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  • Title: Isolation and characterization of protective T cells induced by Listeria monocytogenes.
    Author: Chen-Woan M, McGregor DD, Noonan SK.
    Journal: Infect Immun; 1986 May; 52(2):401-7. PubMed ID: 3084382.
    Abstract:
    Rats convalescing from a recent infection with Listeria monocytogenes generate T cells which can protect recipient rats against a challenge infection with that organism. Using monoclonal antibodies that react with some but not all rat peripheral T cells, the T-cell mediators of acquired resistance to infection (TCRI) were isolated by panning and characterized by using a fluorescence-activated cell sorter. Many L. monocytogenes-immune TCRI were relatively large cells as judged by their light-scattering properties. That finding accords with previously reported cytokinetic data and velocity sedimentation analyses which revealed that the majority of L. monocytogenes-immune TCRI are lymphoblasts. In the current investigation, the surface antigenic profile of these mediator T cells was revealed as W3/25+ OX8+ OX4+ RT6.1-. That phenotype is identical to that of L. monocytogenes-induced prekiller cells which are formed as part of the animal's cell-mediated response to infection. Like prekiller cells and their differentiated counterparts, L. monocytogenes-immune TCRI adhere preferentially to monolayers of syngeneic fibroblasts. The results indicate that L. monocytogenes-immune TCRI belong to a minor subset of peripheral T cells which also contains T cells that have the cytotoxic potential by which L. monocytogenes-induced prekiller cells have been defined.
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