title: Induction of primary human CD8+ T lymphocyte responses in vitro using dendritic cells.
abstract: The ability of two different human professional APCs, specifically macrophages (Mphi) and dendritic cells (DC), to stimulate primary responses in human CD8+ T lymphocytes was examined using both allogeneic and Ag-pulsed autologous APCs. CTL responses in CD8+ T lymphocytes isolated from HIV-uninfected donors were evaluated against six different HIV epitopes that are restricted by four different HLA alleles using autologous human PBMC-derived Mphi and DCs for primary stimulation. In a side-by-side experiment, immature DCs, but not Mphi, were able to prime a CTL response against the B14-restricted p24gag 298-306 epitope; mature DCs were also able to prime a response against this epitope. In addition, DCs were capable of priming CD8+ CTL responses against the B8-restricted p24gag 259-267 epitope. In contrast, Mphi were unable to prime strong CTL responses against other epitopes. Since the Ag-specific cytotoxic responses required subsequent rounds of restimulation before they could be detected, the ability of the allogeneic Mphi and DCs to directly prime CD8+ T lymphocyte responses without subsequent restimulation was examined. Similar to the aforementioned peptide-specific results, DCs were more efficient than Mphi in priming both allogeneic proliferative and cytotoxic responses in human CD8+ T lymphocytes. Collectively, these results promote an enhanced status for DCs in the primary stimulation of human CD8+ T lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia 65212, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Zarling
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002469:Cell Separation; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007519:Isoantigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D006680:HLA Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D007519:Isoantigens