Antigen-expanded CD8+ gd T cells with NK-like phenotype and function respond in persistent infection [Bulk RNA-seq]
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ABSTRACT: Gamma Delta (gd) T cells play unique protective roles in different settings of acute and chronic infections. However, what they respond to and how they function in the acute versus chronic phases of the same infection remains unclear. It is well documented that cytolytic gd T cells that express Vg9Vd2 TCRs and respond to phosphoantigens (pAgs) expand in acute Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection in humans. However, most infections with Mtb manifest as a chronic, clinically asymptomatic state. While past work indicates that gd T cells contribute to Mtb infection control, their response during this phase of Mtb infection is not well understood. Here, we analyze peripheral blood gd T cells from a South African adolescent cohort and show that a unique CD8+ gd T cell subset with features of “memory inflation” expand in chronic Mtb infection.
Project description:Gamma Delta (gd) T cells play unique protective roles in different settings of acute and chronic infections. However, what they respond to and how they function in the acute versus chronic phases of the same infection remains unclear. It is well documented that cytolytic gd T cells that express Vg9Vd2 TCRs and respond to phosphoantigens (pAgs) expand in acute Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection in humans. However, most infections with Mtb manifest as a chronic, clinically asymptomatic state. While past work indicates that gd T cells contribute to Mtb infection control, their response during this phase of Mtb infection is not well understood. Here, we analyze peripheral blood gd T cells from a South African adolescent cohort and show that a unique CD8+ gd T cell subset with features of “memory inflation” expand in chronic Mtb infection. Using targeted scRNA-seq coupled with surface protein expression and multiparametric single cell pseudotime trajectory analysis, we identify the differentiation paths that these CD8+ gd T cells follow to develop into effectors in this infection state.
Project description:Transcriptomics on lung-resident CD8+ T cells reveals how global gene expression patterns diverge over the course of infection with virulent Mtb and non-pathogenic BCG strains. CD8+ T cells from Mtb-infected animals respond with a stronger activation profile than cells from BCG-infected animals, promoting a more inflammatory gene expression profile that contributes to increased indicators of T cell exhaustion, apoptosis and metabolic reprogramming. These data provide new insights into the differential regulation of T cell immunity in virulent and non-virulent Mycobacterial infections.
Project description:Understanding the response of memory CD8 T cells to persistent antigen re-stimulation and the role of CD4 T cell help is critical to the design of successful vaccines for chronic diseases. However, studies comparing the protective abilities and qualities of memory and naïve cells have been mostly performed in acute infections, and little is known about their roles during chronic infections. Herein, we show that memory cells dominate over naïve cells and are protective when present in large enough numbers to quickly reduce infection. In contrast, when infection is not rapidly reduced, memory cells are quickly lost, unlike naïve cells. This loss of memory cells is due to (i) an early block in cell proliferation, (ii) selective regulation by the inhibitory receptor 2B4, and (iii) increased reliance on CD4 T cell help. These findings have important implications towards the design of T cell vaccines against chronic infections and tumors. 16 samples are analyzed: 3 replicates of secondary effector CD8 P14 T cells at day 8 post-acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection; 4 replicates of secondary effector CD8 P14 T cells at day 8 post-chronic LCMV infection; 4 replicates of primary effector CD8 P14 T cells at day 8 post-acute LCMV infection; and 5 replicates of primary effector CD8 P14 T cells at day 8 post-chronic LCMV infection.
Project description:Recent implication of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the intricate cross-talk between the host and the pathogen in viral infections reveals a new layer of mechanism for host-virus interactions. In the present study, we investigated human miRNAs which may be involved in the acute and chronic HBV infections via microarray profiling. We determined the global miRNA expression profiles elicited in the uninfected control model (HepG2), the acute infection model (HepG2 transfected with a 1.3 full-length HBV genome) and the chronic infection model (HepG2.2.15) using CapitalBio corporation’s mammalian miRNA arrays. Three cellular models were used in this study: the human hepatoblastoma cell line HepG2 as a blank control representing the condition without virus infection; HepG2 transfected with a 1.3 full-length HBV genome as an acute infection model; and HepG2.2.15, a well-established cell line derived from HepG2 transfected with a full-length HBV genome and constitutively expressing HBV, as a chronic infection model.
Project description:The goal of this study was to identify the molecular programming using ATAC-seq of CD8 T cells responding to different viral infections. Mice were infected with either LCMV Armstrong to model an acute infection or LCMV Clone-13 to model a chronic infection. At various time points following infection, virus-specific CD8 T cells were purified and ATAC-seq performed. These data identify the changes in chromatin accessibility associated with acute infections and the establishment of functional memory versus those accessibility changes associated with chronic infection.
Project description:In response to acute infection, naive CD8+ T cells expand, differentiate into effector cells and then contract to a long-lived pool of memory cells after pathogen clearance. During chronic infections or in tumors, CD8+ T cells acquire an “exhausted” phenotype. Here we present genome-wide comparisons of chromatin accessibility and gene expression from endogenous CD8+ T cells responding to acute and chronic viral infection using ATAC-seq and RNA-seq. Acquisition of effector, memory or exhausted phenotypes was associated with stable changes in chromatin accessibility away from the naive T cell state. Regions differentially accessible between functional subsets in vivo were enriched for binding sites of transcription factors known to regulate these subsets, including E2A, BATF, IRF4, T-bet and TCF1. Exhaustion-specific accessible regions were enriched for consensus binding sites for NFAT and Nr4a family members, indicating that chronic stimulation confers a unique accessibility profile on exhausted cells.
Project description:A greater understanding of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regulation is required for dissecting protective versus detrimental immunity to pathogens that cause chronic infections such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We have shown that systemic administration of BCG or b-glucan reprograms HSCs in the BM via a type II interferon (IFN-II) or IL1 response, respectively, that confers protective trained immunity against Mtb. Yet, whether BCG/β-Glucan is unique in its ability to induce this protection remains unknown. Herein, we demonstrate that unlike BCG or b-glucan, Mtb reprograms HSCs via IFN-I response that suppresses myelopoiesis and impairs protective trained immunity to Mtb. Mechanistically, IFN-I response dysregulates iron metabolism, depolarizes mitochondrial membrane potential, and induces cell death in myeloid progenitors. Finally, activation of IFN-I/iron axis in myeloid progenitors generates a detrimental trained immunity to Mtb infection. These results identify an unanticipated immune evasion strategy of Mtb in the bone marrow that controls the magnitude and anti-microbial capacity of innate immunity to infection
Project description:A greater understanding of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regulation is required for dissecting protective versus detrimental immunity to pathogens that cause chronic infections such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We have shown that systemic administration of BCG or b-glucan reprograms HSCs in the BM via a type II interferon (IFN-II) or IL1 response, respectively, that confers protective trained immunity against Mtb. Yet, whether BCG/β-Glucan is unique in its ability to induce this protection remains unknown. Herein, we demonstrate that unlike BCG or b-glucan, Mtb reprograms HSCs via IFN-I response that suppresses myelopoiesis and impairs protective trained immunity to Mtb. Mechanistically, IFN-I response dysregulates iron metabolism, depolarizes mitochondrial membrane potential, and induces cell death in myeloid progenitors. Finally, activation of IFN-I/iron axis in myeloid progenitors generates a detrimental trained immunity to Mtb infection. These results identify an unanticipated immune evasion strategy of Mtb in the bone marrow that controls the magnitude and anti-microbial capacity of innate immunity to infection
Project description:A greater understanding of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regulation is required for dissecting protective versus detrimental immunity to pathogens that cause chronic infections such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We have shown that systemic administration of BCG or b-glucan reprograms HSCs in the BM via a type II interferon (IFN-II) or IL1 response, respectively, that confers protective trained immunity against Mtb. Yet, whether BCG/β-Glucan is unique in its ability to induce this protection remains unknown. Herein, we demonstrate that unlike BCG or b-glucan, Mtb reprograms HSCs via IFN-I response that suppresses myelopoiesis and impairs protective trained immunity to Mtb. Mechanistically, IFN-I response dysregulates iron metabolism, depolarizes mitochondrial membrane potential, and induces cell death in myeloid progenitors. Finally, activation of IFN-I/iron axis in myeloid progenitors generates a detrimental trained immunity to Mtb infection. These results identify an unanticipated immune evasion strategy of Mtb in the bone marrow that controls the magnitude and anti-microbial capacity of innate immunity to infection
Project description:Despite evidence that gd T cells play an important role during malaria, their precise role remains unclear. During murine malaria induced by Plasmodium chabaudi infection and in human P. falciparum infection, we found that gd T cells expanded rapidly after resolution of acute parasitemia, in contrast to ab T cells that expanded at the acute stage and then declined. Single-cell sequencing showed that TRAV15N-1 gd T cells were clonally expanded in mice and had convergent complementarity-determining region 3 sequences. These gd T cells expressed specific cytokines, M-CSF, CCL5, CCL3, which are known to act on the myeloid compartment, indicating that this gd T cell subset may have distinct functions. Both gd T cells and M-CSF were necessary for preventing parasitemic recurrence. These findings point to an M-CSF-producing gd T cell subset that fulfills a specialized protective role in the later stage of malaria infection when ab T cells have declined.