-regulation. Surprisingly, although minimal proliferation of naïve CD8+ T cells was observed during the first week of culture with cytokines, a marked expansion of these cells occurred at later time points, particularly in response to IL-15. This occurred largely without phenotypic change or acquisition of effector function, indicating a dissociation of differentiation from proliferation. Notably, progression of naïve CD8+ T cells through several cell divisions resulted in up-regulation of telomerase and the maintenance of telomere length. These data show that IL-7 and IL-15 induce cell proliferation and rescue from apoptosis in a concentration, time and subset-dependent manner, and have implications for the homeostatic expansion of the naïve CD8+ T-cell pool.
- Publication
Immunology, 2006, Vol 119, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
0019-2805
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02429.x