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The Journal of Immunology, 1999, 163: 1298-1305.
Copyright © 1999 by The American Association of Immunologists

Critical Role of Costimulation in the Activation of Naive Antigen-Specific TCR Transgenic CD8+ T Cells In Vitro1

Jian-Guo Chai2,*, Silvia Vendetti2,*, Istvan Bartok{dagger}, Diana Schoendorf{dagger}, Katalin Takacs{dagger}, James Elliott{dagger}, Robert Lechler* and Julian Dyson3,{dagger}

* Department of Immunology, Division of Medicine, and {dagger} Transplantation Biology Group, Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom


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The influence of costimulation on the activation of naive CD8+ T cells and thymocytes was studied in vitro using H-Y-specific TCR-transgenic mice and H-Y antigenic peptide. Using a variety of physiological APC types, the activation of naive CD8+ T cells depended strictly on costimulation, which could not be substituted by high epitope density. T cell activation is known to be regulated by the interactions between CD86/CD80 and CD28/CD152, although it remains unclear whether the B7 isoforms have distinct roles. Addition of soluble anti-CD86 Ab led to profound inhibition of T cell reactivity, further confirming the importance of costimulation in naive CD8+ T cell activation. Finally, TCR engagement in the absence of costimulation had no effect on the subsequent reactivity of peripheral naive transgenic CD8+ T cells, but induced nonresponsiveness in mature CD8+ transgenic thymocytes. Collectively, these results demonstrate the importance of costimulation for naive CD8+ T cell activation, suggest that CD80 and CD86 can mediate opposing effects, possibly due to differential interaction with CD152 and CD28, and indicate differences in the sensitivity of immature vs mature CD8+ T cells to the induction of nonresponsiveness following costimulation-deficient Ag presentation.


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The activation of naive T cells has been proposed to require both signal 1 (TCR signal) and signal 2 (costimulatory signal) (1). Provision of signal 1 in the absence of costimulation can lead to T cell unresponsiveness, especially in Th1-type CD4+ T cell clones (2). The most important and well-described costimulatory pathway is mediated by the interactions of CD28 with its ligands CD86 (B7-2) and CD80 (B7-1) (3, 4, 5). CD152 (CTLA4) also interacts with the B7 ligands, but transduces an inhibitory signal (6). However, the cellular integration of these signals in different T cell activation states and with different forms of TCR stimulation is not fully understood.

First, it remains unclear whether the requirement for CD28-mediated costimulation can be partly or completely bypassed by the display of high Ag density by physiological APCs. Many studies have involved nonphysiological stimuli where TCR with an unusually high affinity (7), anti-CD3 mAbs (8), or MHC-peptide complexes (9) were used to provide signal 1, or tumor cell lines (7) have been used as APCs. For example, purified T cells from CD28-deficient mice were able to respond to immobilized anti-CD3 mAb if 10-fold more mAb was provided (8), and high doses of peptide presented by CD80/CD86-negative RMA-S.Ld transfectants, or immobilized MHC class I-peptide complexes, induced proliferation by purified 2C TCR-transgenic (Tg)4 CD8+ T cells (7, 9). While in vitro studies have demonstrated an important role for B7 costimulation (10), in vivo studies have indicated that antiviral responses can be within the normal range. For example, anti-lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus CTL responses are effective in CD28 and IL-2 knockout mice (11, 12), indicating that CD8+ T cells may not be completely costimulation-dependent.

Second, although CD80 and CD86 both bind to CD28 and CD152, it is not clear whether these molecules mediate distinct functions (13, 14). Some reports have suggested that CD86 is the primary costimulatory molecule for initiating a T cell response and providing cognate help for B cells, while CD80 plays a more important role in antitumor responses (15). Furthermore, in vivo blocking studies using mAb specific for CD80 or CD86 have been interpreted as indicating that these two molecules have distinct roles in amplifying or regulating autoimmune responses in disease models, such as experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (16) and diabetes (17).

Third, the existence of two receptors (CD28 and CD152) for B7 molecules adds further complexity to the issue of costimulation. It is clear from in vitro (18, 19) and in vivo studies using anti-CTLA4 mAb that CD152 delivers a negative signal in the context of T cell activation. For example, in vivo, blockade of CTLA4 led to the exacerbation experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (20), the enhancement of an antitumor response (21), and the augmentation of a T cell response in an adoptive transfer model (22). The data from CTLA4 knockout mice provide further strong evidence that CTLA4 has an inhibitory function (23, 24). Two recent reports also suggested that CTLA4 engagement may be required for the induction of peripheral T cell tolerance (25, 26).

