CD25+CD4+ T cells contribute to the control of memory CD8+ T cells |
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| Authors: | Murakami Masaaki Sakamoto Akemi Bender Jeremy Kappler John Marrack Philippa |
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| Affiliation: | Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Integrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Medical and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Previously we demonstrated that IL-15 and IL-2 control the number of memory CD8+ T cells in mice. IL-15 induces, and IL-2 suppresses the division of these cells. Here we show that CD25+CD4+ regulatory T cells play an important role in the IL-2-mediated control of memory phenotype CD8+ T cell number. In animals, the numbers of CD25+CD4+ T cells were inversely correlated with the numbers of memory phenotype CD8+ T cells with age. Treatment with anti-IL-2 caused CD25+CD4+ T cells to disappear and, concurrently, increased the numbers of memory phenotype CD8+ T cells. This increase in the numbers of CD8+ memory phenotype T cells was not manifest in animals lacking CD4+ cells. Importantly, adoptive transfer of CD25+CD4+ T cells significantly reduced division of memory phenotype CD8+ T cells. Thus, we conclude that CD25+CD4+ T cells are involved in the IL-2-mediated inhibition of memory CD8+ T cell division and that IL-2 controls memory phenotype CD8+ T cell numbers at least in part through maintenance of the CD25+CD4+ T cell population. |
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