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Elhage R, Kelly M, Goudin N, Megret J, Legrand A, Nemazanyy I, Patitucci C, Quellec V, Wai T, Hamaï A, Ezine S. Mitochondrial dynamics and metabolic regulation control T cell fate in the thymus. Front Immunol 2024; 14:1270268. [PMID: 38288115 PMCID: PMC10822881 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1270268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
Abstract
Several studies demonstrated that mitochondrial dynamics and metabolic pathways control T cell fate in the periphery. However, little is known about their implication in thymocyte development. Our results showed that thymic progenitors (CD3-CD4-CD8- triple negative, TN), in active division, have essentially a fused mitochondrial morphology and rely on high glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). As TN cells differentiate to double positive (DP, CD4+CD8+) and single positive (SP, CD4+ and CD8+) stages, they became more quiescent, their mitochondria fragment and they downregulate glycolysis and OXPHOS. Accordingly, in vitro inhibition of the mitochondrial fission during progenitor differentiation on OP9-DL4 stroma, affected the TN to DP thymocyte transition by enhancing the percentage of TN and reducing that of DP, leading to a decrease in the total number of thymic cells including SP T cells. We demonstrated that the stage 3 triple negative pre-T (TN3) and the stage 4 triple negative pre-T (TN4) have different metabolic and functional behaviors. While their mitochondrial morphologies are both essentially fused, the LC-MS based analysis of their metabolome showed that they are distinct: TN3 rely more on OXPHOS whereas TN4 are more glycolytic. In line with this, TN4 display an increased Hexokinase II expression in comparison to TN3, associated with high proliferation and glycolysis. The in vivo inhibition of glycolysis using 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) and the absence of IL-7 signaling, led to a decline in glucose metabolism and mitochondrial membrane potential. In addition, the glucose/IL-7R connection affects the TN3 to TN4 transition (also called β-selection transition), by enhancing the percentage of TN3, leading to a decrease in the total number of thymocytes. Thus, we identified additional components, essential during β-selection transition and playing a major role in thymic development.
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- Rima Elhage
- Institut Necker Enfant-Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Institut Necker Enfant-Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Platform for Image Analysis Center, SFR Necker, INSERM US 24 - CNRS UMS 3633, Paris, France
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- Platform for Cytometry, SFR Necker, INSERM US 24 - CNRS UMS 3633, Paris, France
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- Institut Necker Enfant-Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Platform for Metabolic Analyses, SFR Necker, INSERM US 24 - CNRS UMS 3633, Paris, France
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- Mitochondrial Biology Group, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 3691, Paris, France
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- Institut Necker Enfant-Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Mitochondrial Biology Group, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 3691, Paris, France
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- Institut Necker Enfant-Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Institut Necker Enfant-Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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Michaels Lopez V, Legrand A, Tejerina E, Megret J, Bordin C, Quellec V, Ezine S. Intrathymic SIRPa cDC subsets organization in normal and stress conditions reveal another level of cDCs heterogeneity. J Leukoc Biol 2022; 112:629-639. [DOI: 10.1002/jlb.1a0921-502rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Université de Paris Paris France
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- Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker Paris France
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- Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Université de Paris Paris France
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- Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Université de Paris Paris France
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Bresler P, Tejerina E, Jacob JM, Legrand A, Quellec V, Ezine S, Peduto L, Cherrier M. T cells regulate lymph node-resident ILC populations in a tissue and subset-specific way. iScience 2021; 24:102158. [PMID: 33665576 PMCID: PMC7907429 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102158] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) have been shown to be significantly affected in the small intestine lamina propria and secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs) of conventional lymphopenic mice. How ILCs are regulated by adaptive immunity in SLOs remains unclear. In T cell-deficient mice, ILC2s are significantly increased in the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) at the expense of CCR6+ ILC3s, which are nonetheless increased in the peripheral lymph nodes (PLNs). Here, we show that T cells regulate lymph node-resident ILCs in a tissue- and subset-specific way. First, reducing microbial colonization from birth restored CCR6+ ILC3s in the MLNs of T cell-deficient mice. In contrast, T cell reconstitution resulted in the contraction of both MLNs ILC2s and PLNs ILC3s, whereas antagonizing microbial colonization from birth had no impact on these populations. Finally, the accumulation of MLNs ILC2s was partly regulated by T cells through stroma-derived IL-33.
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- Priscillia Bresler
- Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, INSERM U1151, CNRS UMR 8253, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, INSERM U1151, CNRS UMR 8253, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France
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- Stroma, Inflammation & Tissue Repair Unit, Institut Pasteur, Inserm U1224, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, INSERM U1151, CNRS UMR 8253, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, INSERM U1151, CNRS UMR 8253, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, INSERM U1151, CNRS UMR 8253, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France
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- Stroma, Inflammation & Tissue Repair Unit, Institut Pasteur, Inserm U1224, Paris, France
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- Institut Imagine, Université Paris Descartes, INSERM U1163, Laboratory of Intestinal Immunity, 24 Boulevard du Montparnasse, 75015 Paris, France
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