Context-specific requirements of Tet enzymes in the modulation of CD8 effector and memory cell fates during acute viral infection [EM-seq]
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ABSTRACT: In response to infections, naïve CD8 T cells give rise effector and memory T cells. However, eliciting long-lived memory CD8T cells remains a challenge for many infections. DNA demethylation of cytosines within CpG dinucleotides by Tet enzymes is a key epigenetic mechanism that regulate transcriptional programs. However, their roles in CD8 T cell memory differentiation is unclear. We report that following viral infection, Tet1/3-deficient CD8 T cells preferentially differentiate into short-lived effectors and effector memory cells. Using genome-wide DNA methylation and mice, in which Tet1/3 were ablated during T cell development and in mature CD8 T cells, respectively, we established that Tet1/3 regulate these cell fates by licensing the chromatin landscape of genes downstream of T cell receptor signaling during thymic T cell maturation. These findings unveil the context-specific roles of DNA demethylation, which is essential for defining pathways that contribute to CD8 memory T cell generation against infectious diseases.
Project description:In response to infections, naïve CD8 T cells give rise effector and memory T cells. However, eliciting long-lived memory CD8T cells remains a challenge for many infections. DNA demethylation of cytosines within CpG dinucleotides by Tet enzymes is a key epigenetic mechanism that regulate transcriptional programs. However, their roles in CD8 T cell memory differentiation is unclear. We report that following viral infection, Tet1/3-deficient CD8 T cells preferentially differentiate into short-lived effectors and effector memory cells. Using genome-wide DNA methylation and mice, in which Tet1/3 were ablated during T cell development and in mature CD8 T cells, respectively, we established that Tet1/3 regulate these cell fates by licensing the chromatin landscape of genes downstream of T cell receptor signaling during thymic T cell maturation. These findings unveil the context-specific roles of DNA demethylation, which is essential for defining pathways that contribute to CD8 memory T cell generation against infectious diseases.
Project description:In response to infections, naïve CD8 T cells give rise effector and memory T cells. However, eliciting long-lived memory CD8T cells remains a challenge for many infections. DNA demethylation of cytosines within CpG dinucleotides by Tet enzymes is a key epigenetic mechanism that regulate transcriptional programs. However, their roles in CD8 T cell memory differentiation is unclear. We report that following viral infection, Tet1/3-deficient CD8 T cells preferentially differentiate into short-lived effectors and effector memory cells. Using genome-wide DNA methylation and mice, in which Tet1/3 were ablated during T cell development and in mature CD8 T cells, respectively, we established that Tet1/3 regulate these cell fates by licensing the chromatin landscape of genes downstream of T cell receptor signaling during thymic T cell maturation. These findings unveil the context-specific roles of DNA demethylation, which is essential for defining pathways that contribute to CD8 memory T cell generation against infectious diseases.
Project description:At the peak of the CD8 T cell response to acture viral and bacterial infections, expression of the Interleukin-7 Receptor (IL-7R) marks Memory Precursor Effector CD8 T Cells (MPECs) from other Short-Lived Effector CD8 T cells (SLECs), which are IL-7Rlo. This study was designed to determine the gene expression differences between these two subsets of effector CD8 T cells. Experiment Overall Design: This study compared IL-7Rhi and IL-7Rlo LCMV-specific P14 Transgenic CD8 T cells, sorted from LCMV armstrong infected recipient mice 6/7 days after infection. Data includes 3 independent replicates for the IL-7Rhi and IL-7Rlo groups.
Project description:At the peak of the CD8 T cell response to acture viral and bacterial infections, expression of the Interleukin-7 Receptor (IL-7R) marks Memory Precursor Effector CD8 T Cells (MPECs) from other Short-Lived Effector CD8 T cells (SLECs), which are IL-7Rlo. This study was designed to determine the gene expression differences between these two subsets of effector CD8 T cells. Keywords: expression comparison
Project description:CD8 T cells normally differentiate from resting naïve T cells into function effector and then memory CD8 T cells following acute infections. During chronic viral infections, however, virus-specific CD8 T cells often become exhausted. We used microarrays to examine the gene expression differences between naive, effector, memory and exhausted virus-specific CD8 T cells following lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection. Experiment Overall Design: Three or four independent samples were sorted by flow cytometry for each cell type (naive, effector, memory and exhausted) virus-specific CD8 T cells. RNA was extracted and hybridized to Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:During acute viral infections, effector CD8+ T cells differentiate into memory precursors or short-lived terminal effectors. miR-17-92a over-expression skews CD8+ effector cells to the terminal differentiation. We used microarray to identify the genes that are differentially expressed caused by miR-17-92a over-expression.
