title: Simultaneous assessment of antigen-stimulated cytokine production and memory subset composition of memory CD8 T cells.
abstract: The functional identification of antigen-specific CD8 T cell populations is critical to understanding host responses to infection by intracellular pathogens. Furthermore, assessing the properties of protective memory CD8 T cell populations generated by immunization is necessary in the rational design of vaccines. Recently, a classification scheme was proposed in which memory CD8 T cells were divided into one of two distinct subsets, based on CD62L expression, that have different functional properties and protective capacities. Intracellular cytokine staining functionally identifies antigen-specific CD8 T cell populations after short in vitro stimulation with cognate peptide. This short stimulation, however, results in the cleavage of CD62L from the cell surface of antigen-specific CD8 T cells and precludes distinguishing CD62L(hi)- and CD62L(lo)-expressing memory cell subsets within this population. Here, we describe a method of preserving CD62L expression by the antigen-specific CD8 T cell population during coculture with antigen. This methodology allows for the identification and functional assessment of antigen-specific memory CD8 T cell populations, while simultaneously characterizing the memory subset composition of that population. Using this method, we directly identify differences in IL-2 production capacity by CD62L(hi)- and CD62L(lo)-expressing antigen-specific memory CD8 T cell populations.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jabbari
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Harty
mesh_terms: D019264:Adoptive Transfer; D000818:Animals; D001117:Arenaviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000637:transplantation; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D007156:Immunologic Memory / Q000276:immunology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019041:L-Selectin / Q000032:analysis; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000276:immunology; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D007376:Interleukin-2; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; C099410:TAPI-2; D019041:L-Selectin; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D010047:Ovalbumin