title: Cutting edge: cognate CD4 help promotes recruitment of antigen-specific CD8 T cells around dendritic cells.
abstract: The cellular orchestration underlying help provided by CD4 T lymphocytes to CD8 T cell responses is not fully understood. We documented that the formation of three-cell clusters occurred as soon as day 1 and relied on long-lasting CD4 and CD8 T cell interactions with dendritic cells (DCs). The influence of CD4 help on CD8 T cell differentiation could be observed as early as the second round of cell division. Importantly, our results identify a new facet to the phenomenon of CD4 help in which DCs, upon cognate interactions with CD4 T cells, increase their ability to attract/retain Ag-specific CD8 T cells. Our results support a model in which CD4 help operates rapidly, in part by favoring CD8 T cells recruitment around those DCs that are the most competent for priming.
authors.affiliation: G5 Dynamiques des Reponses Immunes, Equipe Avenir Inserm U668, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Beuneu
authors.forename: Zacarias
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bousso
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000276:immunology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D007371:Interferon-gamma