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Communication between cells is essential for multicellular life. During cognate immune interactions, T cells communicate with antigen-presenting cells (APC) via direct cell–cell contact or the release of molecules and vesicles containing T cell messages. A wide variety of mechanisms have been reported and among them a process called “trogocytosis” has traditionally been thought to be the fastest way to directly transfer membrane portions containing intact proteins from one cell to another; however, the mechanism is unverified. Trogocytosis has been distinguished from the generation of extracellular vesicles (EVs), a term that encompasses exosomes and microvesicles, as EVs are released via a contact-independent manner and are suggested to potentially send molecular messages over a distance. However, some previous reports regarding EVs in T cells may be misleading in terms of explaining their cellular origins. In addition, there is little evidence on how EVs are generated from T cells in vivo and function to regulate complex immune responses. A recent work demonstrated that T cell microvilli—thin and finger-like membrane protrusions—are highly fragile and easily separated as membrane particles by trogocytosis, forming a new class of EVs. Surprisingly, released T cell microvilli-derived particles act as vectors, transmitting T cell messages to cognate APCs. This review focuses on how T cell microvilli vesicles are connected with immune regulation mechanisms discovered previously.
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- Hye-Ran Kim
- School of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea.,Immune Synapse and Cell Therapy Research Center, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea.,Immune Synapse and Cell Therapy Research Center, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
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Extracellular vesicle-mediated MHC cross-dressing in immune homeostasis, transplantation, infectious diseases, and cancer. Semin Immunopathol 2018; 40:477-490. [PMID: 29594331 DOI: 10.1007/s00281-018-0679-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Eukaryotic cells employ different types of extracellular vesicles (EVs) to exchange proteins, mRNAs, non-coding regulatory RNAs, carbohydrates, and lipids. Cells of the immune system, in particular antigen (Ag)-presenting cells (APCs), acquire major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II molecules loaded with antigenic peptides from leukocytes and tissue parenchymal and stromal cells, through a mechanism known as MHC cross-dressing. Increasing evidence indicates that cross-dressing of APCs with pre-formed Ag-peptide/MHC complexes (pMHCs) is mediated via passage of clusters of EVs with characteristics of exosomes. A percentage of the transferred EVs remain attached to the acceptor APCs, with the appropriate orientation, at sufficient concentration within localized areas of the plasma membrane, and for sufficient time, so the preformed pMHCs carried by the EVs are presented without further processing, to cognate T cells. Although its biological relevance is not fully understood, numerous studies have demonstrated that MHC cross-dressing of APCs represents a pathway of Ag presentation of acquired pre-formed pMHCs to T cells-alternative to direct and cross-presentation-participate in immune homeostasis and T cell tolerance, cross-regulate alloreactive T cells with different MHC restricted specificities, and is a mechanism of Ag spreading for autologous, allogeneic, microbial, tumor, or vaccine-delivered Ags. Here, we compare MHC cross-dressing with other mechanisms and terminologies used for pMHC transfer, including trogocytosis. We discuss the experimental evidence, mostly from in vitro and ex vivo studies, of the role of MHC cross-dressing of APCs via EVs in positive or negative regulation of T cell immunity in the steady state, transplantation, microbial diseases, and cancer.
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Revenfeld ALS, Bæk R, Jørgensen MM, Varming K, Stensballe A. Induction of a Regulatory Phenotype in CD3+ CD4+ HLA-DR+ T Cells after Allogeneic Mixed Lymphocyte Culture; Indications of Both Contact-Dependent and -Independent Activation. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18071603. [PMID: 28737722 PMCID: PMC5536089 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18071603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Although the observation of major histocompatibility complex II (MHCII) receptors on T cells is longstanding, the explanation for this occurrence remains enigmatic. Reports of an inducible, endogenous expression exist, as do studies demonstrating a protein acquisition from other cells by mechanisms including vesicle transfer. Irrespective of origin, the presence of the human MHCII isotype, human leukocyte antigen DR (HLA-DR), potentially identifies a regulatory T cell population. Using an allogeneic mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) to induce an antigen-specific immune response, the role of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) for the presence of HLA-DR on cluster of differentiation 3(CD3)+ CD4+ T cells was evaluated. Moreover, a functional phenotype was established for these T cells. It was demonstrated that APCs were essential for HLA-DR on CD3+ CD4+ T cells. Additionally, a regulatory T cell phenotype was induced in CD3+ CD4+ HLA-DR+ responder T cells with an expression of CD25, CTLA-4, CD62L, PD-1, and TNFRII. This phenotype was induced both with and without physical T cell:APC contact, which could reveal novel indications about its functionality. To further investigate contact-independent communication, a phenotype of the small cell-derived vesicles from the MLCs was determined. Yet heterogeneous, this vesicle phenotype displayed contact-dependent differences, providing clues about their intended function in cellular communication.
