Antigen-specific CD4+ T cells promote monocyte recruitment and differentiation into glycolytic lung macrophages to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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ABSTRACT: Although lung myeloid cells provide an intracellular niche for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), CD4+ T cells limit Mtb growth in these cells to protect the host. Here, we show that monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs), instead of phenotypically similar dendritic cells, are preferentially infected with Mtb in murine lungs. Mtb-specific CD4+ T cells recruited monocyte precursors of MDMs into the lungs via interferon-γ (IFN-γ). Although the CD4+ T cells increased the number of Mtb-infectable cells in the lungs, they then attenuated Mtb growth by engaging in MHC class II (MHCII)-mediated cognate interactions with monocyte-derived cells to promote their disinfection. Specifically, cognate CD4+ T cell help via MHCII enhanced MDM expression of glycolytic genes independently of IFN-γ. These results indicate that CD4+ T cells recruit infectable MDMs to the lungs and trigger glycolysis-dependent bacterial control within them by engaging MHCII-bound Mtb peptides on their surfaces.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE287753 | GEO | 2025/01/27
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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