In this study, using thymic or peripheral T cells as costimulation-deficient APCs, we investigated the costimulation requirements of naive TCR-Tg CD8+ T cells. The independent effects of CD80 and CD86, and the consequences of costimulation-deficient Ag presentation on the subsequent reactivity of mature and immature CD8+ T cells, were also examined.


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Mice

C6 TCRhigh Tg mice, specific for the H-Y Ag-derived peptide TENSGKDI presented by H2-Kk, were generated using a CD2 cassette (27) encoding the {alpha}8 and {beta}11 TCR chains from the H-Y-specific CD8+ T cell clone C6 (28). The C6 TCRlow strain was on a CBA/Ca; C58 (H-2k) background and has been described previously (29), while the C6 TCRhigh strain was on a CBA/Ca; C57BL/6 (H-2k) background. CBA/Ca mice were purchased from Olac Harlen (Bicester, U.K.) and used at 6–8 wk of age.

Peptide, Abs, Fab fragments, and fusion proteins

The Smcy gene product-derived H-Y peptide (TENSGKDI) (30) was used as cognate Ag for the C6 TCR. The mAbs (in the form of hybridoma culture supernatant) used for T cell purification were: anti-H2-Ak (10.2.16, TIB-93; American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), Manassas, VA), anti-H2-Ek (14-4-4S, HB-32; ATCC), anti-H2-Ek (Y-17, HB-179; ATCC), anti-H2-Ek (17-3-3S, HB-6; ATCC), anti-H2-Ek,d/Ab,d (M5/114, HIB-120; ATCC), anti-CD4 (GK1.5, TIB-207; ATCC and YTS 191), anti-CD8 (53.6.7 and YTS 169), and anti-CD44/Ly-24/Pgp-1 (I42.5) (the references of YTS191, 53.6.7, YTS169, and I42.5 have been described previously (31)). The purified mAbs and fusion proteins used in T cell proliferation assays included: anti-CD3 (145-2C11, CRL-1975; ATCC), anti-CD80/B7-1 (16-10A1), anti-CD86/B7-2 (GL1), anti-CD28 (37.51), anti-CD152/CTLA4 (UC11-4F10-11), murine CTLA4-Ig (mCTLA4-Ig), and mCD28-Ig (the references of these mAbs and fusion proteins have been described previously (32)). Purified rat IgG, hamster IgG, and human IgG1 (PharMingen, San Diego, CA) were used as negative controls. All Abs and fusion proteins were purified from culture supernatant or normal serum using protein G-Sepharose (Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden). Fab fragments of anti-CD80, anti-CD86, anti-CD28, anti-CD152, rat-IgG, or hamster IgG were generated using the ImmunoPure Fab Preparation Kit (Pierce, Rockford, IL) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Preparation of APCs and peptide pulsing

Both CD4+ thymocytes and peripheral (both CD4+ and CD8+) T cells were used as nonprofessional APCs in the present study. To purify CD4+ thymocytes, total thymocytes from CBA/Ca mice were treated with a mixture of anti-H2-Ak/-Ek (10.2.16, 14.4.4S, Y17, M5/114, and 17.3.3S) and anti-CD8 mAbs (YTS169 and 53.6.7) and then with sheep anti-mouse/rat IgG Dynabeads (Dynal A.S, Oslo, Norway). To purify peripheral T cells, spleen and pooled lymph node (both subcutaneous and mesenteric) cells from the same donors were initally passed over nylon wool columns, according to a standard protocol. The nonadherent populations, i.e., enriched T cells, were treated with a mixture of anti-H2-Ak/-Ek (and anti-CD8 to purify a CD4+ T cell population) mAbs and then with sheep anti-mouse/rat IgG Dynabeads. To obtain naive T cells, the purified T cells were further treated with anti-CD44 mAb (I42.5) followed by sheep anti-rat IgG Dynabeads. The resulting T cell purity was routinely >95% by flow cytometric analysis. The nylon wool-adherent populations, including B cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells, were eluted by flushing the columns with cold medium, and used as professional APCs without further purification. Peptide pulsing was conducted by incubating CD4+ thymocytes, peripheral T cells, or adherent cells with different concentrations of peptide at a cell density of 5 x 106/ml overnight. Con A- or LPS-blasts were prepared by stimulating spleen cells from CBA/Ca females with 5 µg/ml Con A or 20 µg/ml of LPS (both from Sigma, St. Louis, MO) for 2 days. For these cells, peptide pulsing was limited to 4 h. In all cases, cells were washed three times after pulsing to remove free peptide. All APCs received g-irradiation (30 Gy) before they were added into plates.

Preparation of responders

Both CD8+ thymocytes and peripheral CD8+ T cells from TCR Tg mice were used as responders. Purification of these populations was as for the CD4+ cells above, except that anti-CD4 (GK1.5 and YTS191) was substituted for anti-CD8 mAb (53.6.7 and YTS169).