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aalborg University Hospital, Urbansgade 32-36, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark.
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aalborg University Hospital, Urbansgade 32-36, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark.
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aalborg University Hospital, Urbansgade 32-36, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark.
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- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Laboratory for Medical Mass Spectrometry, Fredrik Bajersvej 7E, 9100 Aalborg, Denmark.
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Gutiérrez-Vázquez C, Villarroya-Beltri C, Mittelbrunn M, Sánchez-Madrid F. Transfer of extracellular vesicles during immune cell-cell interactions. Immunol Rev 2013; 251:125-42. [PMID: 23278745 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The transfer of molecules between cells during cognate immune cell interactions has been reported, and recently a novel mechanism of transfer of proteins and genetic material such as small RNA between T cells and antigen-presenting cells (APCs) has been described, involving exchange of extracellular vesicles (EVs) during the formation of the immunological synapse (IS). EVs, a term that encompasses exosomes and microvesicles, has been implicated in cell-cell communication during immune responses associated with tumors, pathogens, allergies, and autoimmune diseases. This review focuses on EV transfer as a mechanism for the exchange of molecules during immune cell-cell interactions.
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Osborne DG, Wetzel SA. Trogocytosis results in sustained intracellular signaling in CD4(+) T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 189:4728-39. [PMID: 23066151 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CD4(+) T cells capture membrane and membrane-bound molecules from APCs directly from the immunological synapse in a process termed trogocytosis. The function and biological consequences of trogocytosis are largely unknown. In this study, we examine the biological significance of this phenomenon on the trogocytosis-positive T cell. We used murine fibroblasts expressing GFP-tagged I-E(k) molecules loaded with a covalently attached antigenic peptide (moth cytochrome c 88-103) to present Ag to primary TCR transgenic T cells. Using a combination of high-resolution light microscopy and flow cytometry, we show that the trogocytosed molecules are retained on the surface of the T cell in association with the TCR and elevated phosphorylated ZAP-70, phosphorylated tyrosine, and phosphorylated ERK 1/2. Through the use of the Src inhibitor PP2, we demonstrate that trogocytosed molecules directly sustain TCR signaling. In addition, after removal of APC, trogocytosis-positive cells preferentially survive in culture over several days. These novel findings suggest that trogocytosed molecules continue to engage their receptors on the T cell surface and sustain intracellular signaling leading to selective survival of these cells.
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- Douglas G Osborne
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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Rosenits K, Keppler SJ, Vucikuja S, Aichele P. T cells acquire cell surface determinants of APC via in vivo trogocytosis during viral infections. Eur J Immunol 2011; 40:3450-7. [PMID: 21080375 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Trogocytosis describes the transfer of surface determinants between immune cells and has been implicated in immune regulation. Most findings are based on in vitro studies since in vivo trogocytosis of immune cells is difficult to detect under physiological conditions. We used low frequencies of memory P14 T cells to demonstrate that T cells perform trogocytosis in vivo if in contact with APC pulsed with GP33-peptide or expressing the antigen endogenously. Furthermore, in vivo trogocytosis of T cells is demonstrated during infections with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and vaccinia virus. Trogocytosis-positive T cells revealed higher expression of activation marker and cytokines, showing a more activated phenotype compared to trogocytosis-negative T cells.
