CD48-dependent protective autophagy in conventional human T cells promotes restimulation-induced cell death resistance
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ABSTRACT: Transcriptome profiling and functional analyses on expanding Tcons revealed that FOXP3 enhances expression of the SLAM family receptor CD48, which in turn sustains basal autophagy and suppresses pro-apoptotic p53 signaling. Our findings suggest that FOXP3 governs a distinct transcriptional program in early-stage effector Tcons that maintains RICD resistance via CD48-dependent protective autophagy and p53 suppression.
Project description:Transcriptome profiling and functional analyses on expanding Tcons revealed that FOXP3 enhances expression of the SLAM family receptor CD48, which in turn sustains basal autophagy and suppresses pro-apoptotic p53 signaling. Our findings suggest that FOXP3 governs a distinct transcriptional program in early-stage effector Tcons that maintains RICD resistance via CD48-dependent protective autophagy and p53 suppression.
Project description:Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) develop from common lymphoid progenitors (CLP), which further differentiate into the common ILC progenitor (CILP) that can give rise to both ILCs and NK cells. Murine ILC intermediates have recently been characterized, but the human counterparts and their developmental trajectories have not yet been identified, largely due to the lack of homologous surface receptors in both organisms. Here, we show that human CILPs (CD34+CD117+α4β7+Lin-) acquire CD48 and CD52, which define NK progenitors (NKPs) and innate lymphoid cell precursors (ILCPs). Two distinct NK cell subsets were generated in vitro from CD34+CD117+α4β7+Lin-CD48-CD52+ and CD34+CD117+α4β7+Lin-CD48+CD52+ NKPs, respectively. Independent of NKPs, ILCPs exist in the CD34+CD117+α4β7+Lin-CD48+CD52+ subset and give rise to ILC1s, ILC2s and NCR+ ILC3s, whereas CD34+CD117+α4β7+Lin-CD48+CD52- ILCPs give rise to a distinct subset of ILC3s that have lymphoid tissue inducer (LTi)-like properties. Additionally, CD48 expressing CD34+CD117+α4β7+Lin- precursors give rise to tissue-associated ILCs in vivo. We also observed that the interaction of 2B4 with CD48 induced differentiation of ILC2s, and together these findings show that expression of CD48 by human ILCPs modulates ILC differentiation.
Project description:Here, we present a Small RNA-Seq dataset of isolated mouse hematopoietic stem cells (HSC LSK slam; Lineage- Sca-1+ c-Kit+ CD150+CD48-) of Meg3 KO (induced MxCre Meg3mat flox/pat wt) and control (induced MxCre) cells
Project description:We discovered that mice that lack Lsd1 in hematopoietic cells were exhibited increased frequencies of CD150+ CD48- lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1+ LT-HSCs, but completely lacked the lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1- myeloid progenitor compartment. To determine the genes altered by Lsd1-loss, CD150+ CD48- lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1+ LT-HSCs from Lsd1fl/fl and Lsd1fl/fl Mx1Cre mice were FACS-purified to be analyzed by gene expression profiling.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling (SMARTer-Seq) has been performed on CD48-/CD48+ LSK hematopoietic cells to determine the effect introduced by the abrogation of Sbds within mesenchymal cells.