Activation of CD8+ T cells using immobilized anti-CD3 and anti-CD28

Round-bottom 96-well plates were coated with purified anti-CD3 (145-2C11; ATCC) (0.1 µg/ml) alone, or together with hamster IgG (10 µg/ml), anti-CD80 (10 µg/ml), anti-CD28 (10 µg/ml), anti-CTLA4 (10 µg/ml), anti-CD28 (10 µg/ml) plus anti-CTLA4 (10, 20, or 40 µg/ml) in 100-µl vol for 2 h at 37°C, then washed extensively and 100 µl of complete medium added. C6 TCRhigh-Tg CD8+ T cells were added at 5 x 104/well in 100 µl of complete medium, and all cultures were incubated at 37°C for 3 days.

T cell proliferation assays

RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% FCS (Globepharm, Esher, U.K.), 2 µM glutamine, 100 U/ml penicillin, 100 µg/ml streptomycin, and 50 mM 2-ME was used as complete culture medium in all T cell proliferation assays. T cells were routinely cultured in round-bottom 96-well plates (Costar, Cambridge, MA) in a volume of 0.2 ml for 3 days. A total of 1 µCi of [3H]thymidine (ICN, Costa Mesa, CA) was added into each well 2 days later, and T cells were harvested onto glass fiber filters by an LKB 96-well harvester (Wallac Oy, Turku, Finland) after an additional 24 h. [3H]thymidine uptake was measured by an LKB Betaplate counter (Wallac Oy). The results are expressed as mean cpm for triplicate cultures. SEs were routinely <10%.

Measurement of cytokines

Cell-free culture supernatants harvested from T cell cultures at the different time points were immediately frozen at -70°C. IL-2 and IFN-{gamma} content of the supernatants was measured using ELISA kits, according to the the manufacturer’s instructions (Endogen, Cambridge, MA). To calculate cytokine concentrations, Thermomak Microplate Reader and SoftMaxPro 1.2 Software (Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, CA) were used.

Flow cytometric analysis

FITC- or PE-conjugated anti-CD4, -CD8, -H2-Ak, -H2-Ab, -CD25, -CD24, -CD54, -CD80, -CD86, -CD44, -CD45RB, -CD69, -CD62L, -TCR V{beta}11 mAbs and their isotype-matched controls were purchased from PharMingen and were used for direct immunofluoresence staining. FITC-conjugated goat anti-human IgG (Fc specificity), supplied by Binding Site (Birmingham, U.K.), were used as second layer Abs for indirect immunofluoresence staining. Percent of TCR remaining was calculated by: [mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of V{beta}11 measured after activation]/[MFI of V{beta}11 measured before activation] x 100%. All flow cytometric analysis was conducted on a Becton Dickinson (Franklin Lakes, NJ) FACScaliber running CellQuest software.

Induction of unresponsiveness/anergy in vitro

Peripheral or thymic naive TCR Tg CD8+ T cells (1 x 106/well) were incubated with peptide-pulsed CD4+ thymocytes, peptide-pulsed naive CD4+ T cells, or peptide-pulsed splenic adherent cells (5 x 106/well) overnight in 24-well plates (Costar). The next day, APCs were removed using anti-CD4 or anti-class II mAbs followed by Dynabeads, and T cells were allowed to rest for 3 days. After resting, T cells (1–4 x 104/well) were restimulated with peptide-pulsed splenocytes (5 x 105/well) in round-bottom 96-well plates (Costar) for 3 days.


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Phenotypic analysis of responder cells and APCs used in T cell proliferation assays

A new line of TCR-Tg mice (C6 TCRhigh) expressing a high level of the H-2Kk-restricted TCR V{alpha}8V{beta}11 specific for an H-Y peptide has recently been developed. Double staining of thymocytes from female Tg mice from this line with anti-CD4-FITC and anti-CD8-PE revealed strong positive selection to single positive CD8 thymocytes (Fig. 1GoA). This phenotype is reflected in the periphery where CD8+ T cells predominate (~60% CD8+/~4% CD4+ in lymph nodes; and ~20% CD8+/~4% CD4+ in spleen) (Fig. 1GoB). Naive TCR-Tg CD8+ T cells purified from thymus or peripheral lymphoid tissues were TCR V{beta}11-positive (Fig. 1Go, C–F) and were used as responders. Unlike the thymic C6 TCRhigh phenotype, very few single positive CD8 thymocytes are produced in C6 TCRlow Tg females (data not shown), reflecting inefficient positive selection in this strain as previously reported (29). However, in C6 TCRlow mice, CD8+ T cells appear in the periphery and represent the major T cell subset. As shown in Fig. 1GoG, purified peripheral CD8+ T cells from C6 TCRlow mice express less surface V{beta}11 in comparison to the C6 TCRhigh strain. The CD8-CD4-TCR+ population, as described in 2C TCR-Tg mice (7), was not present in the peripheral lymphoid tissues of either C6 TCR-Tg strain.



