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Intrinsic defects in CD8 T cells with aging contribute to impaired primary antiviral responses.

Abstract：

:Aging is associated with altered immune responses, particularly with a diminished CD8 T cell response. Although both intrinsic and extrinsic factors are hypothesized to impact this decreased T cell response, the direct evidence of an intrinsic deficiency in virus-specific CD8 T cells is limited. In this study, a TCR transgenic (Tg) P14 mouse model was utilized to compare the activation and proliferation of the Tg CD8 T cells of young and aged P14 mice upon stimulation with antigen or infection with virus. The proliferation of purified Tg CD8 T cells of aged mice was significantly lower than that of young mice when cultured in vitro with both the LCMV specific peptide and antigen presenting cells from young wild type mice. In addition, expression of the activation markers, CD69, CD25, and CD44, was delayed on Tg T cells of aged mice after stimulation. Importantly, while adoptive transfer of purified Tg CD8 T cells of young or aged mice into young wild type mice resulted in expansion of the Tg CD8 T cells of both ages after LCMV infection, the expansion of the Tg T cells from aged mice was significantly decreased compared with that of the Tg T cells from young mice. However, while the number of IFN-γ secreting Tg CD8 T cells from aged mice was significantly decreased compared to that of young mice, the percentages of Tg CD8 T cells producing IFN-γ were similar in young and aged mice, demonstrating that proliferation, but not function, of the Tg CD8 T cells of aged mice was impaired. Importantly, chronological age alone was not sufficient to predict an altered proliferative response; rather, expression of high levels of CD44 on CD8 T cells of aged mice reflected a decreased proliferative response. These results reveal that alterations intrinsic to CD8 T cells can contribute to the age-associated defects in the primary CD8 T cell response during viral infection.

journal_name

Exp Gerontol

journal_title

Experimental gerontology

authors

Jiang J,Fisher EM,Murasko DM

doi

10.1016/j.exger.2013.02.027

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-06-01 00:00:00

pages

579-86

issue

eissn

0531-5565

issn

1873-6815

pii

S0531-5565(13)00067-3

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Intrinsic defects in CD8 T cells with aging contribute to impaired primary antiviral responses.