Figure 4.
Vaginal LCMV infection delays priming of virus-specific CD8 T cells. (A–F) P14 immune chimeras were generated by adoptively transferring 500,000 CFSE-labeled CD45.1+ P14 cells into naive CD45.2+ B57BL/6N mice. (A) CD69 and CD25 expression patterns and CFSE dilutions of P14s in the iLN 3 d after infection. (B) CD44 expression on P14s from A. MedFI, median fluorescence intensity. (C and D) CD69 and CD25 expressions on P14 cells in the indicated tissues at day 3 (C) or the indicated days (D) after i.p. or i.vag. infection. (D) CFSE dilution of P14 cells is shown on the right. (E) Frequency of CFSElo P14 cells from D. UI, uninfected. (F) IFN-γ and IL-6 mRNA levels in iLN samples from D were measured by qRT-PCR, and their levels were normalized to GAPDH and expressed as fold-change over uninfected controls. Data are represented from one of five (D and E), three (A–C), or two (F) independent experiments. n = 3 (A–C; days 0–4 in E and F) or 4 (day 5 in E). Error bars represent mean ± SEM. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001, unpaired Student’s t test.
