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Journal of Virology, October 2004, p. 11246-11257, Vol. 78, No. 20
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.20.11246-11257.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Antioxidant Treatment Reduces Expansion and Contraction of Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cells during Primary but Not Secondary Viral Infection

Nathan G. Laniewski and Jason M. Grayson*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Received 2 March 2004/ Accepted 27 May 2004

During many viral infections, antigen-specific CD8+ T cells undergo large-scale expansion. After viral clearance, the vast majority of effector CD8+ T cells undergo apoptosis. Previous studies have implicated reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) in lymphocyte apoptosis. The purpose of the experiments presented here was to determine the role of ROI in the expansion and contraction of CD8+ T cells in vivo during a physiological response such as viral infection. Mice were infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and treated with Mn(III)tetrakis(4-benzoic acid)porphyrin chloride (MnTBAP), a metalloporphyrin-mimetic compound with superoxide dismutase activity, from days 0 to 8 postinfection. At the peak of CD8+-T-cell response, on day 8 postinfection, the numbers of antigen-specific cells were 10-fold lower in MnTBAP-treated mice than in control mice. From days 8 to 30, a contraction phase ensued where the numbers of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells declined 25-fold in vehicle-treated mice compared to a 3.5-fold decrease in MnTBAP-treated mice. Differences in contraction appeared to be due to greater proliferation in drug-treated mice. By day 38, the numbers of antigen-specific CD8+ memory T cells were equivalent for the two groups. The administration of MnTBAP during secondary viral infection had no effect on the expansion of antigen-specific CD8+ secondary effector T cells. These data suggest that ROI production is critical for the massive expansion and contraction of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells during primary, but not secondary, viral infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 5100A Gray Building, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157. Phone: (336) 716-0268. Fax: (336) 716-9928. E-mail: jgrayson{at}wfubmc.edu.

Journal of Virology, October 2004, p. 11246-11257, Vol. 78, No. 20
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.20.11246-11257.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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