The Journal of Immunology, Vol 158, Issue 11 5200-5210, Copyright © 1997 by American Association of Immunologists

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A selective inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase I impairs generation of CD8+ T cell cytotoxic effector function

DL Thiele, MJ McGuire and PE Lipsky
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235, USA.

CTL express high levels of dipeptidyl peptidase I (DPPI), a granule thiol protease able to convert the zymogen precursors of granzymes A and B into active proteases. In the present studies, the effects of specific inhibition of DPPI on generation of CTL effector functions were examined. When T cell DPPI activity was inhibited by >95% throughout 5-day MLC, a significant reduction in the generation of CD8+ T cell BLT esterase activity (<30% of control) and cytolytic activity (<10% of control) was observed. DPPI inhibition during the second to fourth days of 5-day MLC also was associated with reduced proliferation of CD8+ T cells, but had no effect on CD4+ T cell proliferation or IL-2 production by either population. CTL generated in the continuous presence of DPPI inhibition also exhibited impaired lysis of anuclear erythrocyte targets and diminished killing of nucleated targets by perforin-independent pathways. In contrast, inhibition of DPPI during only the last 24 h of 5-day MLC was associated only with reduced generation of BLT esterase activity and reduced lysis of nucleated targets by perforin-dependent pathways. Repeated or delayed inhibition of DPPI in MLC containing granzyme B-deficient responder cells also impaired generation of cytotoxic activity. These results indicate that DPPI or other DPPI-like protease activities not only are required for the activation of granzymes, but also play a role in the expansion and differentiation of full CD8+ T cell cytolytic activity.

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