Inhibition of CD8+ T Cell–Derived CD40 Signals Is Necessary but Not Sufficient for Foxp3+ Induced Regulatory T Cell Generation In Vivo

  • Liu D
  • Ferrer I
  • Konomos M
  • et al.
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Abstract

Current models of CD4+ T cell help suggest a major role for CD154 binding to CD40 expressed on dendritic cells, with a lesser role for direct T:T interactions via CD40 expressed on CD8+ T cells. However, the contribution of CD8+ T cell–derived CD40 signals during the donor-reactive T cell response to a transplant has never been studied. In this study, we examined the graft-rejection kinetics and CD4+ and CD8+ donor-reactive T cell responses under conditions in which CD40 was genetically ablated only on APC, as well as under conditions in which CD40 was genetically ablated only on donor-reactive CD8+ T cells. Our results revealed a significant role for CD8+ T cell–expressed CD40 in the augmentation of donor-reactive CD8+ T cell responses following transplantation and showed that CD40 expressed on CD8+ T cells must be inhibited to allow conversion of CD4+ T cells into induced regulatory T cells. Thus, this study identifies a major role for CD8+ T cell–derived CD40 signals as a critical switch factor that both promotes optimal differentiation of cytokine-producing CD8+ effector T cell responses and inhibits the differentiation of Ag-specific Foxp3+ induced regulatory T cells in vivo.

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Liu, D., Ferrer, I. R., Konomos, M., & Ford, M. L. (2013). Inhibition of CD8+ T Cell–Derived CD40 Signals Is Necessary but Not Sufficient for Foxp3+ Induced Regulatory T Cell Generation In Vivo. The Journal of Immunology, 191(4), 1957–1964. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1300267

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