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- Kerstin Rosenits
- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Reinhardt S, Scott I, Simpson HV. Neutrophil and eosinophil chemotactic factors in the excretory/secretory products of sheep abomasal nematode parasites: NCF and ECF in abomasal nematodes. Parasitol Res 2011; 109:627-35. [PMID: 21424403 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2305-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Both eosinophil chemotactic factor (ECF) and neutrophil chemotactic factor (NCF) activities were demonstrated in excretory/secretory (ES) products and homogenates of Haemonchus contortus and Teladorsagia circumcincta larvae and adult worms in a modified checkerboard assay using a micro-chemotaxis chamber. Neutrophil chemotaxis was seen in 28 of 35 experiments and eosinophil chemotaxis in 20 of 38 experiments. Chemokinetic activity for neutrophils and eosinophils (accounting for 40-50% of total cell migration) was also apparent in only three parasite products for each cell type. Significant NCF activity was present in six of seven adult worm ES products (three of four from T. circumcincta and in all three from H. contortus) and ECF activity in four of five adult ES products, whereas fewer L3 incubates, particularly of T. circumcincta, contained chemotactic activity. All parasite homogenates, with one exception for ECF, were chemotactic for both neutrophils and eosinophils. The sequential use of cellulose ultrafiltration membranes of decreasing pore size did not identify precisely the molecular weight of the NCF and ECF but indicated that the active chemicals were greater than 10 kDa and probably greater than 30 kDa.
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- Stefanie Reinhardt
- S. Reinhardt and B.Ullrich, Tierärztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis, Im Stocken 8A, 21255 Tostedt, Germany
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Zhou G, Ding ZC, Fu J, Levitsky HI. Presentation of acquired peptide-MHC class II ligands by CD4+ regulatory T cells or helper cells differentially regulates antigen-specific CD4+ T cell response. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 186:2148-55. [PMID: 21242518 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Activated T cells can acquire membrane molecules from APCs through a process termed trogocytosis. The functional consequence of this event has been a subject of debate. Focusing on transfer of peptide-MHC class II (MHC-II) complexes from APCs to CD4(+) T cells after activation, in this study we investigated the molecule acquisition potential of naturally occurring regulatory T cells (Tregs) and CD4(+) Th cells. We show that acquisition of membrane molecules from APCs is an inherent feature of CD4(+) T cell activation. Triggering of the TCR enables CD4(+) T cells to acquire their agonist ligands as well as other irrelevant membrane molecules from the interacting APCs or bystander cells in a contact-dependent manner. Notably, trogocytosis is a continuous process during cell cycle progression, and Th cells and Tregs have comparable capacity for trogocytosis both in vitro and in vivo. The captured peptide-MHC-II molecules, residing in sequestered foci on the host cell surface, endow the host cells with Ag-presenting capability. Presentation of acquired peptide-MHC-II ligands by Th cells or Tregs has either stimulatory or regulatory effect on naive CD4(+) T cells, respectively. Furthermore, Th cells with captured peptide-MHC-II molecules become effector cells that manifest better recall responses, and Tregs with captured ligands exhibit enhanced suppression activity. These findings implicate trogocytosis in different subsets of CD4(+) T cells as an intrinsic mechanism for the fine tuning of Ag-specific CD4(+) T cell response.
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- Gang Zhou
- Cancer Immunotherapy Program, Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
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Brown K, Fidanboylu M, Wong W. Intercellular exchange of surface molecules and its physiological relevance. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 2010; 58:263-72. [PMID: 20508995 DOI: 10.1007/s00005-010-0085-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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For many decades, cellular immunologists have relied on the expression of various cell surface molecules to divide cells into different types and subtypes to study their function. However, in recent years, a large and fast-expanding body of work has described the transfer of surface molecules, including MHC class I and II molecules, between cells, both in vitro and in vivo. The function of this process is still largely unknown, but it is likely to have a significant role in the control of the immune system. It is also likely that this process takes place in a regulated rather than stochastic manner, thus providing another way for the immune system to orchestrate its function. In this review we will summarize the key findings so far, examining the mechanisms of transfer, the consequences of this transfer as shown by in vitro experiments, and possible consequences for the wider immune response.
