Induction of Specific T Cell Tolerance by Fas Ligand- Expressing Antigen-Presenting Cells

  • Zhang H
  • Su X
  • Liu D
  • et al.
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Abstract

Autocrine interaction of Fas and Fas ligand leads to apoptosis of activated T cells, a process that is critical for the maintenance of peripheral T cell tolerance. Paracrine interactions of Fas ligand with T cells also may play an important role in the maintenance of tolerance, as Fas ligand can create immune-privileged sites and prevent graft rejection by inducing apoptosis in T cells. We surmised that APCs that express Fas ligand might directly induce apoptosis of T cells during presentation of Ag to the T cells, thus inducing Ag-specific, systemic T cell tolerance. Here, we show that profound, specific T cell unresponsiveness to alloantigen was induced by treatment of H-2k mice with H-2b APCs that expressed Fas ligand and that profound T cell unresponsiveness specific for the H-Y Ag was induced by treatment of H-2Db/H-Y TCR transgenic female mice with H-2Db/H-Y APCs that expressed Fas ligand. The induction of this systemic T cell tolerance required the expression of Fas ligand on the APCs as well as the expression of Fas on the T cells. The tolerance was restricted to the Ag presented by the APCs. The rapid and profound clonal deletion of the Ag-specific, peripheral T cells mediated by the Fas ligand-expressing APCs contributed to the induction of tolerance. These findings demonstrate that Ag-specific T cell tolerance can be induced by APCs that express Fas ligand and suggest a novel function for APCs in the induction of T cell apoptosis. Furthermore, they indicate a novel immunointervention strategy for treatment of graft rejection and autoantigen-specific autoimmune diseases.

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Zhang, H., Su, X., Liu, D., Liu, W., Yang, P., Wang, Z., … Zhou, T. (1999). Induction of Specific T Cell Tolerance by Fas Ligand- Expressing Antigen-Presenting Cells. The Journal of Immunology, 162(3), 1423–1430. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.162.3.1423

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