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Turner CN, Camilo Sanchez Arcila J, Huerta N, Quiguoe AR, Jensen KDC, Hoyer KK. T cell exhaustion dynamics in systemic autoimmune disease. bioRxiv 2023:2023.12.23.573167. [PMID: 38187518 PMCID: PMC10769367 DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.23.573167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Unlike in infection and cancer, T cell exhaustion in autoimmune disease has not been clearly defined. Here we set out to understand inhibitory protein (PD-1, Tim3, CTLA4, Lag3) expression in CXCR5- and CXCR5+ CD8 and CD4 T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus. CXCR5+ CD8 and CD4 T cells express PD-1 and engage B cells in germinal center reactions, leading to autoantibody formation in autoimmunity. We hypothesized that CXCR5+ CD8 T cells develop an exhausted phenotype as SLE autoimmunity expands from initial to chronic, self-perpetuating disease due to chronic self-antigen exposure. Our results indicate that there is no exhaustion frequency differences between sexes, although disease kinetics vary by sex. CXCR5+ CD8 T cells express primarily IFNγ, known to promote autoimmune disease development, whereas CXCR5-CD8 T cells express TNFα and IFNγ as disease progresses from 2-6 months. Tim3 is the highest expressed inhibitory marker for all CD4 and CD8 T cell populations demonstrating potential for terminally exhausted populations. CTLA4 expression on CD4 T cells suggests potential tolerance induction in these cells. We identified exhaustion phenotypes within autoimmune disease that progress with increasing lupus erythematosus severity and possibly provide a feedback mechanism for immunological tolerance. Highlights CXCR5- and CXCR5+ CD8 T cells expand with rate of disease in SLE mouse model.CXCR5+ CD8 T cells are low contributors to TNFα disease progression unlike CXCR5-CD8 T cells but may increase disease mechanisms through high IFNγ production.Inhibitory markers upregulate in frequency with the highest amounts seen in Tim3+ populations. Tim3+Lag3+ expression may be an indicator of terminal differentiation for all populations.Inhibitory marker expression frequency was unrelated to sex.
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Valentine KM, Mullins GN, Davalos OA, Seow LW, Hoyer KK. CD8 follicular T cells localize throughout the follicle during germinal center reactions and maintain cytolytic and helper properties. J Autoimmun 2021; 123:102690. [PMID: 34274825 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2021.102690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Follicular CXCR5+ PD-1+ CD8 T cells (CD8 Tfc) arise in multiple models of systemic autoimmunity yet their functional contribution to disease remains in debate. Here we define the follicular localization and functional interactions of CD8 Tfc with B cells during autoimmune disease. The absence of functional T regulatory cells in autoimmunity allows for CD8 Tfc development that then expands with lymphoproliferation. CD8 Tfc are identifiable within the lymph nodes and spleen during systemic autoimmunity, but not during tissue-restricted autoimmune disease. Autoimmune CD8 Tfc cells are polyfunctional, producing helper cytokines IL-21, IL-4, and IFNγ while maintaining cytolytic proteins CD107a, granzyme B, and TNF. During autoimmune disease, IL-2-KO CD8 T cells infiltrate the B cell follicle and germinal center, including the dark zone, and in vitro induce activation-induced cytidine deaminase in naïve B cells via IL-4 secretion. CD8 Tfc represent a unique CD8 T cell population with a diverse effector cytokine repertoire that can contribute to pathogenic autoimmune B cell response.
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- Kristen M Valentine
- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA; Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.
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Mullins GN, Valentine KM, Al-Kuhlani M, Davini D, Jensen KDC, Hoyer KK. T cell signaling and Treg dysfunction correlate to disease kinetics in IL-2Rα-KO autoimmune mice. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21994. [PMID: 33319815 PMCID: PMC7738527 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78975-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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IL-2Rα, in part, comprises the high affinity receptor for IL-2, a cytokine important in immune proliferation, activation, and regulation. IL-2Rα deficient mice (IL-2Rα-KO) develop systemic autoimmune disease and die from severe anemia between 18 and 80 days of age. These mice develop kinetically distinct autoimmune progression, with approximately a quarter dying by 21 days of age and half dying after 30 days. This research aims to define immune parameters and cytokine signaling that distinguish cohorts of IL-2Rα-KO mice that develop early- versus late-stage autoimmune disease. To investigate these differences, we evaluated complete blood counts (CBC), antibody binding of RBCs, T cell numbers and activation, hematopoietic progenitor changes, and signaling kinetics, during autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) and bone marrow failure. We identified several alterations that, when combined, correlate to disease kinetics. Early onset disease correlates with anti-RBC antibodies, lower hematocrit, and reduced IL-7 signaling. CD8 regulatory T cells (Tregs) have enhanced apoptosis in early disease. Further, early and late end stage disease, while largely similar, had several differences suggesting distinct mechanisms drive autoimmune disease kinetics. Therefore, IL-2Rα-KO disease pathology rates, driven by T cell signaling, promote effector T cell activation and expansion and Treg dysfunction.
