Induction of CD8 T Cells against a Novel Epitope in TB10.4: Correlation with Mycobacterial Virulence and the Presence of a Functional Region of Difference-1
- 15 September 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The American Association of Immunologists
- Vol. 179 (6), 3973-3981
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.179.6.3973
Abstract
Although infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) induces a robust CD8 T cell response, the role of CD8 T cells in the defense against M.tb, and the mechanisms behind the induction of CD8 T cells, is still not clear. TB10.4 is a recently described Ag that is expressed by both bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and M.tb. In the present study, we describe a novel CD8 T cell epitope in TB10.4, TB10.43-11. We show that TB10.43-11-specific CD8 T cells are induced at the onset of infection and are present throughout the infection in high numbers. TB10.43-11 CD8 T cells were recruited to the site of infection and expressed CD44, TNF-α, and IFN-γ. In addition, TB10.43-11 CD8 T cells showed an up-regulation of FasL and LAMP-1/2 (CD107A/B), which correlated with a strong in vivo cytolytic activity. The induction of TB10.43-11-specific CD8 T cells was less pronounced following infection with BCG compared to infection with M.tb. By using a rBCG expressing the genetic region of difference-1 (RD1), we show that the presence of a functional RD1 region increases the induction of TB10.43-11-specific CD8 T cells as well as the bacterial virulence. Finally, as an M.tb variant lacking the genetic region RD1 also induced a significant amount of TB10.43-11-specific CD8 T cells, and exhibited increased virulence compared with BCG, our data suggest that virulence in itself is also involved in generating a robust CD8 T cell response against mycobacterial epitopes, such as TB10.43-11.Keywords
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