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Division of Viral Immunology, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Multicolor flow cytometric analysis for the expression of three effector molecules, i.e., perforin (Per), granzyme A (GraA), and granzyme B (GraB), in human CD8+ T cells demonstrated that they included five subpopulations, implying the following pathway for the differentiation of CD8+ T cells: PerGraAGraB
PerGraA+GraB
PerlowGraA+GraB
PerlowGraA+GraB+
PerhighGraA+GraB+. The analysis of the expression of these molecules in the subsets classified by the combination of the expression of CCR7 and CD45RA or by that of CD27, CD28, and CD45RA showed that functional CD8+ T cell subsets could be partially identified by these phenotypic classifications. However, the functional subsets could be precisely identified by the classification using five cell surface markers or three cell surface markers and three cytolytic molecules. PerGraAGraB and Per/lowGraA+GraB cells were predominantly found in CCR5CCR7+ and CCR5high/lowCCR7 subsets, respectively, of CD8+ T cells expressing the CD27+CD28+CD45RA phenotype, whereas PerlowGraA+GraB+ cells were found in the CCR5lowCCR7 subset of those expressing this phenotype and in a part of the CCR5/lowCCR7 subset of those expressing the CD27/lowCD28CD45RA/+ phenotype. Ex vivo EBV-specific CD8+ T cells, which were Perlow/GraA+GraB/+ cells, hardly or very weakly killed the target cells, indicating that these were not effector T cells. These findings suggest that the PerGraAGraB, Per/lowGraA+GraB, and PerlowGraA+GraB+ cells were central memory, early effector memory, and late effector memory T cells, respectively. Per/lowGraA+GraB cells gained GraB expression after TCR stimulation, indicating that early effector memory T cells could differentiate into late effector and effector T cells. The present study showed the existence of three memory subsets and the pathway for their differentiation.
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1 This research was supported by a Grant-in-Aid (17047033) for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, the government of Japan. H.T. is a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow.
2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Masafumi Takiguchi, Division of Viral Immunology, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan. E-mail address: masafumi{at}kaiju.medic.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
3 Abbreviations used in this paper: Per, perforin; GraA, granzyme A; GraB, granzyme B; HCMV, human CMV; NCS, newborn calf serum.
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