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. 1987 Oct;62(2):241–248.

Induction by killed Listeria monocytogenes of effector T cells mediating delayed-type hypersensitivity but not protection in mice.

T Koga 1, M Mitsuyama 1, T Handa 1, T Yayama 1, K Muramori 1, K Nomoto 1
PMCID: PMC1453965  PMID: 2445666

Abstract

Using a local passive transfer system, we found that effector T cells mediating delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) but not acquired cellular resistance (ACR) to Listeria monocytogenes (strain EGD) were generated in mice immunized with killed Listeria, although immunized mice did not express DTH or ACR. When non-adherent cells of peritoneal, lymph node, or spleen cells from mice immunized with killed Listeria were transferred into the footpad of naive recipient mice along with eliciting antigen, positive delayed footpad reaction (DFR) was elicited. However, there was no evident protection against challenge at the site of the local transfer. Cells from mice immunized with viable Listeria conferred significant degrees of DFR and ACR on the recipients. DFR transferred by cells immunized with killed Listeria was mediated by L3T4+ T cells in an antigen-specific manner. The antigen-specific proliferative response of T cells from mice immunized with killed Listeria was much lower than that of T cells from mice immunized with viable Listeria. The production of macrophage chemotactic factor (MCF) by cells from killed Listeria-immune mice was much the same as that by cells from viable Listeria-immune mice. In contrast, the production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and macrophage activating factor (MAF) was much lower in cells from killed Listeria-immune mice. The elimination of L. monocytogenes (strain L461), a strain of low virulence, was enhanced at the site of DFR transferred with cells from killed Listeria-immune mice. These results suggest that stimulation with killed bacteria is effective for the generation of DTH-mediating effector T cells, and that different effector T cells mediating DTH or ACR are involved in cell-mediated immunity to L. monocytogenes.

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