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Cognate CD4⁺ Help Elicited by Resting Dendritic Cells Does Not Impair the Induction of Peripheral Tolerance in CD8⁺ T Cells¹

Raymond J. Steptoe^2,*,, Janine M. Ritchie^*, Nicholas S. Wilson, Jose A. Villadangos, Andrew M. Lew^* and Leonard C. Harrison^*

^* Autoimmunity and Transplantation Division and Immunology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; and Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia

Peripheral tolerance is required to prevent autoimmune tissue destruction by self-reactive T cells that escape negative selection in the thymus. One mechanism of peripheral tolerance in CD8⁺ T cells is their activation by resting dendritic cells (DC). In contrast, DC can be "licensed" by CD4⁺ T cells to induce cytotoxic function in CD8⁺ T cells. The question that then arises, whether CD4⁺ T cell help could impair peripheral tolerance induction in self-reactive CD8⁺ T cells, has not been addressed. In this study we show that CD4⁺ T cell activation by resting DC results in helper function that transiently promotes the expansion and differentiation of cognate CD8⁺ T cells. However, both the CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cell populations ultimately undergo partial deletion and acquire Ag unresponsiveness, disabling their ability to destroy OVA-expressing pancreatic cells and cause diabetes. Thus, effective peripheral tolerance can be induced by resting DC in the presence of CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells with specificity for the same Ag.

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¹ These studies were supported by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the National Health and Medical Research Foundation of Australia, and the Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research Fellowship.

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Raymond J. Steptoe, Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Level 4, R Wing, Building 1, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia. E-mail address: rsteptoe{at}cicr.uq.edu.au

³ Abbreviations used in this paper: DC, dendritic cell; int, intermediate; LN, lymph node; MFI, mean fluorescence intensity; RIP, rat insulin promoter; Treg, regulatory T cell.

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