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TCR Affinity Associated with Functional Differences between Dominant and Subdominant SIV Epitope-Specific CD8(+) T Cells in Mamu-A*01 (+) Rhesus Monkeys
Many of the factors that contribute to CD8(+) T cell immunodominance hierarchies during viral infection are known. However, the functional differences that exist between dominant and subdominant epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells remain poorly understood. In this study, we characterized the phenotypic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990730/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24743648 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004069 |
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author | Osuna, Christa E. Gonzalez, Ana Maria Chang, Hsun-Hsien Hung, Amy Shi Ehlinger, Elizabeth Anasti, Kara Alam, S. Munir Letvin, Norman L. |
author_facet | Osuna, Christa E. Gonzalez, Ana Maria Chang, Hsun-Hsien Hung, Amy Shi Ehlinger, Elizabeth Anasti, Kara Alam, S. Munir Letvin, Norman L. |
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description | Many of the factors that contribute to CD8(+) T cell immunodominance hierarchies during viral infection are known. However, the functional differences that exist between dominant and subdominant epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells remain poorly understood. In this study, we characterized the phenotypic and functional differences between dominant and subdominant simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells restricted by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I allele Mamu-A*01 during acute and chronic SIV infection. Whole genome expression analyses during acute infection revealed that dominant SIV epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells had a gene expression profile consistent with greater maturity and higher cytotoxic potential than subdominant epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells. Flow-cytometric measurements of protein expression and anti-viral functionality during chronic infection confirmed these phenotypic and functional differences. Expression analyses of exhaustion-associated genes indicated that LAG-3 and CTLA-4 were more highly expressed in the dominant epitope-specific cells during acute SIV infection. Interestingly, only LAG-3 expression remained high during chronic infection in dominant epitope-specific cells. We also explored the binding interaction between peptide:MHC (pMHC) complexes and their cognate TCRs to determine their role in the establishment of immunodominance hierarchies. We found that epitope dominance was associated with higher TCR:pMHC affinity. These studies demonstrate that significant functional differences exist between dominant and subdominant epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells within MHC-restricted immunodominance hierarchies and suggest that TCR:pMHC affinity may play an important role in determining the frequency and functionality of these cell populations. These findings advance our understanding of the regulation of T cell immunodominance and will aid HIV vaccine design. |
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spelling | pubmed-39907302014-04-21 TCR Affinity Associated with Functional Differences between Dominant and Subdominant SIV Epitope-Specific CD8(+) T Cells in Mamu-A*01 (+) Rhesus Monkeys Osuna, Christa E. Gonzalez, Ana Maria Chang, Hsun-Hsien Hung, Amy Shi Ehlinger, Elizabeth Anasti, Kara Alam, S. Munir Letvin, Norman L. PLoS Pathog Research Article Many of the factors that contribute to CD8(+) T cell immunodominance hierarchies during viral infection are known. However, the functional differences that exist between dominant and subdominant epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells remain poorly understood. In this study, we characterized the phenotypic and functional differences between dominant and subdominant simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells restricted by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I allele Mamu-A*01 during acute and chronic SIV infection. Whole genome expression analyses during acute infection revealed that dominant SIV epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells had a gene expression profile consistent with greater maturity and higher cytotoxic potential than subdominant epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells. Flow-cytometric measurements of protein expression and anti-viral functionality during chronic infection confirmed these phenotypic and functional differences. Expression analyses of exhaustion-associated genes indicated that LAG-3 and CTLA-4 were more highly expressed in the dominant epitope-specific cells during acute SIV infection. Interestingly, only LAG-3 expression remained high during chronic infection in dominant epitope-specific cells. We also explored the binding interaction between peptide:MHC (pMHC) complexes and their cognate TCRs to determine their role in the establishment of immunodominance hierarchies. We found that epitope dominance was associated with higher TCR:pMHC affinity. These studies demonstrate that significant functional differences exist between dominant and subdominant epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells within MHC-restricted immunodominance hierarchies and suggest that TCR:pMHC affinity may play an important role in determining the frequency and functionality of these cell populations. These findings advance our understanding of the regulation of T cell immunodominance and will aid HIV vaccine design. Public Library of Science 2014-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3990730/ /pubmed/24743648 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004069 Text en © 2014 Osuna et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Osuna, Christa E. Gonzalez, Ana Maria Chang, Hsun-Hsien Hung, Amy Shi Ehlinger, Elizabeth Anasti, Kara Alam, S. Munir Letvin, Norman L. TCR Affinity Associated with Functional Differences between Dominant and Subdominant SIV Epitope-Specific CD8(+) T Cells in Mamu-A*01 (+) Rhesus Monkeys |
title | TCR Affinity Associated with Functional Differences between Dominant and Subdominant SIV Epitope-Specific CD8(+) T Cells in Mamu-A*01
(+) Rhesus Monkeys |
title_full | TCR Affinity Associated with Functional Differences between Dominant and Subdominant SIV Epitope-Specific CD8(+) T Cells in Mamu-A*01
(+) Rhesus Monkeys |
title_fullStr | TCR Affinity Associated with Functional Differences between Dominant and Subdominant SIV Epitope-Specific CD8(+) T Cells in Mamu-A*01
(+) Rhesus Monkeys |
title_full_unstemmed | TCR Affinity Associated with Functional Differences between Dominant and Subdominant SIV Epitope-Specific CD8(+) T Cells in Mamu-A*01
(+) Rhesus Monkeys |
title_short | TCR Affinity Associated with Functional Differences between Dominant and Subdominant SIV Epitope-Specific CD8(+) T Cells in Mamu-A*01
(+) Rhesus Monkeys |
title_sort | tcr affinity associated with functional differences between dominant and subdominant siv epitope-specific cd8(+) t cells in mamu-a*01
(+) rhesus monkeys |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990730/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24743648 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004069 |
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