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- Genevieve N Mullins
- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.,Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.,Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.,Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA. .,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA. .,Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.
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Valentine KM, Davini D, Lawrence TJ, Mullins GN, Manansala M, Al-Kuhlani M, Pinney JM, Davis JK, Beaudin AE, Sindi SS, Gravano DM, Hoyer KK. CD8 Follicular T Cells Promote B Cell Antibody Class Switch in Autoimmune Disease. J Immunol 2018; 201:31-40. [PMID: 29743314 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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CD8 T cells can play both a protective and pathogenic role in inflammation and autoimmune development. Recent studies have highlighted the ability of CD8 T cells to function as T follicular helper (Tfh) cells in the germinal center in the context of infection. However, whether this phenomenon occurs in autoimmunity and contributes to autoimmune pathogenesis is largely unexplored. In this study, we show that CD8 T cells acquire a CD4 Tfh profile in the absence of functional regulatory T cells in both the IL-2-deficient and scurfy mouse models. Depletion of CD8 T cells mitigates autoimmune pathogenesis in IL-2-deficient mice. CD8 T cells express the B cell follicle-localizing chemokine receptor CXCR5, a principal Tfh transcription factor Bcl6, and the Tfh effector cytokine IL-21. CD8 T cells localize to the B cell follicle, express B cell costimulatory proteins, and promote B cell differentiation and Ab isotype class switching. These data reveal a novel contribution of autoreactive CD8 T cells to autoimmune disease, in part, through CD4 follicular-like differentiation and functionality.
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- Kristen M Valentine
- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343
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- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343
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- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343
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- Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343; and
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343
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- Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343; and
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343;
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Alqudah M, Qandeel H, Al-Zoubi N, Alqudah A, Bani-Ahmad M, Alzoubi A. Changes of serum growth factors profiles in patients with venous thromboembolism. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2017; 77:595-600. [DOI: 10.1080/00365513.2017.1379607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Mohammad Alqudah
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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Xu Z, Ho S, Chang CC, Zhang QY, Vasilescu ER, Vlad G, Suciu-Foca N. Molecular and Cellular Characterization of Human CD8 T Suppressor Cells. Front Immunol 2016; 7:549. [PMID: 27965674 PMCID: PMC5127796 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Bidirectional interactions between dendritic cells and Ag-experienced T cells initiate either a tolerogenic or immunogenic pathway. The outcome of these interactions is of crucial importance in malignancy, transplantation, and autoimmune diseases. Blockade of costimulation results in the induction of T helper cell anergy and subsequent differentiation of antigen-specific CD8+ T suppressor/regulatory cells (Ts). Ts, primed in the presence of inhibitory signals, exert their inhibitory function in an antigen-specific manner, a feature with tremendous clinical potential. In transplantation or autoimmunity, antigen-specific Ts can enforce tolerance to auto- or allo-antigens, while otherwise leaving the immune response to pathogens uninhibited. Alternatively, blockade of inhibitory receptors results in the generation of cytolytic CD8+ T cells, which is vital toward defense against tumors and viral diseases. Because CD8+ T cells are MHC Class I restricted, they are able to recognize HLA-bound antigenic peptides presented not only by APC but also on parenchymal cells, thus eliciting or suppressing auto- or allo-immune reactions.
