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CD8+ T-cell cross-competition is governed by peptide-MHC class I stability.


ABSTRACT: A major contributing factor to the final magnitude and breadth of CD8(+) T-cell responses to complex antigens is immunodomination, where CD8(+) T cells recognizing their cognate ligand inhibit the proliferation of other CD8(+) T cells engaged with the same APC. In this study, we examined how the half-life of cell surface peptide-MHC class I complexes influences this phenomenon. We found that primary CD8(+) T-cell responses to DNA vaccines in mice are shaped by competition among responding CD8(+) T cells for nonspecific stimuli early after activation and prior to cell division. The susceptibility of CD8(+) T cells to 'domination' was a direct correlate of higher kinetic stability of the competing CD8(+) T-cell cognate ligand. When high affinity competitive CD8(+) T cells were deleted by self-antigen expression, competition was abrogated. These findings show, for the first time to our knowledge, the existence of regulatory mechanisms that direct the responding CD8(+) T-cell repertoire toward epitopes with high-stability interactions with MHC class I molecules. They also provide an insight into factors that facilitate CD8(+) T-cell coexistence, with important implications for vaccine design and delivery.

SUBMITTER: Galea I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3744744 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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CD8+ T-cell cross-competition is governed by peptide-MHC class I stability.

Galea Ian I   Stasakova Jana J   Dunscombe Melanie S MS   Ottensmeier Christian H CH   Elliott Tim T   Thirdborough Stephen M SM  

European journal of immunology 20111128 1


A major contributing factor to the final magnitude and breadth of CD8(+) T-cell responses to complex antigens is immunodomination, where CD8(+) T cells recognizing their cognate ligand inhibit the proliferation of other CD8(+) T cells engaged with the same APC. In this study, we examined how the half-life of cell surface peptide-MHC class I complexes influences this phenomenon. We found that primary CD8(+) T-cell responses to DNA vaccines in mice are shaped by competition among responding CD  ...[more]

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