Abstract
In human recurrent herpetic lesions epidermal keratinocytes are induced to express HLA class II (DR) antigens. Keratinocytes derived from human split skin and cultured in vitro were induced to express HLA-DR but not -DQ antigens with IFN gamma preparations. These stimulated keratinocytes presented herpes simplex antigen directly to autologous blood-derived T lymphocytes in four of four subjects (stimulation indices: 1.5-2.7), suggesting that keratinocytes may have an accessory herpes simplex virus (HSV) antigen-presenting role in addition to the Langerhans cells and macrophages in herpetic skin lesions. Blood mononuclear cells from eight herpes simplex seropositive subjects which were activated in vitro by HSV antigen for 6 d showed cytotoxicity specific for HSV in infected autologous keratinocytes. This was significantly increased by prestimulation with IFN gamma (51-56% to 83-85%). In four of eight patients some cytotoxicity also occurred against uninfected, IFN gamma-stimulated keratinocytes. Lymphocyte subset analysis showed that cytotoxicity against HSV-infected, IFN gamma-stimulated keratinocyte targets was mediated by both CD3+ T lymphocytes and Leu 11b+ natural killer cells. T lymphocyte cytotoxicity was mediated by both CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes, suggesting a cytotoxic role for the activated CD4+ lymphocytes that initially predominate in herpetic lesions.
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