イツミ　モモエ   逸見　百江    所属   川崎医科大学  医学部 一般教養　自然科学    職種   助教
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	IL-15 is critical for the maintenance and innate functions of self-specific CD8(+) T cells.
掲載誌名	正式名：European journal of immunology 略　 称：Eur J Immunol ISSNコード：15214141/00142980
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	39(7),pp.1784-93
著者・共著者	Momoe Itsumi, Yasunobu Yoshikai, Hisakata Yamada
発行年月	2009/07
概要	IL-15 is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in host defense as well as autoimmunity. IL-15-deficient mice show a decrease of memory phenotype (MP) CD8(+) T cells, which develop naturally in naïve mice and whose origin is unclear. It has been shown that self-specific CD8(+) T cells developed in male H-Y antigen-specific TCR transgenic mice share many similarities with naturally occurring MP CD8(+) T cells in normal mice. In this study, we found that H-Y antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells in male but not female mice decreased when they were crossed with IL-15-deficient mice, mainly due to impaired peripheral maintenance. The self-specific TCR transgenic CD8(+) T cells developed in IL-15-deficient mice showed altered surface phenotypes and reduced effector functions ex vivo. Bystander activation of the self-specific CD8(+) T cells was induced in vivo during infection with Listeria monocytogenes, in which proliferation but not IFN-gamma production was IL-15-dependent. These results indicated important roles for IL-15 in the maintenance and functions of self-specific CD8(+) T cells, which may be included in the naturally occurring MP CD8(+) T-cell population in naïve normal mice and participate in innate host defense responses.
DOI	10.1002/eji.200839106
PMID	19544306