Effective elicitation of human effector CD8+ T Cells in HLA-B*51:01 transgenic humanized mice after infection with HIV-1.
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However, it is well known that human CD8(+) T cells cannot differentiate into effector cells in immunodeficient mice transplanted with only human CD34(+) hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), because human T cells are not educated by HLA in the mouse thymus.There were no differences in the frequency of late effector memory and effector subsets (CD27(low)CD28(-)CD45RA(+/-)CCR7(-) and CD27(-)CD28(-)CD45RA(+/-)CCR7(-), respectively) among human CD8(+) T cells and in that of human CD8(+) T cells expressing CX3CR1 and/or CXCR1 between hNOK/B51Tg and hNOK mice.These results suggest that hNOK/B51Tg mice had CD8(+) T cells that were capable of differentiating into effector T cells after viral antigen stimulation and had a greater ability to elicit effector CD8(+) T cells than hNOK ones.
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Affiliation: Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Humanized mice are expected to be useful as small animal models for in vivo studies on the pathogenesis of infectious diseases. However, it is well known that human CD8(+) T cells cannot differentiate into effector cells in immunodeficient mice transplanted with only human CD34(+) hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), because human T cells are not educated by HLA in the mouse thymus. We here established HLA-B*51:01 transgenic humanized mice by transplanting human CD34(+) HSCs into HLA-B*51:01 transgenic NOD/SCID/Jak3(-/-) mice (hNOK/B51Tg mice) and investigated whether human effector CD8(+) T cells would be elicited in the mice or in those infected with HIV-1 NL4-3. There were no differences in the frequency of late effector memory and effector subsets (CD27(low)CD28(-)CD45RA(+/-)CCR7(-) and CD27(-)CD28(-)CD45RA(+/-)CCR7(-), respectively) among human CD8(+) T cells and in that of human CD8(+) T cells expressing CX3CR1 and/or CXCR1 between hNOK/B51Tg and hNOK mice. In contrast, the frequency of late effector memory and effector CD8(+) T cell subsets and of those expressing CX3CR1 and/or CXCR1 was significantly higher in HIV-1-infected hNOK/B51Tg mice than in uninfected ones, whereas there was no difference in that of these subsets between HIV-1-infected and uninfected hNOK mice. These results suggest that hNOK/B51Tg mice had CD8(+) T cells that were capable of differentiating into effector T cells after viral antigen stimulation and had a greater ability to elicit effector CD8(+) T cells than hNOK ones. Related in: MedlinePlus |
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pone-0042776-g003: Phenotypic analysis of human CD8+ T cells in HIV-1-infected hNOK/B51Tg and hNOK mice as well as in uninfected ones.hNOK/B51Tg and hNOK mice were infected or not with HIV-1 at 14 weeks after the transplantation of CD34+ HSCs. Then human CD8+ T cells among PBMCs from HIV-1-infected and uninfected hNOK/B51Tg mice as well as HIV-1-infected and uninfected hNOK mice were analyzed for their expression of the following cell-surface markers: CD8, CD27, CD28, CD45RA, and CCR7. (A) Representative results of 5-color flow cytometric analysis of the human CD8+ T cell population in PBMCs from HIV-1-infected hNOK/B51Tg and HIV-1-infected hNOK mice at 6 weeks post-infection. (B) Same analysis as in “A” for uninfected hNOK/B51Tg and uninfected hNOK mice at 20 weeks after the transplantation of CD34+ HSCs. (C) Summarized results on the frequency of naive (CD27highCD28+CD45RA+CCR7+), central memory (CM: CD27+CD28+CD45RA−CCR7+), early effector memory (EEM: CD27+CD28+CD45RA−CCR7−), and late effector memory (LEM: CD27lowCD28−CD45RA+/−CCR7−) plus effector (CD27−CD28−CD45RA+/−CCR7−) subsets of human CD8+ T cells among PBMCs from HIV-1-infected hNOK/B51Tg mice at 0, 2, 4, and 6 weeks post-infection (n = 11, black circles) and from uninfected ones at 14, 16, 18, and 20 weeks after the transplantation of CD34+ HSCs (n = 8, white circles) as well as those from HIV-1-infected hNOK mice (n = 8, black triangles) and from uninfected ones (n = 8, white triangles). Each symbol represents an individual mouse; and the mean value is shown as a horizontal solid line. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (*p<0.05, HIV-1-infected mice vs. uninfected ones). Mentions: Human peripheral CD8+ T cells are also classified into 5 major populations by the same 4 cell-surface markers, i.e., CD27highCD28+CD45RA+CCR7+ (naive subset), CD27+CD28+CD45RA−CCR7+ (central memory subset: CM), CD27+CD28+CD45RA−CCR7− (early effector memory subset: EEM), CD27lowCD28−CD45RA+/−CCR7− (late effector memory subset: LEM), and CD27−CD28−CD45RA+/−CCR7− (effector subset) [32], [33]. We previously showed that human CD8+ T cells can not differentiate into effector cells in hNOK mice stimulated with allo-antigen, because human CD8+ T cells are not educated by HLA in the mouse thymus [16]. To investigate the differentiation of human CD8+ T cells in hNOK/B51Tg and hNOK mice, we analyzed the phenotype of these cells among PBMCs from these mice. Representative data from uninfected hNOK/B51Tg and hNOK mice are shown in Figure 3B; and summaries of the results from 8 hNOK/B51Tg and 8 hNOK uninfected mice, in Figure 3C. Without stimulation there were no differences in the frequency of CD27lowCD28−CD45RA+/−CCR7− late effector memory and CD27−CD28−CD45RA+/−CCR7− effector subsets among human CD8+ T cells between hNOK/B51Tg and hNOK mice. To clarify whether the differentiation of human CD8+ T cells was induced in hNOK/B51Tg and hNOK mice after an HIV-1 infection, we further analyzed the phenotype of human CD8+ T cells in PBMCs from the mice every 2 weeks post-infection. Representative results from HIV-1-infected hNOK/B51Tg and HIV-1-infected hNOK mice at 6 weeks post-infection are shown in Figure 3A; and summaries of the results from 11 HIV-1-infected hNOK/B51Tg and 8 HIV-1-infected hNOK mice, in Figure 3C. The frequency of LEM and effector subsets among human CD8+ T cells from HIV-1-infected hNOK/B51Tg mice at 4 and 6 weeks post-infection was significantly higher than that for the uninfected ones. On the other hand, a very low frequency of these subsets was detected in PBMCs from HIV-1-infected hNOK mice. These results suggest that human CD8+ T cells effectively differentiated into effector cells in the HIV-1-infected hNOK/B51Tg mice but not in the HIV-1-infected hNOK mice. |
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Affiliation: Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan.