TY - JOUR
T1 - A cell-intrinsic requirement for NF-κB-inducing kinase in CD4 and CD8 T cell memory
AU - Rowe, Alexander M.
AU - Murray, Susan E.
AU - Raué, Hans Peter
AU - Koguchi, Yoshinobu
AU - Slifka, Mark K.
AU - Parker, David C.
PY - 2013/10/1
Y1 - 2013/10/1
N2 - NF-κB-inducing kinase [(NIK), MAP3K14] is an essential kinase linking a subset of TNFR family members to the noncanonical NF-κB pathway. To assess the cell-intrinsic role of NIK in murine T cell function, we generated mixed bone marrow chimeras using bone marrow from NIK knockout (KO) and wild-type (WT) donor mice and infected the chimeras with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). The chimeras possess an apparently normal immune system, including a mixture of NIK KO and WT T cells, and the virus was cleared normally. Comparison of the NIK KO and WT CD4 and CD8 T cell responses at 8 d post infection revealed modest but significant differences in the acute response. In both CD4 and CD8 compartments, relatively fewer activated (CD44hi) NIK KO T cells were present, but within the CD44 hi population, a comparable percentage of the activated cells produced IFN-γ in response to ex vivo stimulation with antigenic LCMV peptides, although IL-7R expression was reduced in the NIK KO CD8 T cells. Assessment of the LCMV-specific memory at 65 d post infection revealed many more LCMV-specific WT memory T cells than NIK KO memory T cells in both the CD4 and the CD8 compartments, although the small number of surviving NIK KO memory T cells responded to secondary challenge with virus. These results demonstrate a cellintrinsic requirement for NIK in the generation and/or maintenance of memory T cells in response to acute viral infection.
AB - NF-κB-inducing kinase [(NIK), MAP3K14] is an essential kinase linking a subset of TNFR family members to the noncanonical NF-κB pathway. To assess the cell-intrinsic role of NIK in murine T cell function, we generated mixed bone marrow chimeras using bone marrow from NIK knockout (KO) and wild-type (WT) donor mice and infected the chimeras with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). The chimeras possess an apparently normal immune system, including a mixture of NIK KO and WT T cells, and the virus was cleared normally. Comparison of the NIK KO and WT CD4 and CD8 T cell responses at 8 d post infection revealed modest but significant differences in the acute response. In both CD4 and CD8 compartments, relatively fewer activated (CD44hi) NIK KO T cells were present, but within the CD44 hi population, a comparable percentage of the activated cells produced IFN-γ in response to ex vivo stimulation with antigenic LCMV peptides, although IL-7R expression was reduced in the NIK KO CD8 T cells. Assessment of the LCMV-specific memory at 65 d post infection revealed many more LCMV-specific WT memory T cells than NIK KO memory T cells in both the CD4 and the CD8 compartments, although the small number of surviving NIK KO memory T cells responded to secondary challenge with virus. These results demonstrate a cellintrinsic requirement for NIK in the generation and/or maintenance of memory T cells in response to acute viral infection.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.1301328
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.1301328
M3 - Article
C2 - 24006459
AN - SCOPUS:84884483844
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 191
SP - 3663
EP - 3672
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 7
ER -