Multiparameter flow cytometric analysis of CD4 and CD8 T cell subsets in young and old people

Background T cell-mediated immunity in elderly people is compromised in ways reflected in the composition of the peripheral T cell pool. The advent of polychromatic flow cytometry has made analysis of cell subsets feasible in unprecedented detail. Results Here we document shifts in subset distributi...

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Published in:Immunity & ageing Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 6
Main Authors: Koch, Sven, Larbi, Anis, Derhovanessian, Evelyna, Özcelik, Dennis, Naumova, Elissaveta, Pawelec, Graham
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London BioMed Central 25.07.2008
BioMed Central Ltd
BMC
Subjects:
Aging
Antibodies
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Clinical Nutrition
Flow cytometry
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Health aspects
Immune response
Immunology
Methods
Physiological aspects
Public Health
T cells
Bulgaria
Netherlands
Germany
Altered Frequency
Double Negative Cell
TEMRA Cell
Polychromatic Flow Cytometry
Central Memory
ISSN:1742-4933, 1742-4933
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Summary:Background T cell-mediated immunity in elderly people is compromised in ways reflected in the composition of the peripheral T cell pool. The advent of polychromatic flow cytometry has made analysis of cell subsets feasible in unprecedented detail. Results Here we document shifts in subset distribution within naïve (N), central memory (CM) and effector memory (EM) cells defined by CD45RA and CCR7 expression in the elderly, additionally using the costimulatory receptors CD27 and CD28, as well as the coinhibitory receptors CD57 and KLRG-1, to further dissect these. Although differences between young and old were more marked in CD8 than in CD4 cells, a similar overall pattern prevailed in both. Thus, the use of all these markers together, and inclusion of assays of proliferation and cytokine secretion, may enable the construction of a differentiation scheme applicable to CD4 as well as CD8 cells, with the model (based on Romero et al.) suggesting the progression N→CM→EM1→EM2→pE1→pE2→EM4→EM3→E end-stage non-proliferative effector cells. Conclusion Overall, the results suggest that both differences in subset distribution and differences between subsets are responsible for age-related changes in CD8 cells but that differences within rather than between subsets are more prominent for CD4 cells.
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ISSN:1742-4933
1742-4933
DOI:10.1186/1742-4933-5-6