CD40 can cotimulate human memory T cells and favors IL-10 secretion

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Abstract

Optimal proliferation of T cells, although initiated via ligation of the CD3/TCR complex, requires additional costimulatory signals. While the most well-defined in vitro pathway of costimulation is via the B7 family of molecules, a large body of data clearly demonstrates an in vivo role for the CD40/CD154 pathway in transplantation, autoimmunity and allergy. We have examined the role of CD40 as an independent costimulatory molecule by generating a panel of transfected human fibroblasts expressing DR1 with either CD80, CD86 or CD40. Functional assays using allogeneic CD4+ T cells as responders demonstrated that CD40 was capable of costimulating CD4+ T cell proliferation particularly in the CD45RO subset. Costimulation by CD40 induced much higher levels of IL-10 than were induced by B7-expressing cells. On day 3 the dominant costimulation was provided by CD40, while by day 5 this was overshadowed by CD80 and CD86. Nonetheless, the provision of costimulation by CD40 was enough to expand an alloreactive T cell line. These results were confirmed in experiments using primary cultures of CD40+CD80/CD86- renal tubular epithelial cells as the stimulator population. Thus, CD40 is capable of functioning independently (in the absence of B7) as a costimulatory molecule both in terms of proliferation and cytokine release. The data have interesting implications concerning the consequences of antigen presentation by tissue parenchymal cells.

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Rogers, N. J., Jackson, I. M., Jordan, W. J., Lombardi, G., Delikouras, A., & Lechler, R. I. (2003). CD40 can cotimulate human memory T cells and favors IL-10 secretion. European Journal of Immunology, 33(4), 1094–1104. https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.200323475

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