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Memory or antigen-experienced CD4 T cells differ from naive CD4 T cells both phenotypically by cell surface marker expression, and functionally by their dissimilar pattern of cytokine secretion and activation requirements through their T cell receptor (TCR). We show here that activation of memory CD4 T cells (CD45RBlo subset), but not naive CD4 T cells (CD45RBhi subset), is inhibited by MHC class II molecules on antigen-presenting cells and by CD4 ligation. We propose that the selective negative signal in memory cells is a direct result of the differences in signaling via CD4 and CD3, exemplified in the disparate pattern of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins visible after activation of the two subsets. In vivo, this inhibitory signal may serve to prevent irrelevant interactions between memory CD4 T cells and bystander MHC class II+ cells, and may also be responsible for the defective functioning of memory CD4 T cells in AIDS.

Type

Journal article

Journal

Immunity

Publication Date

03/1995

Volume

2

Pages

249 - 259

Keywords

Animals, Antigen-Presenting Cells, CD3 Complex, CD4 Antigens, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Female, Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, Immunologic Memory, Interferon-gamma, Interleukin-4, L Cells (Cell Line), Leukocyte Common Antigens, Lymphocyte Activation, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Phosphotyrosine, Signal Transduction, Tyrosine