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- Zheng Xu
- Immunogenetics and Cellular Immunology, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University , New York, NY , USA
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- Immunogenetics and Cellular Immunology, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University , New York, NY , USA
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- Immunogenetics and Cellular Immunology, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University , New York, NY , USA
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- Immunogenetics and Cellular Immunology, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University , New York, NY , USA
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- Immunogenetics and Cellular Immunology, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University , New York, NY , USA
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- Immunogenetics and Cellular Immunology, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University , New York, NY , USA
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- Immunogenetics and Cellular Immunology, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University , New York, NY , USA
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Gravano DM, Al-Kuhlani M, Davini D, Sanders PD, Manilay JO, Hoyer KK. CD8 + T cells drive autoimmune hematopoietic stem cell dysfunction and bone marrow failure. J Autoimmun 2016; 75:58-67. [PMID: 27453063 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2016.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bone marrow (BM) failure syndrome encompasses a group of disorders characterized by BM stem cell dysfunction, resulting in varying degrees of hypoplasia and blood pancytopenia, and in many patients is autoimmune and inflammatory in nature. The important role of T helper 1 (Th1) polarized CD4+ T cells in driving BM failure has been clearly established in several models. However, animal model data demonstrating a functional role for CD8+ T cells in BM dysfunction is largely lacking and our objective was to test the hypothesis that CD8+ T cells play a non-redundant role in driving BM failure. Clinical evidence implicates a detrimental role for CD8+ T cells in BM failure and a beneficial role for Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) in maintaining immune tolerance in the BM. We demonstrate that IL-2-deficient mice, which have a deficit in functional Tregs, develop spontaneous BM failure. Furthermore, we demonstrate a critical role for CD8+ T cells in the development of BM failure, which is dependent on the cytokine, IFNγ. CD8+ T cells promote hematopoietic stem cell dysfunction and depletion of myeloid lineage progenitor cells, resulting in anemia. Adoptive transfer experiments demonstrate that CD8+ T cells dramatically expedite disease progression and promote CD4+ T cell accumulation in the BM. Thus, BM dysregulation in IL-2-deficient mice is mediated by a Th1 and IFNγ-producing CD8+ T cell (Tc1) response.
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- David M Gravano
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343, USA; Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343, USA; Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343, USA.
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Iwamoto T, Fujimoto M, Ikeda K, Saku A, Makita S, Furuta S, Niewold TB, Nakajima H. Manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus in female patients with polysomy X: Possible roles of chromosome X. Mod Rheumatol 2016; 29:192-194. [PMID: 27401488 DOI: 10.1080/14397595.2016.1205800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in female patients with polysomy X have been less characterized as compared to those in male patients. Here, we describe a 28-year-old woman with trisomy X (47,XXX) who developed SLE. She had polyarthritis, hemolytic anemia, and was positive for anti-nuclear and anti-dsDNA antibodies. We discuss the common SLE manifestations with female polysomy X and the possible link between the development of SLE and the presence of extra X-chromosomes.
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- Taro Iwamoto
- a Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , Chiba University Hospital , Chiba , Japan.,b Department of Immunology, Division of Rheumatology , Mayo Clinic , Rochester , MN , USA , and
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- a Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , Chiba University Hospital , Chiba , Japan.,c Department of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology , Chiba University Hospital , Chiba , Japan
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- a Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , Chiba University Hospital , Chiba , Japan
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- a Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , Chiba University Hospital , Chiba , Japan
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- a Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , Chiba University Hospital , Chiba , Japan
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- a Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , Chiba University Hospital , Chiba , Japan
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- b Department of Immunology, Division of Rheumatology , Mayo Clinic , Rochester , MN , USA , and
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- a Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , Chiba University Hospital , Chiba , Japan
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Smirnova SJ, Sidorova JV, Tsvetaeva NV, Nikulina OF, Biderman BV, Nikulina EE, Kulikov SM, Sudarikov AB. Expansion of CD8+ cells in autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Autoimmunity 2016; 49:147-54. [DOI: 10.3109/08916934.2016.1138219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Smigiel KS, Srivastava S, Stolley JM, Campbell DJ. Regulatory T-cell homeostasis: steady-state maintenance and modulation during inflammation. Immunol Rev 2014; 259:40-59. [PMID: 24712458 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Regulatory T (Treg) cells play a vital role in the prevention of autoimmunity and the maintenance of self-tolerance, but these cells also have an active role in inhibiting immune responses during viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections. Although excessive Treg activity can lead to immunodeficiency, chronic infection, and cancer, too little Treg activity results in autoimmunity and immunopathology and impairs the quality of pathogen-specific responses. Recent studies have helped define the homeostatic mechanisms that support the diverse pool of peripheral Treg cells under steady-state conditions and delineate how the abundance and function of Treg cells changes during inflammation. These findings are highly relevant for developing effective strategies to manipulate Treg cell activity to promote allograft tolerance and treat autoimmunity, chronic infection, and cancer.
