The Journal of Immunology, Vol 153, Issue 10 4588-4595, Copyright © 1994 by American Association of Immunologists

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CD8+ T lymphocyte-mediated lysis of Chlamydia-infected L cells using an endogenous antigen pathway

PR Beatty and RS Stephens
Program in Infectious Diseases, University of California at Berkeley 94720.

Intracellular bacterial pathogens have evolved to either grow in the nutrient-rich cytoplasm or remain sequestered within a vacuole. One potentially important selective advantage for growth within a vacuole may be evasion of cell-mediated detection and cytolysis. To address this question we used the endosomally confined bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, which naturally infects epithelial cells, to examine CTL- mediated lysis of nonphagocytic cells. CTL-mediated lysis of infected target cells was detected, although the increased expression of ICAM-1 by transfection was required. The elimination of CD8+ T cells or addition of brefeldin A or cycloheximide eliminated specific cytolysis, whereas conversely, treatment with chloroquine or ammonium chloride had only minor effects. These results implicate endogenous Ag processing for Chlamydia-specific cytolysis. This work demonstrates CTL-mediated lysis of cells infected with an intracellular bacterium that inhibits lysosomal fusion and is confined to an endosomal vacuole.

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