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FIGURE 1. A–G, Phenotype of responder T cells. Thymocytes (A) or lymph node cells (B) from a C6 TCRhigh-Tg mouse were double stained with anti-CD4-FITC and anti-CD8-PE. Purified CD8+ thymocytes from C6 TCRhigh mice were double stained with anti-CD4-PE and anti-CD8-FITC (C), or with anti-CD8-PE and anti-V{beta}11-FITC (D). Purified peripheral CD8+ naive T cells from C6 TCRhigh mice were double stained with anti-CD8-PE and anti-H2-Ak-FITC (E), or with anti-CD8-PE and anti-V{beta}11-FITC (F). Purified peripheral CD8+ naive T cells from C6 TCRlow- (thin line) or TCRhigh-Tg (thick line) mice were stained with anti-V{beta}11-FITC (FL1) (G). H–N, Phenotypic analysis of purified peripheral nontransgenic naive T cells (T-APCs). Purified peripheral T cells from CBA/Ca females were double stained with anti-CD4-FITC and anti-CD8-PE (H), with anti-CD4-PE + anti-CD8-PE and anti-CD80-FITC (I), with anti-CD4-PE + anti-CD8-PE and anti-CD86-FITC (J), with anti-CD4-PE + anti-CD8-PE and anti-CD44-FITC (K), with anti-CD4-PE + anti-CD8-PE and CD45RB-FITC (L), with anti-CD4-PE + anti-CD8-PE and human IgG 1 followed by anti-human IgG (Fc specific)-FITC (M), with anti-CD4-PE + anti-CD8-PE and mCD28-Ig followed by anti-human IgG (Fc specific)-FITC (N), or with anti-CD4-PE + anti-CD8-PE and mCTLA4-Ig followed by anti-human IgG (Fc specific)-FITC (O).

 
Naive T cells purified from peripheral lymphoid tissue of CBA/Ca females were used as APCs in the present study. These T cells contained CD4+ and CD8+ populations and displayed a phenotype of CD44low and CD45RBhigh (Fig. 1Go, H, K, and L). Although some of the purified T cells expressed a low level of CD86, no surface expression of CD80, CD54 (ICAM-1), CD24 (HSA), CD69, or CD25 was detected (Fig. 1Go, I and J, and data not shown). Interestingly, CD80-CD86+ naive T cells showed significant binding to both mCD28-Ig and mCTLA4-Ig (Fig. 1Go, M–O), suggesting that CD86 expressed on T cells binds CD28 and is therefore functionally competent. The greater proportion of cells detected with recombinant ligand in comparison with anti-CD86 Ab may reflect the relative affinities of the two reagents. Purified responder C6 TCR-Tg CD8+ T cells expressed an identical phenotype and were additionally CD62Lhigh (data not shown), confirming their naive phenotype.

The minimal proliferation induced in naive CD8+ T cells by T-APC could be enhanced by soluble anti-CD28 mAb or exogenous IL-2

To determine the requirement for costimulation of naive CD8+ T cell activation, naive T cells were used as APC for naive TCR-Tg CD8+ T cells. Splenic adherent cells, LPS-and Con A-activated blasts, which express both B7 isoforms, were used as control APC populations. As expected, optimal proliferation by naive C6 TCR CD8+ T cells was induced by the three types of professional APC at low concentrations of peptide. The TCRlow T cells required ~10-fold higher concentrations of peptide to induce maximal proliferation. Conversely, proliferation induced by naive T cell APC at these concentrations of peptide was not above background (Fig. 2GoA). Measurable proliferation was induced when naive T cells presented high concentrations of peptide (1000 nM) to naive C6 TCRhigh CD8+ T cells (Fig. 2GoB). However, an ~3 log higher peptide concentration was required to induce the level of proliferation seen in response to the other APC populations. Similar conclusions can be drawn from the levels of IL-2 and IFN-{gamma} that were secreted in response to peptide Ag presented by naive T cell vs specialized APC (Fig. 2Go, C and D).