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- Kate S Smigiel
- Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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Mai HL, Boeffard F, Longis J, Danger R, Martinet B, Haspot F, Vanhove B, Brouard S, Soulillou JP. IL-7 receptor blockade following T cell depletion promotes long-term allograft survival. J Clin Invest 2014; 124:1723-33. [PMID: 24569454 DOI: 10.1172/jci66287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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T cell depletion is commonly used in organ transplantation for immunosuppression; however, a restoration of T cell homeostasis following depletion leads to increased memory T cells, which may promote transplant rejection. The cytokine IL-7 is important for controlling lymphopoiesis under both normal and lymphopenic conditions. Here, we investigated whether blocking IL-7 signaling with a mAb that targets IL-7 receptor α (IL-7Rα) alone or following T cell depletion confers an advantage for allograft survival in murine transplant models. We found that IL-7R blockade alone induced indefinite pancreatic islet allograft survival if anti-IL-7R treatment was started 3 weeks before graft. IL-7R blockade following anti-CD4- and anti-CD8-mediated T cell depletion markedly prolonged skin allograft survival. Furthermore, IL-7 inhibition in combination with T cell depletion synergized with either CTLA-4Ig administration or suboptimal doses of tacrolimus to induce long-term skin graft acceptance in this stringent transplant model. Together, these therapies inhibited T cell reconstitution, decreased memory T cell numbers, increased the relative frequency of Tregs, and abrogated both cellular and humoral alloimmune responses. Our data suggest that IL-7R blockade following T cell depletion has potential as a robust, immunosuppressive therapy in transplantation.
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Until recently, little was known about the importance of CD8+ T effectors in promoting and preventing autoimmune disease development. CD8+ T cells can oppose or promote autoimmune disease through activities as suppressor cells and as cytotoxic effectors. Studies in several distinct autoimmune models and data from patient samples are beginning to establish the importance of CD8+ T cells in these diseases and to define the mechanisms by which these cells influence autoimmunity. CD8+ effectors can promote disease via dysregulated secretion of inflammatory cytokines, skewed differentiation profiles and inappropriate apoptosis induction of target cells, and work to block disease by eliminating self-reactive cells and self-antigen sources, or as regulatory T cells. Defining the often major contribution of CD8+ T cells to autoimmune disease and identifying the mechanisms by which they alter the pathogenesis of disease is a rapidly expanding area of study and will add valuable information to our understanding of the kinetics, pathology and biology of autoimmune disease.
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- David M Gravano
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
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Yamaguchi T, Kishi A, Osaki M, Morikawa H, Prieto-Martin P, Wing K, Saito T, Sakaguchi S. Construction of self-recognizing regulatory T cells from conventional T cells by controlling CTLA-4 and IL-2 expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110:E2116-E2125. [PMID: 23690575 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307185110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Thymus-produced CD4(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells, which specifically express the transcription factor forkhead box p3, are potently immunosuppressive and characteristically possess a self-reactive T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire. To determine the molecular basis of Treg suppressive activity and their self-skewed TCR repertoire formation, we attempted to reconstruct these Treg-specific properties in conventional T (Tconv) cells by genetic manipulation. We show that Tconv cells rendered IL-2 deficient and constitutively expressing transgenic cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) were potently suppressive in vitro when they were preactivated by antigenic stimulation. They also suppressed in vivo inflammatory bowel disease and systemic autoimmunity/inflammation produced by Treg deficiency. In addition, in the thymus, transgenic CTLA-4 expression in developing Tconv cells skewed their TCR repertoire toward higher self-reactivity, whereas CTLA-4 deficiency specifically in developing thymic Treg cells cancelled their physiological TCR self-skewing. The extracellular portion of CTLA-4 was sufficient for the suppression and repertoire shifting. It interfered with CD28 signaling to responder Tconv cells via outcompeting CD28 for binding to CD80 and CD86,or modulating CD80/CD86 expression on antigen-presenting cells. Thus, a triad of IL-2 repression, CTLA-4 expression, and antigenic stimulation is a minimalistic requirement for conferring Treg-like suppressive activity on Tconv cells, in accordance with the function of forkhead box p3 to strongly repress IL-2 and maintain CTLA-4 expression in natural Treg cells. Moreover, CTLA-4 expression is a key element for the formation of a self-reactive TCR repertoire in natural Treg cells. These findings can be exploited to control immune responses by targeting IL-2 and CTLA-4 in Treg and Tconv cells.
