Diminished secondary CTL response in draining lymph nodes on cutaneous challenge with herpes simplex virus

We have shown that C57BL/6-derived CD8(+) CTL specific for an immunodominant herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoprotein B (gB) determinant express a highly conserved Vbeta10/junctional sequence combination. This extreme T cell receptor beta-chain bias can be used to track the activation of gB-specific CTL in lymph nodes draining the site of HSV-1 infection. In this report we have examined the accumulation of gB-specific CTL in the primary and secondary or recall CTL responses to HSV-1 infection. We found that gB-specific cytolytic activity present within popliteal lymph nodes draining HSV-infected foot-pads peaked at day 5 post-infection during the primary response. As found previously, this correlates with the accumulation of Vbeta10(+)CD8(+) CTL in the activated T cell subset. Lymph node-derived cytotoxicity peaked between days 3 and 4 on secondary challenge with virus and, somewhat surprisingly, was considerably below that seen in the primary response. This reduced gB-specific cytolytic activity mirrored a near absence of Vbeta10(+)CD8(+) T cell enrichment found within the draining lymph nodes during this recall response, consistent with the overall diminution of gB-specific CTL accumulation in this site. Finally, there was a second wave of biased accumulation of Vbeta10(+)CD8(+) activated T cells within the popliteal lymph nodes well after the resolution of infection in both the primary and secondary responses. These results are discussed in terms of preferential activation of virus-specific memory T cells directly in infected tissues during a secondary CTL response at the expense of draining lymphoid organs.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2000

Erschienen:

2000

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:81

Enthalten in:

The Journal of general virology - 81(2000), Pt 2 vom: 28. Feb., Seite 407-14

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jones, C M [VerfasserIn]
Cose, S C [VerfasserIn]
McNally, J M [VerfasserIn]
Jennings, S R [VerfasserIn]
Heath, W R [VerfasserIn]
Carbone, F R [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Glycoprotein B, Simplexvirus
Immunodominant Epitopes
Journal Article
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Viral Envelope Proteins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.02.2000

Date Revised 10.12.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM105738069