Gene expression in helped versus helpless CD8 T cells
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ABSTRACT: CD4+ ‘helper’ T cells (TH) are pivotal for the generation and maintenance of CD8+ T cell responses. ‘Helped’ CD8+ T cells receive signals during priming that prevent the induction of the pro-apoptotic molecule TRAIL during reactivation, thereby enabling robust secondary expansion. Conversely, ‘helpless’ CD8+ T cells primed in the absence of TH induce TRAIL expression upon restimulation and undergo activation-induced cell death (AICD). We have investigated the molecular basis for the differential regulation of TRAIL in helped versus helpless CD8+ T cells by comparing their transcriptional profiles, and have identified a transcriptional corepressor, NGFI-A binding protein 2 (Nab2) that is selectively induced in helped CD8+ T cells. Enforced expression of Nab2 prevents TRAIL induction upon restimulation of primary helpless CD8+ T cells, and expression of a dominant-negative form of Nab2 in helped CD8+ T cells impairs their secondary proliferative response that is reversible by TRAIL blockade. Finally, we observe that the CD8+ T cell autocrine growth factor interleukin-2 (IL-2) coordinately increases Nab2 expression and decreases TRAIL expression. These findings identify Nab2 as a mediator of TH-dependent CD8+ T cell memory responses through regulation of TRAIL and promotion of secondary expansion, and suggest a mechanism through which this operates.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE33862 | GEO | 2011/11/26
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA148371
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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