Eukaryotic heat shock proteins as molecular links in innate and adaptive immune responses: Hsp60-mediated activation of cytotoxic T cells.
Heat shock proteins (HSP) like Hsp60, Hsp70 and gp96 act directly on antigen-presenting cells (APC), e.g. by inducing the secretion of cytokines. Here we analyzed the impact of Hsp60 on the antigen-specific activation of CD8(+) T cells in a TCR transgenic system. Hsp60 induced low amounts of IFN-gamma in the absence of antigenic peptide; however, the release of IFN-gamma is increased by a factor of 3-10 following the addition of Hsp60 to purified populations of OT-1 [ovalbumin (OVA)257-264/H2-K(b)-restricted] T cells and antigen-pulsed peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) as APC. This effect is strictly correlated with the PEC ability to produce IL-12. In contrast, antigen-specific IL-2 secretion and T cell proliferation was not changed in the presence of Hsp60. Hsp60-containing OT-1 T cell cultures produced IFN-gamma even when the number of antigenic MHC class I complexes was too low to be stimulatory and could not be detected with specific mAb. Hsp60, thus, acts as a catalyzing molecule to initiate both innate and adaptive immune responses, and its presence (e.g. during an infection with cellular destruction) has direct consequences for the activation of otherwise 'ignorant' antigen-specific T cells.
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Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nochtstr. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism*; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000276:immunology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
D018834:Chaperonin 60; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D018664:Interleukin-12; D007371:Interferon-gamma