title: Regulation of antigen-specific CD8+ T cell homeostasis by perforin and interferon-gamma.
abstract: T cell memory depends on factors that regulate expansion and death of these cells after antigenic stimulation. Mice deficient in perforin and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) exhibited increased expansion, altered immunodominance, and decreased death of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells after infection with an attenuated strain of Listeria monocytogenes, which was cleared from these mice. Expansion of CD8+ T cells was controlled by perforin, whereas IFN-gamma regulated immunodominance and the death phase. Thus, perforin and IFN-gamma regulate distinct elements of CD8+ T cell homeostasis independently of their role as antimicrobial effector molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Badovinac
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Tvinnereim
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Harty
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D017209:Apoptosis; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D006706:Homeostasis; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000502:physiology*; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000276:immunology; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000276:immunology*; D008216:Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / Q000276:immunology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D054353:Perforin; D052899:Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D052899:Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins; D054353:Perforin; D007371:Interferon-gamma