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Cutting Edge: Caspase-11 Limits the Response of CD8+ T Cells to Low-Abundance and Low-Affinity Antigens.

ABSTRACT: Inflammatory caspases, including caspase-11, are upregulated in CD8(+) T cells after Ag-specific activation, but little is known about their function in T cells. We report that caspase-11-deficient (Casp11(-/-)) T cells proliferated more readily in response to low-affinity and low-abundance ligands both in vitro and in vivo due to an increased ability to signal through the TCR. In addition to increased numbers, Casp11(-/-) T cells had enhanced effector function compared with wild-type cells, including increased production of IL-2 and reduced expression of CD62L. Casp11(-/-) T cells specific for endogenous Ags were more readily deleted than wild-type cells. These data indicate that caspase-11 negatively regulates TCR signaling, possibly through its ability to regulate actin polymerization, and inhibiting its activity could enhance the expansion and function of low-affinity T cells.

SUBMITTER: Bergsbaken T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4475665 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cutting Edge: Caspase-11 Limits the Response of CD8+ T Cells to Low-Abundance and Low-Affinity Antigens.

Bergsbaken Tessa T Bevan Michael J MJ

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20150515 1

Inflammatory caspases, including caspase-11, are upregulated in CD8(+) T cells after Ag-specific activation, but little is known about their function in T cells. We report that caspase-11-deficient (Casp11(-/-)) T cells proliferated more readily in response to low-affinity and low-abundance ligands both in vitro and in vivo due to an increased ability to signal through the TCR. In addition to increased numbers, Casp11(-/-) T cells had enhanced effector function compared with wild-type cells, inc ...[more]

PMID: 25980012

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