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- Kathryn Brown
- MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, School of Medicine at Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK
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Daubeuf S, Aucher A, Bordier C, Salles A, Serre L, Gaibelet G, Faye JC, Favre G, Joly E, Hudrisier D. Preferential transfer of certain plasma membrane proteins onto T and B cells by trogocytosis. PLoS One 2010; 5:e8716. [PMID: 20090930 PMCID: PMC2806835 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2009] [Accepted: 12/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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T and B cells capture antigens via membrane fragments of antigen presenting cells (APC) in a process termed trogocytosis. Whether (and how) a preferential transfer of some APC components occurs during trogocytosis is still largely unknown. We analyzed the transfer onto murine T and B cells of a large panel of fluorescent proteins with different intra-cellular localizations in the APC or various types of anchors in the plasma membrane (PM). Only the latter were transferred by trogocytosis, albeit with different efficiencies. Unexpectedly, proteins anchored to the PM's cytoplasmic face, or recruited to it via interaction with phosphinositides, were more efficiently transferred than those facing the outside of the cell. For proteins spanning the PM's whole width, transfer efficiency was found to vary quite substantially, with tetraspanins, CD4 and FcRgamma found among the most efficiently transferred proteins. We exploited our findings to set immunodiagnostic assays based on the capture of preferentially transferred components onto T or B cells. The preferential transfer documented here should prove useful in deciphering the cellular structures involved in trogocytosis.
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- Sandrine Daubeuf
- CNRS, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Toulouse, France
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In a multicellular system, cellular communication is a must for orchestration and coordination of cellular events. Advent of the latest analytical and imaging tools has allowed us to enhance our understanding of the intercellular communication. An intercellular exchange of proteins or intact membrane patches is a ubiquitous phenomenon, and has been the subject of renewed interest, particularly in the context of immune cells. Recent evidence implicates that intercellular protein transfers, including trogocytosis is an important mechanism of the immune system to modulate immune responses and transferred proteins can also contribute to pathology. It has been demonstrated that intercellular protein transfer can be through the internalization/pathway, dissociation-associated pathway, uptake of exosomes and membrane nanotube formations. Exchange of membrane molecules/antigens between immune cells has been observed for a long time, but the mechanisms and functional consequences of these transfers remain unclear. In this review, we will discuss the important findings concerning intercellular protein transfers, possible mechanisms and highlight their physiological relevance to the immune system, with special reference to T cells such as the stimulatory or suppressive immune responses derived from T cells with acquired dendritic cell membrane molecules.
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- Khawaja Ashfaque Ahmed
- Research Unit, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, Departments of Oncology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Our understanding of the importance of CD4+ T cells in orchestrating immune responses has grown dramatically over the past decade. This lymphocyte family consists of diverse subsets ranging from interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-producing T-helper 1 (Th1) cells to transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)-secreting T-regulatory cells, which have opposite roles in modulating immune responses to pathogens, tumor cells, and self-antigens. This review briefly addresses the various T-cell subsets within the CD4+ T-cell family and discusses recent research efforts aimed at elucidating the nature of the 'T-cell help' that has been shown to be essential for optimal immune function. Particular attention is paid to the role of Th cells in tumor immunotherapy. We review some of our own work in the field describing how CD4+ Th cells can enhance anti-tumor cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses by enhancing clonal expansion at the tumor site, preventing activation-induced cell death and functioning as antigen-presenting cells for CTLs to preferentially generate immune memory cells. These unconventional roles for Th lymphocytes, which require direct cell-to-cell communication with CTLs, are clear examples of how versatile these immunoregulatory cells are.
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- Richard Kennedy
- Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
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Busch A, Quast T, Keller S, Kolanus W, Knolle P, Altevogt P, Limmer A. Transfer of T cell surface molecules to dendritic cells upon CD4+ T cell priming involves two distinct mechanisms. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 181:3965-73. [PMID: 18768851 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.6.3965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Activation of CD4(+) T cells by APCs occurs by multiple Ag recognition events including the exchange of costimulatory signals and cytokines. Additionally, the T cells acquire APC-derived surface molecules. Herein, we describe for the first time the transfer of human and murine T cell surface receptors to APCs after Ag-specific interaction. This transfer occurs in two qualitatively different phases. The first group of molecules (e.g., CD2) derived from the T cell surface was transferred rapidly after 2 h of interaction, was strongly bound on the DC surface (acid wash-resistant), was strictly dependent on dendritic cell-T cell contact, and transferred independently of T cell activation. The second group, including the CD3/TCR complex, CD27, and OX40, was of intracellular origin, transferred later after 10-16 h in a cell-cell contact-independent fashion, was noncovalently bound, and was strictly dependent on Ag-specific T cell activation. Functionally, murine dendritic cells that received TCR molecules from OVA-specific CD4(+) T cells after Ag-specific interaction were less efficient in priming naive CD4(+) T cells of the same specificity without losing their ability for CD8(+) T cell stimulation, indicating that the transferred TCR molecules mask the Ag-bearing MHC II molecules, thereby reducing their accessibility to following Ag-specific CD4(+) T cells. While the first group of transferred T cell surface molecules might facilitate the detachment of the CD4(+) T cell from the dendritic cell during the early scanning phases, the second group could play an important immunomodulatory role in intraclonal competition of T cells for APC access, making the physical presence of CD4(+) T cells unnecessary.
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- Annette Busch
- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology (IMMEI), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Brown K, Sacks SH, Wong W. Extensive and bidirectional transfer of major histocompatibility complex class II molecules between donor and recipient cells in vivo following solid organ transplantation. FASEB J 2008; 22:3776-84. [PMID: 18632850 DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-107441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Intercellular transfer of surface molecules has been demonstrated in vitro, or in vivo under artificial situations. Transplantation is a unique clinical situation in which foreign major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules are deliberately introduced. This provides a model to study intercellular MHC transfer because donor MHC molecules can easily be tracked. Here we describe the bidirectional transfer of MHC class II molecules between donor and recipient cells after transplantation of vascularized kidney and cardiac allografts in mice. Cells that are positive for both donor and recipient MHC class II accounted for up to 30% of the donor MHC class II(+) population, suggesting that they play a significant role in the antigen presentation process. The majority of these cells were dendritic cells, but macrophages and B cells were also able to acquire foreign MHC molecules. Most double-positive cells were also positive for costimulatory molecules, indicating a capability to elicit a T-cell response. This transfer of MHC molecules between donor and recipient cells provides a link between the direct and indirect pathways of alloantigen presentation and suggests that MHC transfer is also likely to occur under normal physiological conditions, which has implications in the fields of infection, vaccination, and tumor immunology.
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- Kathryn Brown
- MRC Center for Transplantation, Fifth Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK
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A sheep in wolf's clothes: can neutrophils direct the immune response? Vet J 2008; 180:169-77. [PMID: 18296086 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2007] [Revised: 12/11/2007] [Accepted: 12/13/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The intercellular transfer of cell membranes and integral membrane proteins has been reported for a wide variety of cells, including cells involved in the immune response, and the passively acquired proteins can alter recipient cell function. Cell membrane transfer can occur by a variety of mechanisms and conditions such as inflammation, cell death, or cell stress increase the release of membrane fragments by donor cells. This review focuses specifically on neutrophils as the recipients of cell membranes and integral membrane proteins. Neutrophils are often the first cells recruited to sites of inflammation where there is ample opportunity to acquire membrane proteins shed by a variety of cells. Our recent investigations have confirmed that bovine neutrophils have an impressive capacity to rapidly acquire membrane proteins from necrotic and apoptotic cells. Furthermore, these acquired proteins can alter neutrophil phenotype and function and we hypothesise that they may enhance their capacity to integrate innate and adaptive immune responses. The implications of these alterations to neutrophil function are discussed within the context of vaccine and novel immune therapy design.
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Hao S, Yuan J, Xiang J. Nonspecific CD4(+) T cells with uptake of antigen-specific dendritic cell-released exosomes stimulate antigen-specific CD8(+) CTL responses and long-term T cell memory. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 82:829-38. [PMID: 17626150 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0407249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Dendritic cell (DC) and DC-derived exosomes (EXO) have been used extensively for tumor vaccination. However, its therapeutic efficiency is limited to only production of prophylactic immunity against tumors. T cells can uptake DC-released EXO. However, the functional effect of transferred exosomal molecules on T cells is unclear. In this study, we demonstrated that OVA protein-pulsed DC-derived EXO (EXO(OVA)) can be taken up by Con A-stimulated, nonspecific CD4(+) T cells derived from wild-type C57BL/6 mice. The active EXO-uptaken CD4(+) T cells (aT(EXO)), expressing acquired exosomal MHC I/OVA I peptide (pMHC I) complexes and costimulatory CD40 and CD80 molecules, can act as APCs capable of stimulating OVA-specific CD8(+) T cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo and inducing efficient CD4(+) Th cell-independent CD8(+) CTL responses in vivo. The EXO(OVA)-uptaken CD4(+) aT(EXO) cell vaccine induces much more efficient CD8(+) T cell responses and immunity against challenge of OVA-transfected BL6-10 melanoma cells expressing OVA in wild-type C57BL/6 mice than EXO(OVA). The in vivo stimulatory effect of the CD4(+) aT(EXO) cell to CD8(+) T cell responses is mediated and targeted by its CD40 ligand signaling/acquired exosomal CD80 and pMHC I complexes, respectively. In addition, CD4(+) aT(EXO) vaccine stimulates a long-term, OVA-specific CD8(+) T cell memory. Therefore, the EXO(OVA)-uptaken CD4(+) T cells may represent a new, effective, EXO-based vaccine strategy in induction of immune responses against tumors and other infectious diseases.