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Xu L, Zhang T, Liu Z, Li Q, Xu Z, Ren T. Critical role of Th17 cells in development of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Exp Hematol 2012; 40:994-1004.e4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2012.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2012] [Revised: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Van Belle TL, Dooms H, Boonefaes T, Wei XQ, Leclercq G, Grooten J. IL-15 augments TCR-induced CD4+ T cell expansion in vitro by inhibiting the suppressive function of CD25 High CD4+ T cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45299. [PMID: 23028916 PMCID: PMC3447928 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Due to its critical role in NK cell differentiation and CD8+ T cell homeostasis, the importance of IL-15 is more firmly established for cytolytic effectors of the immune system than for CD4+ T cells. The increased levels of IL-15 found in several CD4+ T cell-driven (auto-) immune diseases prompted us to examine how IL-15 influences murine CD4+ T cell responses to low dose TCR-stimulation in vitro. We show that IL-15 exerts growth factor activity on both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in a TCR-dependent and Cyclosporin A-sensitive manner. In CD4+ T cells, IL-15 augmented initial IL-2-dependent expansion and once IL-15Rα was upregulated, IL-15 sustained the TCR-induced expression of IL-2/15Rβ, supporting proliferation independently of secreted IL-2. Moreover, IL-15 counteracts CD4+ T cell suppression by a gradually expanding CD25HighCD4+ T cell subset that expresses Foxp3 and originates from CD4+CD25+ Tregs. These in vitro data suggest that IL-15 may dramatically strengthen the T cell response to suboptimal TCR-triggering by overcoming an activation threshold set by Treg that might create a risk for autoimmune pathology.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclosporine/pharmacology
- Flow Cytometry
- Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics
- Forkhead Transcription Factors/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Interleukin-15/immunology
- Interleukin-15/pharmacology
- Interleukin-15 Receptor alpha Subunit/genetics
- Interleukin-15 Receptor alpha Subunit/immunology
- Interleukin-2/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-2/metabolism
- Interleukin-2 Receptor beta Subunit/genetics
- Interleukin-2 Receptor beta Subunit/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Mice
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
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- Tom L. Van Belle
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- * E-mail: (JG); (TVB)
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- Arthritis Center/Rheumatology Section, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Tissue Engineering and Reparative Dentistry, Dental School, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- * E-mail: (JG); (TVB)
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Isakson SH, Katzman SD, Hoyer KK. Spontaneous autoimmunity in the absence of IL-2 is driven by uncontrolled dendritic cells. J Immunol 2012; 189:1585-93. [PMID: 22778392 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BALB/c IL-2-deficient (IL-2-KO) mice develop systemic autoimmunity, dying within 3 to 5 wk from complications of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Disease in these mice is Th1 mediated, and IFN-γ production is required for early autoimmunity. In this study, we show that dendritic cells (DCs) are required for optimal IFN-γ production by T cells in the IL-2-KO mouse. Disease is marked by DC accumulation, activation, and elevated production of Th1-inducing cytokines. IL-2-KO DCs induce heightened proliferation and cytokine production by naive T cells compared with wild-type DCs. The depletion of either conventional or plasmacytoid DCs significantly prolongs the survival of IL-2-KO mice, demonstrating that DCs contribute to the progression of autoimmunity. Elimination of Th1-inducing cytokine signals (type 1 IFN and IL-12) reduces RBC-specific Ab production and augments survival, indicating that cytokines derived from both plasmacytoid DCs and conventional DCs contribute to disease severity. DC activation likely precedes T cell activation because DCs are functionally activated even in an environment lacking overt T cell activation. These data indicate that both conventional and plasmacytoid DCs are critical regulators in the development of this systemic Ab-mediated autoimmune disease, in large part through the production of IL-12 and type 1 IFNs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sara H Isakson
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Calkins CE. Regulatory T cells essential to prevent the loss of self-tolerance in murine models of erythrocyte-specific autoantibody responses. Immunol Res 2011; 51:134-44. [PMID: 22131153 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-011-8259-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The spontaneous appearance of anti-erythrocyte autoantibodies resulting in autoimmune hemolytic anemia described in NZB mice more than 40 years ago provided a model for the study of mechanisms behind the loss of self-tolerance. We developed an in vitro model of this anti-MRBC response in which CD8(+) suppressor T cells were shown to be a controlling element. CD8(+) T cells from young NZB mice co-cultured with spleen cells from old, actively autoimmune NZB mice suppressed the anti-MRBC responses of the old mice. Eliminating the CD8(+) cells from young NZB spleen cells or even from non-autoimmune BALB/c spleen cells prior to culture removed the controlling influence of these CD8(+) cells and allowed the development of anti-MRBC-secreting cells. This review will consider the role of the CD8(+) suppressive cells in the anti-self-erythrocyte model in light of insights provided by current 'regulatory T cell' literature.