Project description:Patients with Activated-PI3Kd Syndrome (APDS) present with sinopulmonary infections, lymphadenopathy and CMV and/or EBV viremia, yet why patients fail to clear certain viral infections remains incompletely understood. Using patient samples and a mouse model (Pik3cdE1020K/+ mice), we demonstrate that, upon activation, Pik3cdE1020K/+ CD8+ T cells exhibit exaggerated features of short-lived effectors both in vitro and post-viral infection, including increased Fas-mediated apoptosis due to sustained FoxO1 phosphorylation and derepression of FasL. Activated Pik3cdE1020K/+ CD8+ T cells displayed enhanced mTORC1 and c-Myc signatures, accompanied by metabolic perturbations linked to an accelerated effector program. Conversely, Pik3cdE1020K/+ CD8+ T cells failed to sustain expression of proteins critical for maintenance of long-lived memory cells, including TCF1, and mounted inadequate memory responses in vivo. Strikingly, activated Pik3cdE1020K/+ CD8+ T cells exhibit altered transcriptional and epigenetic circuits characterized by a pronounced IL-2/STAT5 signature associated with heightened IL-2 responses that prevented differentiation to memory-like cells in the presence of IL-15. Our data position PI3Kd as a central hub integrating multiple signaling nodes that promote terminal CD8+ T cell effector differentiation at the expense of memory and long-lived T cell responses.
Project description:During acute viral infections, effector CD8+ T cells differentiate into memory precursors or short-lived terminal effectors. miR-17-92a over-expression skews CD8+ effector cells to the terminal differentiation. We used microarray to identify the genes that are differentially expressed caused by miR-17-92a over-expression. CD8+ T cells from P14 TCR transgenic mice were infected with miR-17-92a-MSCV-IRES-Thy1.1 vector and transfer to C57BL6 recipients. Chimeras were infected with LCMV Armstrong. Thy1.1+ miR-17-92a-MSCV-IRES-Thy1.1 transduced P14 cells and Thy1.1- non-transduced P14 cells were sorted by FACS. RNA was extracted from samples, labeled, and hybridized to Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:Memory CD8 T lymphocytes are a long-lived population of immune cells that provide formidable protection against infections and malignancy, and are thus often central to vaccine and cancer immunotherapy efficacy. Here we refine the identity, developmental relationships, and functional roles of memory CD8 T cells through delineation of a descrete population that confers robust protection against reinfection and exhibits an unexpected molecular program bearing typically divergent characteristics of short-lived effector cells and long-lived memory T cells. Mass-cytometry and single-cell RNA sequencing analyses revealed an analogous population of cells in humans. These findings hold broad implications for both informing immunotherapy treatments and predicting their efficacy.
Project description:Neonates often generate incomplete immunity against intracellular pathogens, although the mechanism of this defect is poorly understood. An important question is whether the impaired development of memory CD8+ T cells in neonates is due to an immature priming environment or lymphocyte-intrinsic defects. Here we show that neonatal and adult CD8+ T cells adopted different fates when responding to equal amounts of stimulation in the same host. While adult CD8+ T cells differentiated into a heterogeneous pool of effector and memory cells, neonatal CD8+ T cells preferentially gave rise to short-lived effector cells and exhibited a distinct gene expression profile. Surprisingly, impaired neonatal memory formation was not due to a lack of responsiveness, but instead because neonatal CD8+ T cells expanded more rapidly than adult cells and quickly became terminally differentiated. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that neonatal CD8+ T cells exhibit an imbalance in effector and memory CD8+ T cell differentiation, which impairs the formation of memory CD8+ T cells in early life mRNA profiles of effector CD8+ T cells from neonatal and adult mice