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FIGURE 2. Proliferation and cytokine production in C6 TCR-Tg CD8+ naive T cells and thymocytes. A and B, Purified peripheral naive CD8+ T cells (1 x 104/well) from C6 TCRlow (A) and C6 TCRhigh Tg mice were stimulated with four types of peptide-pulsed APCs (5 x 105/well) for 3 days. C and D, T-APCs and B/M/DC-APCs induced a differential cytokine production in C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells. Cell-free supernatant, harvested from the cultures where C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells have been stimulated with T-APCs or adherent cells-APCs for 2 days, were tested for IL-2 (C) and IFN-{gamma} (D) contents by ELISA. E, T-APCs and B/M/DC-APCs induced a comparable TCR down-regulation in C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells. C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells were incubated with T-APCs (CD4+) or B/M/DC-APCs (H2-Ak+Ek+) overnight. APCs were removed by anti-CD4 or anti-H2-AkEk together with Dynabeads. Isolated responder T cells were then double stained with anti-CD8-PE and anti-V{beta}11-FITC. Percent TCR remaining is calculated by: [(MFI of V{beta}11 measured after culture)/(MFI of V{beta}11 measured before culture)] x 100%. F, IL-2 or anti-CD28 mAb greatly enhance T-APC-induced low proliferation in C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells. C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells (1 x 104/well) were stimulated with T-APC (5 x 105/well) in the absence or presence of exogenous IL-2 (1 U/ml) or soluble anti-CD28 mAbs (10 µg/ml) for 3 days. G, Purified CD8+ thymocytes (4 x 104/well) from C6 TCRhigh Tg mice were stimulated with four types of peptide-pulsed APCs (5 x 105/well) for 3 days. H, Anti-CD28 mAb greatly enhances T-APC-induced proliferation in C6 TCRhigh CD8+ thymocytes. C6 TCRhigh CD8+ thymocytes (5 x 104/well) were stimulated with peptide (10000 nM)-pulsed CD4+ T-APC (5 x 105/well) in the absence or presence of soluble hamster IgG or anti-CD28 mAbs (10 µg/ml) for 3 days.

 
A trivial explanation for these results could be that the MHC class I molecules on T cells bind peptide inefficiently, leading to a poor delivery of "signal 1." To address this issue, TCR modulation on responder C6 TCRhigh T cells was assessed after overnight incubation with peptide-pulsed T cells or peptide-pulsed adherent cells (B cells, macrophages and dendritic cells-enriched adherent cells (B/M/DC)). Comparable degrees of TCR down-regulation were observed in response to the two types of APC (Fig. 2GoE), suggesting that the inability of T-APC to induce naive T cell proliferation was not due to insufficient TCR engagement.

To investigate whether a lack of costimulation provided by the T cell APC was responsible for these results, naive C6 TCRhigh CD8+ T cells were stimulated with peptide-pulsed T-APCs in the absence or presence of either soluble anti-CD28 mAb or exogenous IL-2. Both anti-CD28 and IL-2 greatly amplified proliferation, IL-2, and IFN-{gamma} production by naive T cells (Fig. 2GoF, and data not shown). These findings provide further evidence of adequate peptide display by the T-APC, and suggest that inadquate B7-mediated costimulation accounts for the incompetence of the T cells as APC.

It was of interest to compare the behavior of mature CD8+ thymocytes with peripheral T cells, as the thymocytes represent a more Ag naive population and may be more fully costimulation-dependent. When C6 TCRhigh-Tg CD8+ mature thymocytes were used as responder cells, no proliferation was induced by T-APC, even at very high peptide concentrations (Fig. 2GoG), unless anti-CD28 or IL-2 were added to the cultures (Fig. 2GoH, and data not shown). Although the other three types of peptide-pulsed APCs can induce proliferation in CD8+ thymocytes, at least 4-fold more responder cells and 10-fold higher peptide concentrations were required to reach a level of proliferation equivalent to that of peripheral T cells. These data suggest that the activation of CD8+ thymocytes is more costimulation-dependent, and that the maturation stage of a T cell also influences the requirement for costimulation.

mCTLA4-Ig, mCD28-Ig, or anti-CD28-Fab dramatically inhibit proliferation and cytokine production in TCRhigh-Tg CD8+ T cells

To further clarify the importance of CD28-mediated costimulation during CD8+ T cell activation, naive C6 TCRhigh CD8+ T cells were stimulated with peptide-pulsed APCs in the absence or presence of mCTLA-4Ig, mCD28-Ig, or anti-CD28-Fab fragments. mCTLA4-Ig abolished and mCD28-Ig subtantially reduced T cell proliferation, while both treatments abolished IFN-{gamma} production when naive T cells were used as APCs (Fig. 3Go, A and B). When adherent cells were employed as APCs, mCTLA4-Ig inhibited T cell proliferation by >90%, while mCD28-Ig and anti-CD28-Fab inhibited by >50% (Fig. 3GoC). mCTLA4-Ig inhibited IL-2 and IFN-{gamma} production to background levels (Fig. 3Go, D and E). The incomplete block to proliferation is likely to reflect an incomplete costimulation blockade in the presence of professional APCs expressing high surface densities of B7 molecules. In all assays, the inhibitory effect of mCTLA4-Ig was greater than that of mCD28-Ig. These results demonstrate that the low level of proliferation induced by T-APC at very high peptide concentrations was due to the low levels of CD86 expressed by the naive T cells, and that CD28-mediated costimulation is critically important in the activation of naive CD8+ T cells.