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Katzman SD, Hoyer KK, Dooms H, Gratz IK, Rosenblum MD, Paw JS, Isakson SH, Abbas AK. Opposing functions of IL-2 and IL-7 in the regulation of immune responses. Cytokine 2011; 56:116-21. [PMID: 21807532 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2011.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2011] [Accepted: 07/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Regulation of the magnitude and quality of immune responses is dependent on the integration of multiple signals which typically operate through positive and negative feedback loops. Cytokines that promote or limit T cell expansion and differentiation are often both present in the complex lymphoid environment where antigen-initiated T cell responses take place. The nature and strength of the cytokine signal received by the responding cell, as well as by surrounding regulatory cells, will determine the extent of clonal expansion and the progression towards effector and memory cell differentiation. The mechanisms that determine how much cytokine is produced and how cytokine activities are controlled by receptor expression and intracellular regulators of signaling are not fully understood. Here we discuss the opposing functions of two members of the common receptor gamma chain (γc) cytokines, IL-2 and IL-7 in the generation and regulation of immune responses in vivo.
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- Shoshana D Katzman
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0511, USA
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Barron L, Dooms H, Hoyer KK, Kuswanto W, Hofmann J, O'Gorman WE, Abbas AK. Cutting edge: mechanisms of IL-2-dependent maintenance of functional regulatory T cells. J Immunol 2010; 185:6426-30. [PMID: 21037099 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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IL-2 controls the survival of regulatory T cells (Tregs), but it is unclear whether IL-2 also directly affects Treg suppressive capacity in vivo. We have found that eliminating Bim-dependent apoptosis in IL-2- and CD25-deficient mice restored Treg numbers but failed to cure their lethal autoimmune disease, demonstrating that IL-2-dependent survival and suppressive activity can be uncoupled in Tregs. Treatment with IL-2-anti-IL-2-Ab complexes enhanced the numbers and suppressive capacity of IL-2-deprived Tregs with striking increases in CD25, CTLA-4, and CD39/CD73 expression. Although cytokine treatment induced these suppressive mechanisms in both IL-2(-/-) and IL-2(-/-)Bim(-/-) mice, it only reversed autoimmune disease in the latter. Our results suggest that successful IL-2 therapy of established autoimmune diseases will require a threshold quantity of Tregs present at the start of treatment and show that the suppressive capacity of Tregs critically depends on IL-2 even when Treg survival is independent of this cytokine.
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- Luke Barron
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0506, USA
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Interleukin-2 (IL-2) has multiple, sometimes opposing, functions during an inflammatory response. It is a potent inducer of T-cell proliferation and T-helper 1 (Th1) and Th2 effector T-cell differentiation and provides T cells with a long-lasting competitive advantage resulting in the optimal survival and function of memory cells. In a regulatory role, IL-2 is important for the development, survival, and function of regulatory T cells, it enhances Fas-mediated activation-induced cell death, and it inhibits the development of inflammatory Th17 cells. Thus, in its dual and contrasting functions, IL-2 contributes to both the induction and the termination of inflammatory immune responses.
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- Katrina K Hoyer
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Imbalance of T-helper cell (Th) differentiation and subsequent cytokine dysregulation is implicated in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. In particular, 2 cytokines produced by different Th cell populations, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-17 (IL-17), have been shown to play a critical role in autoimmunity. We have examined the roles of these cytokines in a mouse model of systemic autoimmunity resulting from the deletion of IL-2 in which autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a prominent feature. We demonstrate that, in IL-2-knockout (KO) BALB/c mice, elimination of the Th1 cytokine, IFN-gamma, delays the development of AIHA. Further, CD4(+) T cells from IL-2/IFN-gamma-KO mice produce elevated levels of IL-17 compared with wild-type (WT) and IL-2-KO, and these mice eventually develop intestinal inflammation. In contrast, elimination of the Th17 cytokine, IL-17, from IL-2-KO mice fails to suppress early acute AIHA development. These results suggest that in a systemic autoimmune disease with multiple manifestations, Th1 cells drive the early autoantibody response and IL-17-producing cells may be responsible for the more chronic tissue inflammation.
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