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. 1990 Mar;58(3):654–658. doi: 10.1128/iai.58.3.654-658.1990

Expression of systemic protection and delayed-type hypersensitivity to Listeria monocytogenes is mediated by different T-cell subsets.

J R Baldridge 1, R A Barry 1, D J Hinrichs 1
PMCID: PMC258515  PMID: 2106491

Abstract

The relationship between acquired cellular resistance and delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) during the immune response to Listeria monocytogenes was investigated. Treatment of concanavalin A-stimulated Listeria-immune spleen cells with anti-CD8 antibody plus complement abrogated the adoptive transfer of systemic antilisterial immunity but had no effect on the transfer of DTH. In contrast, in vitro depletion of the CD4+ T-cell subset eliminated the ability of culture-activated cells to transfer DTH reactivity but did not interfere with the adoptive transfer of protection. In vivo, the infusion of anti-CD8 antibody inhibited the expression of both actively and adoptively transferred protection but did not influence the development of DTH skin test reactivity to L. monocytogenes antigens. In vivo depletion of the CD4+ T-cell subset eradicated the DTH response, with only minor influence of the protective anti-Listeria response. The apparent functional dissociation of the CD4+ (DTH) and CD8+ (protection) T-cell populations was further emphasized by our findings that the adoptive transfer of protection was dependent on a cyclophosphamide-sensitive cell population, whereas DTH reactivity was mediated by a cyclophosphamide-resistant population.

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