CD27 is required for protective lytic EBV antigen–specific CD8+ T-cell expansion

Autor: Patrick Schuhmachers, Antonino Bongiovanni, Hans J. Stauss, Kyra D. Zens, Angelika Holler, Yun Deng, Hana Zdimerova, Riccarda Capaul, Andrea Zbinden, Laure-Anne Ligeon, Wolfgang Hammerschmidt, Christian Münz, Anne Müller, Bithi Chatterjee
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Blood
Blood 137, 3225-3236 (2021)
ISSN: 1528-0020
0006-4971
Popis: Primary immunodeficiencies in the costimulatory molecule CD27 and its ligand, CD70, predispose for pathologies of uncontrolled Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in nearly all affected patients. We demonstrate that both depletion of CD27+ cells and antibody blocking of CD27 interaction with CD70 cause uncontrolled EBV infection in mice with reconstituted human immune system components. While overall CD8+ T-cell expansion and composition are unaltered after antibody blocking of CD27, only some EBV-specific CD8+ T-cell responses, exemplified by early lytic EBV antigen BMLF1-specific CD8+ T cells, are inhibited in their proliferation and killing of EBV-transformed B cells. This suggests that CD27 is not required for all CD8+ T-cell expansions and cytotoxicity but is required for a subset of CD8+ T-cell responses that protect us from EBV pathology.
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