title: Antigen presentation in extracellular matrix: interactions of T cells with dendritic cells are dynamic, short lived, and sequential.
abstract: Cognate interactions of naive T cells with antigen-presenting dendritic cells require physical cell-cell contacts leading to signal induction and T cell activation. Using a three-dimensional collagen matrix videomicroscopy model for ovalbumin peptide-specific activation of murine and oxidative mitogenesis of human T cells, we show that T cells maintain vigorous migration upon cognate interactions to DC (dendritic cell), continuously crawl across the DC surface, and rapidly detach (median within 6-12 min). These dynamic and short-lived encounters favor sequential contacts with the same or other DC and trigger calcium influx, upregulation of activation markers, T blast formation, and proliferation. We conclude that a tissue environment supports the accumulation of sequential signals, implicating a numeric or "digital" control mechanism for an ongoing primary immune response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gunzer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borgmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grabbe
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Zänker
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Bröcker
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kämpgen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Friedl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000276:immunology*; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000276:immunology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000276:immunology; D002449:Cell Aggregation / Q000276:immunology; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000276:immunology*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003094:Collagen / Q000276:immunology; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D018715:Microscopy, Video; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen