Role for NKG2-A and NKG2-C surface receptors in chronic CD4+ T-cell responses - PubMed (original) (raw)
Role for NKG2-A and NKG2-C surface receptors in chronic CD4+ T-cell responses
Consuelo Ortega et al. Immunol Cell Biol. 2004 Dec.
Abstract
The participation of CD94 and NKG2 gene family members in the function of NK cells and CD8+ cytolytic cells has recently been addressed in detail. However, the role that these molecules play in the key CD4+ regulatory cells remains largely unexplored. This study has examined the expression and regulation of CD94 and NKG2 genes in purified human peripheral CD4+ cells stimulated with several agents. We found a constitutive expression of NKG2-E in CD94-depleted resting peripheral CD4+ cells, whereas inductions of NKG2-A and NKG2-C required chronic cell activation and occurred after expression of CD94. We found that CD3-mediated stimulation induces the expression of CD94 first by day 5 of culture, followed by NKG2-A by day 15 and finally NKG2-C, which is not detected until 20 days after repeated stimulation. This pattern of gene expression differs sharply from that observed in purified CD8+ T cells, where mRNA from all NKG2 gene family members are detected after 5 days of stimulation. Selective activation of TCR V beta 2-bearing cells with toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 superantigen reveals that mRNA induction of NKG2-A and NKG2-C genes is significantly influenced by the presence of cytokines (IL-10 and TGF-beta) and by the restimulation of the cells. In addition, the occupancy of the CD94/NKG2-A receptor expressed on these superantigen-stimulated CD4+ T lymphocytes abrogates TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma production, whereas NKG2-C enhances production of these cytokines. Taken together our results reveal strict gene regulatory mechanisms for CD94 and NKG2 gene expression on CD4+ cells that are different from those governing the expression of these same genes in CD8+ cells. The results suggest that these genes also participate in chronic CD4+ T-cell responses.
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