Preferential migration of effector CD8+ T cells into the interstitium of the normal lung
Elena Galkina, … , Klaus Ley, Thomas J. Braciale
Elena Galkina, … , Klaus Ley, Thomas J. Braciale
Published December 1, 2005
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2005;115(12):3473-3483. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI24482.
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Research Article Immunology

Preferential migration of effector CD8+ T cells into the interstitium of the normal lung

Abstract

The respiratory tract is a primary site of infection and exposure to environmental antigens and an important site of memory T cell localization. We analyzed the migration and retention of naive and activated CD8+ T cells within the noninflamed lungs and quantitated the partitioning of adoptively transferred T cells between the pulmonary vascular and interstitial compartments. Activated but not naive T cells were retained within the lungs for a prolonged period. Effector CD8+ T cells preferentially egressed from the pulmonary vascular compartment into the noninflamed pulmonary interstitium. T cell retention within the lung vasculature was leukocyte function antigen-1 dependent, while the egress of effector T cells from the vascular to the interstitium functions through a pertussis toxin–sensitive (PTX-sensitive) mechanism driven in part by constitutive CC chemokine ligand 5 expression in the lungs. These results document a novel mechanism of adhesion receptor– and pulmonary chemokine–dependent regulation of the migration of activated CD8+ T cells into an important nonlymphoid peripheral site (i.e., the normal/noninflamed lung).

Authors

Elena Galkina, Jayant Thatte, Vrushali Dabak, Mark B. Williams, Klaus Ley, Thomas J. Braciale

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