title: Differential regulation of IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, and IL-10 production by CD4(+) alphabetaTCR+ T cells and vdelta2(+) gammadelta T cells in response to monocytes infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis-H37Ra.
abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli readily activate CD4(+) and gammadelta T cells. CD4(+) and gammadelta T cells were compared for their ability to regulate IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, and IL-10 production, cytokines with significant roles in the immune response to M. tuberculosis. PBMC from healthy tuberculin positive donors were stimulated with live M. tuberculosis-H37Ra. CD4(+) and gammadelta T cells were purified by negative selection and tested in response to autologous monocytes infected with M. tuberculosis. Both subsets produced equal amounts of secreted IFN-gamma. However, the precursor frequency of IFN-gamma secreting gammadelta T cells was half that of CD4(+) T cells, indicating that gammadelta T cells were more efficient producers of IFN-gamma than CD4(+) T cells. TNF-alpha production was markedly enhanced by addition of CD4(+) and gammadelta T cells to M. tuberculosis infected monocytes, and TNF-alpha was produced by both T cells and monocytes. No differences in TNF-alpha enhancement were noted between CD4(+) and gammadelta T cells. IL-10 production by M. tuberculosis infected monocytes was not modulated by CD4(+) or gammadelta T cells. Thus CD4(+) and gammadelta T cells had similar roles in differential regulation of IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, and IL-10 secretion in response to M. tuberculosis infected monocytes. However, the interaction between T cells and infected monocytes differed for each cytokine. IFN-gamma production was dependent on antigen presentation and costimulators provided by monocytes. TNF-alpha levels were increased by addition of TNF-alpha produced by T cells and IL-10 production by monocytes was not modulated by CD4(+) or gammadelta T cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-4984, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsukaguchi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Lange
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Boom
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016753:Interleukin-10; D007371:Interferon-gamma