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- Siguo Hao
- Research Unit, Division of Health Research, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Davis DM. Intercellular transfer of cell-surface proteins is common and can affect many stages of an immune response. Nat Rev Immunol 2007; 7:238-43. [PMID: 17290299 DOI: 10.1038/nri2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cells can extend the limits of their transcriptome by using proteins captured from other cells. Through an exchange of specific proteins, tools and information can be shared to establish integrated communities of cells that are better able to coordinate stages of an immune response. Transferred proteins can also contribute to pathology by allowing, for example, infection of cell types not otherwise infected. Here, I present the case for considering the intercellular transfer of cell-surface proteins between immune cells as commonplace and important.
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- Daniel M Davis
- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Bourbié-Vaudaine S, Blanchard N, Hivroz C, Roméo PH. Dendritic cells can turn CD4+ T lymphocytes into vascular endothelial growth factor-carrying cells by intercellular neuropilin-1 transfer. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:1460-9. [PMID: 16849452 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.3.1460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Neuropilin-1 (NRP1) is a transmembrane protein expressed on neuronal and endothelial cells where it plays a crucial role in guiding axons and regulating angiogenesis. We have recently shown that NRP1 also is expressed on dendritic cells (DC) in the human immune system and have proposed a role for NRP1 in the first stages of the immune response. In these studies, we show that NRP1 can be transferred with a high efficiency from human DC to T lymphocytes by trogocytosis. The NRP1 transfer can occur independently of T lymphocyte activation; the amount of NRP1 transferred depends on the NRP1 expression level on APC and is enhanced when T cells are activated through the TCR. Moreover, the NRP1 transfer occurs between specific donor and recipient cells, because no NRP1 transfer is observed between endothelial cells and T lymphocytes or between APCs and CD34(+) hemopoietic cells. Finally, we show that a major NRP1 ligand, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)(165), is secreted by mature human DCs and binds to NRP1 captured by T lymphocytes. These results show that NRP1 transfer to T lymphocytes during the immune synapse can convert T lymphocytes into VEGF(165)-carrying cells. Together with the enhanced signaling of VEGF-R2 on endothelial cells in the presence, in trans, of the NRP1-VEGF(165) complex, our results suggest that the intercellular transfer of NRP1 might participate in the Ag-independent remodelling of the endothelial vessels in secondary lymphoid organs during inflammation.
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Banerjee HN, Zhang L. Deciphering the finger Prints of Brain Cancer Astrocytoma in comparison to Astrocytes by using near infrared Raman Spectroscopy. Mol Cell Biochem 2006; 295:237-40. [PMID: 16924417 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-9278-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2006] [Accepted: 07/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To explore the biochemical differences between brain cancer cells Astrocytoma and normal cells Astrocyte, we investigated the Raman spectra of single cell from these two cell types and analyzed the difference in spectra and intensity. Raman spectrum shows the banding pattern of different compounds as detected by the laser. Raman intensity measures the intensity of these individual bands. The Raman spectra of brain cancer cells was similar to those of normal cells, but the Raman intensity of cancer cells was much higher than that of normal cells. The Raman spectra of brain cancer Astrocytoma shows that the structural changes of cancer cells happen so that many biological functions of these cells are lost. The results indicate that Raman spectra can offer the experimental basis for the cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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- Hirendra Nath Banerjee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Elizabeth City State University, University of North Carolina, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, USA.
