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J. Virol., Aug 1995, 4769-4775, Vol 69, No. 8
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology

Induction of apoptosis of T cells by infecting mice with murine cytomegalovirus

H Yoshida, H Sumichika, S Hamano, X He, Y Minamishima, G Kimura and K Nomoto
Department of Immunology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is associated with several lymphocyte dysfunctions, but the precise mechanisms of the dysfunctions are still unclear. To elucidate the mechanisms, a cell cycle-DNA content analysis was performed on splenic T cells of murine CMV (MCMV)-infected BALB/c mice. T cells from mice infected with 3 x 10(3) PFU of MCMV contained a higher percentage of hypodiploid nuclei after 12 or 24 h of culture than those from naive mice. T cells from infected mice also contained a larger amount of fragmented DNA. Taken together, these results suggested that infection with MCMV induced the apoptotic cell death of T cells. This induction of apoptosis accounted for the dysfunction of lymphocytes, at least partially. Flow cytometric analysis showed that T cells as well as B cells from MCMV-infected mice expressed an augmented level of Fas antigen, an apoptosis-associated cell surface molecule, which might be the cause of the apoptosis of cells. T cells from MCMV- infected C57BL/6-lpr/lpr mice with mutations at the lpr/fas locus, however, also showed a substantial level of apoptosis, which was reproducibly lower than that seen in C57BL/6 mice. Therefore, it was suggested that the Fas-mediated pathway contributed to but was not sufficient for the induction of apoptosis and that mechanisms other than the Fas-associated pathway were also involved in the induction of apoptosis.

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