CD28 expression is required after T cell priming for helper T cell responses and protective immunity to infection
- Babraham Institute, United Kingdom
- University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, United Kingdom
- UMR-S996, LabEx LERMIT, France
- University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, United Kingdom
Abstract
The costimulatory molecule CD28 is essential for activation of helper T cells. Despite this critical role, it is not known whether CD28 has functions in maintaining T cell responses following activation. To determine the role for CD28 after T cell priming we generated a strain of mice where CD28 is removed from CD4+ T cells after priming. We show that continued CD28 expression is important for effector CD4+ T cells following infection; maintained CD28 is required for the expansion of T helper type 1 cells, and for the differentiation and maintenance of T follicular helper cells during viral infection. Persistent CD28 is also required for clearance of the bacterium Citrobacter rodentium from the gastrointestinal tract. Together, this study demonstrates that CD28 persistence is required for helper T cell polarization in response to infection, describing a novel function for CD28 that is distinct from its role in T cell priming.
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Animal experimentation: All experiments were performed according to the regulations of the UK Home Office Scientific Procedures Act (1986) under the UK Home Office license PPL 80/2438, or PPL 80/2596.
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© 2014, Linterman et al.
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CD28 expression is required after T cell priming for helper T cell responses and protective immunity to infection
eLife 3:e03180.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03180
