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T cell UTX promotes Tfh-mediated clearance of persistent virus infection


ABSTRACT: Epigenetic changes, including histone methylation, control T cell differentiation and memory formation, though the enzymes that mediate these processes are not clear. We show that UTX, a histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27) demethylase, promotes the generation of T follicular helper (Tfh) cells, a CD4+ T cell subset essential for B cell antibody generation and clearance of chronic viral infections. Mice with T cell specific UTX deletion (UTX TKO mice) had fewer Tfh cells, showed defective germinal center formation, lacked virus-specific IgG production, and were unable to resolve chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection. In UTX TKO T cells, decreased expression of IL-6R±, and other Tfh-related loci, was associated with increased H3K27 methylation. Additionally, Turner Syndrome subjects, who are predisposed to chronic ear infections, have reduced UTX expression in immune cells and decreased Tfh frequency. Thus, we identify a critical link between UTX in T cells and immunity to infection. Mice were infected with chronic LCMV and sorted for Tfh on day 21 pi (sorted for: CD4+CXCR5+CD62Llo T cell). ChIP-Seq and RNA-Seq on WT and Utx KO cells.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Joshua Starmer 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-64969 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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