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Mannie MD, Dawkins JG, Walker MR, Clayson BA, Patel DM. MHC class II biosynthesis by activated rat CD4+ T cells: development of repression in vitro and modulation by APC-derived signals. Cell Immunol 2005; 230:33-43. [PMID: 15541717 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2004.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2003] [Accepted: 08/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This study focused on synthesis of MHC class II glycoproteins (MHCII) by rat CD4(+) T-helper cells. During activation in Con A and IL-2, purified rat splenic CD4(+) T cells expressed abundant surface MHCII together with transcripts for I-A alpha/beta, invariant chain, and the type III and type IV MHC class II transactivator (CIITA). Activated thymic CD8(+)CD4(-) and CD8(+)CD4(+) T cells exhibited essentially the same phenotype. MHCII synthesis by CD4(+) T cells enabled presentation of myelin basic protein (MBP) to antigen-specific responders. T cell expression of MHCII was due to direct biosynthesis rather than adsorption from professional APC; indeed, T cell-mediated expression of MHCII was optimal in the absence of professional APC. Despite periodic reactivation with Con A during 3-4 weeks of culture, CD4(+) T cells repressed MHCII synthesis and reverted to a MHCII(-) phenotype. These short-term lines resembled established lines of MBP-specific T cells in that mitogenic activation elicited extensive blastogenesis without MHCII synthesis. Activation-dependent synthesis of MHCII however was partially restored in lines of mitogen-stimulated T cells when the cultures were reconstituted with irradiated splenic APC. These data indicate that most naive rat CD4(+) T cells exhibit activation-dependent synthesis of MHCII whereas continuously propagated T cells require an APC-derived signal to support MHCII synthesis.
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- Mark D Mannie
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody Medical Sciences Building, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
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Wetzel SA, McKeithan TW, Parker DC. Peptide-Specific Intercellular Transfer of MHC Class II to CD4+ T Cells Directly from the Immunological Synapse upon Cellular Dissociation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 174:80-9. [PMID: 15611230 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.1.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The transfer of membrane proteins from APC to T cells was initially described in the 1970s, and subsequent work has described two mechanisms of transfer: APC-derived exosomes and direct transfer of small packets, while cells remain conjugated. Using fibroblast APC expressing a GFP-tagged I-E(k) molecule with covalently attached antigenic peptide, we observed a third mechanism in live cell imaging: T cells spontaneously dissociating from APC often capture MHC:peptide complexes directly from the immunological synapse. Using two I-E(k)-restricted murine TCR transgenic T cells with different peptide specificity, we show in this study that the MHC transfer is peptide specific. Using blocking Abs, we found that MHC:peptide transfer in this system requires direct TCR-MHC:peptide interactions and is augmented by costimulation through CD28-CD80 interactions. Capture of the GFP-tagged MHC:peptide complexes correlates with an activated phenotype of the T cell, elevated CD69 with down-modulated TCR. The transferred MHC:peptide molecules transferred to the T cell are associated with molecules that imply continued TCR signaling; p56(lck), phosphotyrosine, and polarization of the actin cytoskeleton.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/immunology
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cell Communication/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Fibroblasts/immunology
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Flow Cytometry
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology
- Lectins, C-Type
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Peptides/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
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- Scott A Wetzel
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Walker MR, Mannie MD. Acquisition of functional MHC class II/peptide complexes by T cells during thymic development and CNS-directed pathogenesis. Cell Immunol 2002; 218:13-25. [PMID: 12470610 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-8749(02)00577-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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This study provides evidence that both rat and mouse thymic and splenic T cells express significant levels of MHC class II glycoproteins (MHCII) in vivo. Derivation of rat and mouse chimeras revealed that a major source of MHCII on thymic T cells was acquired from radioresistant host APC. Expression of MHC on thymic T cells appeared physiologically relevant because presentation of rat myelin basic protein (RMBP) by nonadherent, radiosensitive thymic T cells was associated with the adoptive transfer of tolerance. Mature MBP-specific effector T cells isolated from the CNS in both rat and mouse models of EAE also expressed significant levels of MHCII. Adoptive transfer of activated B10.PL MBP/I-A(u)-restricted TCR transgenic T cells into F1(C57BL/6 x B10.PL) mice revealed acquisition of allogeneic I-A(b) on encephalitogenic CNS-derived T cells. Overall, this study indicates that immature and mature T cells in rats and mice acquire functional MHCII in vivo during thymic development and pathogenic inflammation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mindi R Walker
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858-4354, USA
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