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FIGURE 3. Inhibition of T cell activation by CD28/B7 blockade. A and B, Both mCTLA4-Ig and mCD28-Ig inhibited proliferation and IFN-{gamma} production in C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells stimulated with T-APCs. C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells (1 x 104/well) were stimulated with T-APCs (5 x 105/well) in the absence or presence of human-IgG1 (10 µg/ml), mCTLA4-Ig (10 µg/ml), or mCD28-Ig (10 µg/ml) for 3 days (A). Supernatants harvested from above cultures at day 2 were tested for IFN-{gamma} contents by ELISA (B). C–E, mCTLA4-Ig. mCD28-Ig or anti-CD28-Fab inhibited proliferation and IFN-{gamma} production in C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells stimulated with B/M/DC-APCs. C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells (1 x 104/well) were stimulated with B/M/DC-APCs (5 x 105/well) in the absence or presence of human-IgG1 (10 µg/ml), mCTLA4-Ig (10 µg/ml), mCD28-Ig (10 µg/ml), hamster-IgG-Fab (10 µg/ml), or anti-CD28-Fab (10 µg/ml) for 3 days (C). Supernatant harvested from above cultures at day 2 were tested for IL-2 (D) and IFN-{gamma} (E) contents by ELISA.

 
T cell proliferation is regulated by the interactions between CD86/CD80 and CD28/CTLA4

To address the possibility that the two B7 isoforms have distinct functional effects in regulating the activation of naive CD8+ T cells, specific mAbs were added to cultures containing TCR-Tg T cells and either T cells or specialized APC pulsed with peptide. As shown in all four panels of Fig. 4Go, anti-CD86 mAb inhibited proliferation and cytokine release. In marked contrast, the anti-CD80 mAb led to an increase of up to 6-fold in these parameters. This finding was of particular note in the cultures containing T-APC, which expressed no CD80 and low levels of CD86, at the start of the cultures, in that it implies that CD80 expression was induced during the culture and inhibited the costimulation provided by CD86. Analysis of CD80 expression on the responder C6 T cell population indeed demonstrated CD80 was strongly induced (Fig. 4GoG). Control, species-matched, Ig preparations had no inhibitory effects.



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FIGURE 4. Anti-CD80 and anti-CD86 mAbs induce opposite effects on C6 TCRhigh CD8+ T cell proliferation. A–C, C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells (1 x 104/well) were stimulated with T-APCs (5 x 105/well) in the absence or presence of anti-CD80 (10 µg/ml) or anti-CD86 (10 µg/ml) for 3 days (A). Supernatant harvested from above cultures at day 2 were tested for IL-2 (B) and IFN-{gamma} (C) contents by ELISA. D, C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells (1 x 104/well) were stimulated with B/M/DC-APCs (5 x 105/well) in the absence or presence of anti-CD80 (10 µg/ml) or anti-CD86 (10 µg/ml) for 3 days (D). E, C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells (1 x 104/well) were stimulated with T-APCs in the absence or presence of anti-CTLA4 mAb (10 µg/ml) for 3 days. F, CTLA4 engagement inhibits T cell proliferation by coimmobilized anti-CD3 and anti-CD28. C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells (5 x 104/well) were stimulated with immobilized anti-CD3 (0.1 µg/ml) in the absence or presence of other coimmobilized Abs: hamster IgG (10 µg/ml), anti-CD80 (10 µg/ml), anti-CD28 (10 µg/ml), anti-CTLA4 (10 µg/ml), anti-CD28 (10 µg/ml) plus anti-CTLA4 (10, 20, or 40 µg/ml) for 3 days. G, Activation leads to up-regulation of CD80 and down-regulation of CD86 on responder T cells. C6 TCRhigh naive CD8+ T cells were stimulated with B-APCs for 2 days, T cells were reisolated and stained with anti-CD80-FITC (heavy line) or anti-CD86-FITC (light line).

 
A possible explanation for the amplifying effect of anti-CD80 mAb is that it inhibited the ligation of CTLA4, expressed during the cultures, by CD80. This possibility was tested in two sets of experiments. First, soluble anti-CTLA4 mAb could significantly enhance T-APC-triggered proliferation of C6 TCRhigh Tg T cells (Fig. 4GoE). Second, when C6 TCRhigh Tg CD8+ T cells were stimulated with immobilized anti-CD3 and anti-CD28, the effect of coimmobilized anti-CTLA4 was inhibitory and titratable (Fig. 4GoF). It is likely that the contrasting effects of the anti-CTLA4 in these experiments reflects blockade of the inhibitory CD80/CTLA4 interaction in the former experiment and direct delivery of a negative signal under cross-linking conditions in the latter experiment.

