PMID- 12189248 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020906 LR - 20240509 IS - 0021-9738 (Print) IS - 1558-8238 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9738 (Linking) VI - 110 IP - 4 DP - 2002 Aug TI - Expression of cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen by CD8(+) T cells specific for a skin-tropic virus. PG - 537-48 AB - Virus-specific CD8(+) T cells traffic to infected tissues to promote clearance of infection. We used herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) as a model system to investigate CD8(+) T cell trafficking to the skin in humans. Using human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I tetramers, we observed that HSV-specific CD8(+) T cells in the peripheral blood expressed high levels of cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen (CLA). In contrast, CD8(+) T cells specific for non-skin-tropic herpesviruses lacked CLA expression. CLA-positive HSV-2-specific CD8(+) T cells had the characteristics of central memory cells, expressing CCR7, CD62L, and CD28, and they proliferated briskly in response to antigen. CLA is related to a functional E-selectin ligand, and both E-selectin and CLA-positive cells were detected in HSV-2-infected skin. HSV-2-specific T cells adhered to cells transfected with E-selectin. A higher proportion of HSV-specific CD8(+) T cells recovered from herpes lesions express CLA compared with blood, consistent with a role for CLA in skin homing. To our knowledge, this is the first report of expression of tissue-specific adhesion-associated molecules by virus-specific CD8(+) T cells. The evaluation of vaccines for skin and mucosal pathogens should include study of the induction of appropriate tissue-specific homing molecules. FAU - Koelle, David M AU - Koelle DM AD - Department of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, and. Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA. FAU - Liu, Zhi AU - Liu Z FAU - McClurkan, Christopher M AU - McClurkan CM FAU - Topp, Max S AU - Topp MS FAU - Riddell, Stanley R AU - Riddell SR FAU - Pamer, Eric G AU - Pamer EG FAU - Johnson, Andrew S AU - Johnson AS FAU - Wald, Anna AU - Wald A FAU - Corey, Lawrence AU - Corey L LA - eng GR - R21 AI050132/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI050132/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 AI030731/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI-30731/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI-50132/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Clin Invest JT - The Journal of clinical investigation JID - 7802877 RN - 0 (Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (CTAGE1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) SB - IM CIN - J Clin Invest. 2002 Aug;110(4):441-2. PMID: 12189237 MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte MH - Antigens, Neoplasm MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/classification/*immunology MH - CHO Cells MH - Cell Line, Transformed MH - Cell Movement MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cricetinae MH - Herpes Genitalis/diagnosis/*immunology/pathology MH - Herpesvirus 2, Human/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunologic Memory MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Ligands MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/*metabolism MH - Skin/*immunology/virology PMC - PMC150419 EDAT- 2002/08/22 10:00 MHDA- 2002/09/07 10:01 PMCR- 2002/08/15 CRDT- 2002/08/22 10:00 PHST- 2002/08/22 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/09/07 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/08/22 10:00 [entrez] PHST- 2002/08/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 15537 [pii] AID - 10.1172/JCI15537 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Invest. 2002 Aug;110(4):537-48. doi: 10.1172/JCI15537.