Project description:We discovered that mice that lack Lsd1 in hematopoietic cells were exhibited increased frequencies of CD150+ CD48- lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1+ LT-HSCs, but completely lacked the lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1- myeloid progenitor compartment. To determine the genes altered by Lsd1-loss, CD150+ CD48- lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1+ LT-HSCs from Lsd1fl/fl and Lsd1fl/fl Mx1Cre mice were FACS-purified to be analyzed by gene expression profiling. Primary CD150+ CD48- lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1+ LT-HSCs were isolated by FACS-sorting, from the bone marrow of Lsd1fl/fl and Lsd1fl/fl Mx1Cre animals, one week after the final p(I:C) dose. Total RNA from three biological replicates per genotype was extracted with the RNeasy Micro Kit (QIAGEN), treated with DNaseI, reverse transcribed. RNA extracted from CD150+ CD48- lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1+ cells was amplified with the Ovation Pico WTA RNA Amplification System 2 (NuGEN Technologies). Single-stranded cDNA amplification products were purified using QIAquick PCR Purification Kit (QIAGEN) and labeled with the FL-Ovation cDNA Biotin Module V2 (NuGEN). The Biotin-labeled cDNA was used to hybridize to Affymetrix expression arrays using the Mouse Genome 430 2.0 array platform. Primary CD150+ CD48- lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1+ LT-HSCs were isolated by FACS-sorting, from the bone marrow of Lsd1fl/fl and Lsd1fl/fl Mx1Cre animals, one week after the final p(I:C) dose. Total RNA from three biological replicates per genotype was extracted with the RNeasy Micro Kit (QIAGEN), treated with DNaseI, reverse transcribed. RNA extracted from CD150+ CD48- lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1+ cells was amplified with the Ovation Pico WTA RNA Amplification System 2 (NuGEN Technologies). Single-stranded cDNA amplification products were purified using QIAquick PCR Purification Kit (QIAGEN) and labeled with the FL-Ovation cDNA Biotin Module V2 (NuGEN). The Biotin-labeled cDNA was used to hybridize to Affymetrix expression arrays using the Mouse Genome 430 2.0 array platform. Primary CD150+ CD48- lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1+ LT-HSCs were isolated by FACS-sorting, from the bone marrow of Lsd1fl/fl and Lsd1fl/fl Mx1Cre animals, one week after the final p(I:C) dose. Total RNA from three biological replicates per genotype was extracted with the RNeasy Micro Kit (QIAGEN), treated with DNaseI, reverse transcribed. RNA extracted from CD150+ CD48- lin- c-Kit+ Sca-1+ cells was amplified with the Ovation Pico WTA RNA Amplification System 2 (NuGEN Technologies). Single-stranded cDNA amplification products were purified using QIAquick PCR Purification Kit (QIAGEN) and labeled with the FL-Ovation cDNA Biotin Module V2 (NuGEN). The Biotin-labeled cDNA was used to hybridize to Affymetrix expression arrays using the Mouse Genome 430 2.0 array platform.
Project description:The adaptive immune response relies on specific apoptotic programs to maintain homeostasis. Conventional effector T cell (Tcon) expansion is constrained by both forkhead box P3 (FOXP3)+-regulatory T cells (Tregs) and restimulation-induced cell death (RICD), a propriocidal apoptosis pathway triggered by repeated stimulation through the T-cell receptor (TCR). Constitutive FOXP3 expression protects Tregs from RICD by suppressing SLAM-associated protein (SAP), a key adaptor protein that amplifies TCR signaling strength. The role of transient FOXP3 induction in activated human CD4 and CD8 Tcons remains unresolved, but its expression is inversely correlated with acquired RICD sensitivity. Here, we describe a novel role for FOXP3 in protecting human Tcons from premature RICD during expansion. Unlike FOXP3-mediated protection from RICD in Tregs, FOXP3 protects Tcons through a distinct mechanism requiring de novo transcription that does not require SAP suppression. Transcriptome profiling and functional analyses of expanding Tcons revealed that FOXP3 enhances expression of the SLAM family receptor CD48, which in turn sustains basal autophagy and suppresses pro-apoptotic p53 signaling. Both CD48 and FOXP3 expression reduced p53 accumulation upon TCR restimulation. Furthermore, silencing FOXP3 expression or blocking CD48 decreased the mitochondrial membrane potential in expanding Tcons with a concomitant reduction in basal autophagy. Our findings suggest that FOXP3 governs a distinct transcriptional program in early-stage effector Tcons that maintains RICD resistance via CD48-dependent protective autophagy and p53 suppression.
Project description:RNA transcriptome difference between WT and SFR KO iNKT cells To understand how SLAM family receptors (SFRs) contribute to iNKT cell development, a mouse lacking all SFRs in addition to the ligand of 2B4, CD48, was generated, and the transcriptional profiles of thymic iNKT cells from wild-type and SFR KO mice were compared, using RNA sequencing.