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OX40 Costimulation Promotes Persistence of Cytomegalovirus-Specific CD8 T Cells: A CD4-Dependent Mechanism¹

Ian R. Humphreys^*, Andrea Loewendorf^*, Carl de Trez^*, Kirsten Schneider^*, Chris A. Benedict^*, Michael W. Munks, Carl F. Ware^2,* and Michael Croft^2,*

^* Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037; and Integrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206

The mechanisms that regulate CMV-specific T cell responses in vivo are poorly understood. During murine CMV infection of B6 mice, primary responses in the spleen are dominated by CD8 T cells reactive with antigenic epitopes in M45, M57, and m139 murine CMV gene products. However, during the later persistent phase of infection, CD8 T cell responses to epitopes in m139 and M38 viral gene products predominate. The basis for this shift in CD8 T populations is unknown. In this study, we demonstrate that OX40, a TNFR superfamily member, specifically regulates the accumulation of CD8 T cells reactive with the persistent-phase epitopes. Defective CD8 T cell responses in OX40^–/– mice were replicated in MHC class II^–/– mice implying that CD4 T cells in part controlled the differentiation of the CD8 T cell clones responsive to these epitopes during persistent infection. Furthermore, treatment of infected mice with an agonist OX40 Ab induced expansion of protective primary virus-specific CD8 T cells independent of CD4 T cell help, but CD4 T cells were crucial for anti-OX40 to promote CD8 T cells reactive to the persistent dominant epitopes. Collectively, these results indicate manipulation of OX40 may be useful in improving cellular immunotherapy regimes for treatment of persistent virus infections.

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¹ This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants CA91837 and AI67341 (to M.C.), AI048073, AI057840, AI057840, and R37AI33068 (to C.F.W.). A.L. is supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Fellowship LO1421/1-1.

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Michael Croft, Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA 92037; E-mail address: mick{at}liai.org or Dr. Carl F. Ware, Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA 92037; E-mail address: cware{at}liai.org

³ Abbreviations used in this paper: HCMV, human CMV; MCMV, murine CMV; OX40L, OX40 ligand; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; VSV, vesicular stomatitis virus.

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