In:
Journal of Experimental Medicine, Rockefeller University Press, Vol. 213, No. 8 ( 2016-07-25), p. 1571-1587
Abstract:
Tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM) persist at sites of prior infection and have been shown to enhance pathogen clearance by recruiting circulating immune cells and providing bystander activation. Here, we characterize the functioning of brain-resident memory T cells (bTRM) in an animal model of viral infection. bTRM were subject to spontaneous homeostatic proliferation and were largely refractory to systemic immune cell depletion. After viral reinfection in mice, bTRM rapidly acquired cytotoxic effector function and prevented fatal brain infection, even in the absence of circulating CD8+ memory T cells. Presentation of cognate antigen on MHC-I was essential for bTRM-mediated protective immunity, which involved perforin- and IFN-γ–dependent effector mechanisms. These findings identify bTRM as an organ-autonomous defense system serving as a paradigm for TRM functioning as a self-sufficient first line of adaptive immunity.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-1007
,
1540-9538
DOI:
10.1084/jem.20151916
Language:
English
Publisher:
Rockefeller University Press
Publication Date:
2016
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1477240-1
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