Ag presentation by naive CD8+ T cells induces unresponsiveness in TCRhigh-Tg thymocytes, but not in peripheral T cells

It is well established from many experimental systems that activated T cells from both mouse and man are rendered unresponsive following costimulation-deficient Ag presentation (2). Whether a similar outcome is seen in naive T cells remains unclear. The consequences of ineffective Ag presentation by T-APC to peripheral T cells, and to thymocytes, were examined in a three-step culture system. CD8+ T cells were incubated with peptide-pulsed CD4+ thymocytes, peripheral CD4+ T cells, or adherent cells. After overnight incubation, APCs were removed by anti-CD4 or anti-class II mAbs together with Dynabeads, and T cells were rested for 3 days before antigenic rechallenge. As shown in Fig. 5Go, A–C, peripheral T cells remained responsive to peptide-pulsed spleen cells following all primary culture conditions. As T-APC were found to express a limited amount of costimulatory activity that was blockable by CTLA4-Ig (Fig. 3GoA), this experiment was repeated in the presence of CTLA4-Ig with an identical outcome (data not shown). These data demonstrate that naive CD8+ T cells are not rendered anergic following signal 1 in the absence of costimulation. In sharp contrast, proliferation by the purified CD8+ thymocytes was completely abolished following culture with T-APC in the absence of anti-CD28 mAb (Fig. 5GoD). This unresponsiveness reflected anergy rather than apoptosis, since IL-2 restores the proliferation in the rechallange culture (Fig. 5GoE).



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FIGURE 5. Mature CD8+ thymocytes but not peripheral T cells are anergized following encounter with nonprofessional APC. A–C, Preincubation of peripheral naive CD8+ T cells with T-APCs did not lead to unresponsiveness. Peripheral naive C6 TCRhigh CD8+ T cells (1 x 106/well) were stimulated with peptide-pulsed CD4+ thymocytes (5 x 106/well) (A), peptide-pulsed splenic naive CD4+ T cells (5 x 106/well) (B), or peptide-pulsed splenic B/M/DC (5 x 106/well) (C) overnight in 24-well plates. Next day, APCs were removed from T cell cultures by anti-CD4 or anti-class II followed by Dynabeads, and T cells were allowed to rest for 3 days. After rest, T cells (1 x 104/well) were restimulated with peptide-pulsed splenocytes (5 x 105/well) in round-bottom 96-well plates for 3 days. D, C6 TCRhigh CD8+ thymocytes were rendered anergic after interaction with T-APCs. C6 TCRhigh CD8+ thymocytes (1 x 106/well) were stimulated with peptide (10000 nM)-pulsed splenic naive CD4+ T cells (5 x 106/well) in the absence or prsence of soluble anti-CD28 mAb (10 µg/ml) overnight in 24-well plates. T cells cultured in medium alone were used as control. Next day, T-APCs were removed from T cell cultures by anti-CD4 followed by Dynabeads, and T cells were allowed to rest for 2 days. After rest, T cells (6.6 x 104/well) were restimulated with peptide-pulsed splenocytes (5 x 105/well) for 3 days. E, Unresponsiveness reflected anergy other than apoptosis. After rest, T cells that had been stimulated with T-APCs were rechallenged by peptide-pulsed splenocytes (5 x 105/well) in the absence of presence of exogenous IL-2 (3 U/ml) for 3 days.

 

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The first conclusion from this study is that the activation of naive C6 TCR-Tg CD8+ T cells has an absolute requirement for costimulation. Presentation of a high peptide density on nonprofessional APC (naive T cells or thymocytes) led to very limited cell activation, which was inhibitable by blocking the interaction between CD28 and CD86. In addition, both proliferation and IFN-{gamma} production in naive CD8+ T cells stimulated by T-APC were greatly up-regulated by costimulation provided by anti-CD28 mAb.

