T cell homing and activation

4 important questions on T cell homing and activation

What happens when a T cell gets activated?

Antige-induced activation of naive T cell initiates changes in morphology, metabolic activity and progression into cells cycle

Normal, they are G0 stage en do not make any protein
  1. ATP from TCA cycle while lactaat from glycolysis

What does happen to IL-2 receptor when it is activated?

It induce the synthesis of IL-2 alfa chain, which form together with gamma and beta chain a high-affinity receptor


Activated T cell can screte or respond to IL-2, which enhanced proliferation and T cell differatation

How does Tcell attenuate TCR signaling?

    1. CTLA-4 binds to two B7 homodimer compared to CD28, has much higher affinity and outcompetes CD28 binding for B7
    2. CTLA-4 can be internalized with bound B7 removing B7 from APC surface
    3. CTLA-4 may transmits a negative signal that inhibit TCR signaling
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What is licensing of DC?

  • CD8 T cells that recognize antigen on weakly co-stimulatory cells can become activated through CD4
  • CD40 ligand expressed on CD4 can signal via CD40 on dc to up regulate expression of B7 and CD70 to stimulate naive CD8 and increase production of il-2 in APC

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