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Prevention of superantigen induced down-regulation of T cell mediated cytotoxic activity by IL-2 in vivo. 1996 Accepted for publication in Immunology

Belfrage, Hans LU ; Dohlsten, M ; Hedlund, G and Kalland, T (1997) In Immunology 90(2). p.8-183
Abstract
Administration of staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) to mice induces profound activation, cytokine production and cytotoxic activity of both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, but subsequently activated cells are deleted or become anergic. This study demonstrates that administration of interleukin-2 (IL-2) can prevent sea-induced hyporesponsiveness in CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Repeated injections with sea every fourth day resulted in severely reduced cytotoxic activity in the spleen, which correlated with a reduced number of sea-responsive T-cell receptor (TCR)-V beta 11+ CD8+ cells. Studies of purified TCR-V beta 11+ CD8+ cells showed that they possessed intact cytotoxic activity per cell compared with cells from mice given a single... (More)
Administration of staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) to mice induces profound activation, cytokine production and cytotoxic activity of both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, but subsequently activated cells are deleted or become anergic. This study demonstrates that administration of interleukin-2 (IL-2) can prevent sea-induced hyporesponsiveness in CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Repeated injections with sea every fourth day resulted in severely reduced cytotoxic activity in the spleen, which correlated with a reduced number of sea-responsive T-cell receptor (TCR)-V beta 11+ CD8+ cells. Studies of purified TCR-V beta 11+ CD8+ cells showed that they possessed intact cytotoxic activity per cell compared with cells from mice given a single injection of SEA, indicating that deletion was the main mechanism for the reduced cytotoxic activity. Combined treatment with SEA and IL-2 increased the number of cytotoxic cells in the spleen after each SEA injection and prevented the down-regulation of cytotoxic activity. Increased cytotoxic activity could be related to increased number and proliferation of CD8+ IL-2R alpha + cells, suggesting that administration of IL-2 maintained IL-2 responsiveness among CD8+ cells. Studies of sorted TCR-V beta 11+ CD8+ cells demonstrated that combined treatment with SEA and IL-2 also increased cytotoxic activity per cell compared with treatment with SEA alone. Taken together, IL-2 administration in vivo augmented SEA-induced expansion of T cells as well as the cytotoxic activity per CTL, and prevented SEA-induced cell deletion. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Administration of staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) to mice induces profound activation, cytokine production and cytotoxic activity of both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, but subsequently activated cells are deleted or become anergic. This study demonstrates that administration of interleukin-2 (IL-2) can prevent sea-induced hyporesponsiveness in CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Repeated injections with sea every fourth day resulted in severely reduced cytotoxic activity in the spleen, which correlated with a reduced number of sea-responsive T-cell receptor (TCR)-V beta 11+ CD8+ cells. Studies of purified TCR-V beta 11+ CD8+ cells showed that they possessed intact cytotoxic activity per cell compared with cells from mice given a single injection of SEA, indicating that deletion was the main mechanism for the reduced cytotoxic activity. Combined treatment with SEA and IL-2 increased the number of cytotoxic cells in the spleen after each SEA injection and prevented the down-regulation of cytotoxic activity. Increased cytotoxic activity could be related to increased number and proliferation of CD8+ IL-2R alpha + cells, suggesting that administration of IL-2 maintained IL-2 responsiveness among CD8+ cells. Studies of sorted TCR-V beta 11+ CD8+ cells demonstrated that combined treatment with SEA and IL-2 also increased cytotoxic activity per cell compared with treatment with SEA alone. Taken together, IL-2 administration in vivo augmented SEA-induced expansion of T cells as well as the cytotoxic activity per CTL, and prevented SEA-induced cell deletion.}},
  author       = {{Belfrage, Hans and Dohlsten, M and Hedlund, G and Kalland, T}},
  issn         = {{0019-2805}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{8--183}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Immunology}},
  title        = {{Prevention of superantigen induced down-regulation of T cell mediated cytotoxic activity by IL-2 in vivo. 1996 Accepted for publication in Immunology}},
  volume       = {{90}},
  year         = {{1997}},
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