Potential responder T cell ignorance of the interaction with the T cell APCs was ruled out by the observation that peptide-pulsed T- and B-APC caused comparable TCR down-regulation on Tg T cells during coculture, and thus transduce equivalent intensities of signal 1. Consistent with our results, two recent studies using either costimulation-deficient Drosophila cells as APCs (33) or MHC-peptide complexes immobilized on plastic (34) have demonstrated that TCR down-regulation depends solely on the interaction between TCR and MHC-peptide complexes and does not require a costimulatory signal. These findings confirm the critical importance of costimulation for activating naive CD8+ T cells (10), and do not support the notion that costimulation becomes redundant in the context of supraoptimal TCR occupancy (7). Strikingly, >80% of the TCR can be removed from the cell surface of reponsive T cells during Ag presentation by T cell APC, which, in the presence of CD28 blockade, does not trigger cell activation. It remains possible that heterogeneity exists in TCR mediated "signal 1" and that TCR down-regulation does not indicate receipt of full TCR-mediated signals. The efficiency of TCR cross-linking and/or structural modulation involved in signal transduction may be dependent on APC type and be particular to given TCR/MHC/peptide combinations. Interestingly, 2C TCR-Tg CD8+ T cells were found to be costimulation-independent at high Ag density when RMA-S cells were used as APC (7), but costimulation-dependent when Drosophila cells presented peptide (35). Whether these distinct outcomes are due to RMA-S cells possessing limited costimulatory activity (36) or an aspect(s) of the alloreactive 2C receptor that has an unusually high affinity for peptide/MHC is unclear.

The second conclusion from this study is that naive CD8+ T cell proliferation is up-regulated by CD86-CD28, and down-regulated by CD80-CD152 interactions. Both proliferation and cytokine production were greatly suppressed by anti-CD86 mAb. Several studies have suggested that CD86 is the primary costimulatory molecule for T cell activation (15). For example, the maximal up-regulation of CTLA4 expression on naive T cells requires costimulation that is primarily provided by CD28-CD86 interaction (37). CD86-mediated costimulation can up-regulate IL-12R expression in murine Th1 clones, memory, and naive CD4+ T cells (38). CD86 has been shown to be the primary costimulatory molecule responsible for initiating T cell responses and providing cognate help for B cells in vivo (15). A possible explanation for the effect of anti-CD80 mAb is that it inhibited interaction of CD80 with CTLA4; indeed, CD80 is strongly induced on the responder T cells during the culture period (Fig. 4GoG). Further anti-CTLA4 had an inhibitory or enhancing influence on the proliferation of TCRhigh C6 CD8+ T cells when they were used in immobilized or soluble form (Fig. 4Go, E and F), respectively. Thus, CTLA4 behaves as a negative regulator for T cell activation, consistent with most published data in this field (18, 19). The inhibitory effects of CD80:CTLA4 interactions may be particularly pronounced when the level of B7-mediated costimulation is limiting, as applied when T-APCs were used in these experiments.

The third conclusion from this study is that thymic and peripheral naive CD8+ T cells display a differential sensitivity to the induction of nonresponsiveness. Consistent with others (39), our results suggest that naive CD8+ T cells were not anergized in the absence of costimulation. It is interesting that, in contrast to peripheral T cells, mature CD8+ thymocytes were rendered unresponsive following interaction with peptide-pulsed T-APCs. One possibility is that mature CD8+ thymocytes are functionally similar to recent thymic emigrants. A late checkpoint in T cell development may allow for a tolerogenic signaling event should a T cell encounter Ag on a nonprofessional APC shortly after leaving the thymic medulla. Should newly emerged T cells not encounter Ag on nonprofessional APCs within this period, they may complete differentiation to a phenotype that is unaffected by Ag encounter on nonprofessional APCs. Functionally, a late checkpoint would promote tolerance to peripheral Ags and help prevent autoimmunity following T cell activation to a cross-reactive exogenous Ag expressed on a professional APC. The distinct behavior of thymocytes in comparison to peripheral T cells implies that the cellular integration of cell surface signaling events in these cell types is distinct.

In conclusion, these results demonstrate the importance of costimulation for naive CD8+ T cell activation, suggest that CD80 and CD86 can have opposing effects, and indicate differences in the senstivity of immature vs mature CD8+ T cells to the induction of nonresponsiveness following costimulation-deficient Ag presentation. The most striking observation regarding the roles of B7 isoform in CD8+ T cell activation was the amplification caused by anti-CD80 mAbs. This suggests that although both CD80 and CD86 can ligate CD28, in the activation of CD8+ T cells, CD80 may have a dominant negative role.


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We thank Professors Hans Reiser and Elizabeth Simpson for helpful comments on the manuscript.


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1 This work was supported by the Medical Research Council, U.K. Back

2 J-G.C. and S.V. contributed equally to this work. Back

3 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Julian Dyson, Transplantation Biology Group, Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Du Cane Road, London W12 ONN, U.K. E-mail address: Back

4 Abbreviations used in this paper: Tg, transgenic; MFI, mean fluorescence intensity; B/M/DC, B cells, macrophages and dendritic cells-enriched adherent cells; T-APC, T cells as APC. Back

Received for publication January 14, 1999. Accepted for publication May 24, 1999.


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