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Restriction of De Novo Nucleotide Biosynthesis Interferes with Clonal Expansion and Differentiation into Effector and Memory CD8 T Cells^1,2

Laboratoire d’Immunobiologie Fondamentale et Clinique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 128, Lyon, France

Nucleotide synthesis inhibitors are currently used in neoplastic diseases or as immunosuppressive agents for the prevention of acute rejection in organ transplantation and the treatment of autoimmune disorders. We have previously described that these inhibitors interfere with proliferation and survival of primary T cells in vitro. However, the precise effects of nucleotide restriction on effector and memory functions have not been elucidated. In this study, we investigated the impact of nucleotide synthesis inhibition on CD8 T cell differentiation by using TCR transgenic mice (F5) specific for the influenza virus nucleoprotein 68 peptide presented on the H-2D^b molecule. Our results show that methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil prevent the acquisition of effector functions, such as IFN-, granzyme B expression, and cytotoxic function following antigenic stimulation of naive cells. Surprisingly, in the presence of mycophenolate mofetil, activated F5 cells are still able to produce granzyme B and to kill target cells but to a lesser extent compared with control. All three inhibitors interfere with the differentiation of naive cells into memory CD8 T cells. In contrast, the drugs are unable to inhibit the development of improved cytotoxic functions displayed by memory CD8 T cells.

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