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The Journal of Immunology, 2007, 179, 3973 -3981
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Induction of CD8 T Cells against a Novel Epitope in TB10.4: Correlation with Mycobacterial Virulence and the Presence of a Functional Region of Difference-11

Rolf Billeskov, Carina Vingsbo-Lundberg, Peter Andersen and Jes Dietrich2

Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Although infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) induces a robust CD8 T cell response, the role of CD8 T cells in the defense against M.tb, and the mechanisms behind the induction of CD8 T cells, is still not clear. TB10.4 is a recently described Ag that is expressed by both bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and M.tb. In the present study, we describe a novel CD8 T cell epitope in TB10.4, TB10.43-11. We show that TB10.43-11-specific CD8 T cells are induced at the onset of infection and are present throughout the infection in high numbers. TB10.43-11 CD8 T cells were recruited to the site of infection and expressed CD44, TNF-{alpha}, and IFN-{gamma}. In addition, TB10.43-11 CD8 T cells showed an up-regulation of FasL and LAMP-1/2 (CD107A/B), which correlated with a strong in vivo cytolytic activity. The induction of TB10.43-11-specific CD8 T cells was less pronounced following infection with BCG compared to infection with M.tb. By using a rBCG expressing the genetic region of difference-1 (RD1), we show that the presence of a functional RD1 region increases the induction of TB10.43-11-specific CD8 T cells as well as the bacterial virulence. Finally, as an M.tb variant lacking the genetic region RD1 also induced a significant amount of TB10.43-11-specific CD8 T cells, and exhibited increased virulence compared with BCG, our data suggest that virulence in itself is also involved in generating a robust CD8 T cell response against mycobacterial epitopes, such as TB10.43-11.

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1 This work was partially supported by Danish Research Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Jes Dietrich, Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark. E-mail address: JDI{at}ssi.dk

3 Abbreviations used in this paper: M.tb, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; TB, tuberculosis; BCG, bacillus Calmette-Guérin; MHC-I, MHC class I; MHC-II, MHC class II; RD1, region of difference-1.




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