Project description:Tissue resident memory T cells (TRM) provide superior protection against infection localised to extra-lymphoid compartments in the body. Here we show that CD103+CD8+ TRM cells develop in skin from killer cell lectin-like receptor (KLR)G1-negative precursors that selectively infiltrate the epithelial layer. In the skin, a combination of chemokine-guided epithelial entry, local interleukin (IL)-15 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β signalling is required for formation and survival of these long-lived memory cells. Importantly, TRM differentiation results in the gradual acquisition of a unique transcriptional profile that differs from that expressed by memory cells in the circulation and other types of skin-resident intra-epithelial T cells, such as the dendritic epidermal T cells (DETC). We provide a comprehensive molecular and developmental framework for the local differentiation of a distinct type of peripheral memory T cell that contributes to an important first-line of immune defence in barrier tissues such as skin and mucosa. 24 samples were analyzed: 3 replicates of memory gB-T CD8+. CD103+ T cells isolated from the skin of C57/BL6 mice on day 30 p.i. with HSV KOS. 3 replicates of memory P14 CD8+ T cells isolated from gut of mice on day 60 p.i. with LCMV Armstrong. 3 replicates of memory gB-T CD8+ T cells from the lung of mice on day 30 p.i. with influenza WSN. 3 replicates of memory CD62L high CD8+ T cells from the spleen of mice on day 30 p.i. with HSV KOS. 3 replicates of memory CD62L low CD8+ T cells from the spleen of mice of day 30 p.i. with HSV KOS. 3 replicates of γδ-DETC isolated from the skin of C57/BL6 mice on day 30 p.i. with HSV KOS. 3 replicates of αβ-DETC from naive TCRδ-/- mice; and 3 replicates of naive gB-T CD8+ T cells from the spleen of naive gB-T transgenic mice.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis of monocytes directly exposed to cell-to-cell contact with Natural Killer (NK) cells or separated by a transwell membrane and their subsequent monocyte-derived dendritic cells. The role of Natural Killer (NK) cells in the early differentiation of monocytes into dendritic cells (DCs) is poorly understood. Their interaction is thought to be restricted to a bilateral cross talk of soluble cytokines. However, many authors have shown that NK cells effect over myeloid cells is dependent on direct cell-to-cell contact. In order to understand what determines a major effect of NK cells over monocytes and their derived DCs, total RNA samples from purified monocytes and monocyte-derived DCs, exposed to direct contact with NK cells or separated by a transwell membrane were amplified and hybridized to the Affymetrix Human GeneChip 2.0 ST array. Analyses were performed using BRB-ArrayTools version 4.5.0, developed by Dr. Richard Simon and the BRB-ArrayTools Development Team. We found that compared to untouched monocytes, cell-to-cell contact with NK cells modified the expression of 283 genes whereas contact through a transwell membrane modified the expression of 35 genes. After differentiation and compared to DCs derived from untouched monocytes, DCs derived from monocytes allowed to direct cell-to-cell contact with NK cells had the expression of 128 genes modified whereas DCs derived from monocytes primed through a transwell membrane had only 2 genes modified. Our results suggested that cell-to-cell interactions with NK cells are important to imprint a stable transcriptional program in monocytes lasting even after their further differentiation into DCs.
Project description:Vaccinia virus (VACV) has numerous immune evasion strategies, including multiple mechanisms of inhibition of IRF-3, NF-κB and type I interferon (IFN) signaling. Here, we used highly multiplexed proteomics to quantify >8,000 cellular proteins and ~80% of viral proteins over seven time points spanning the whole course of VACV infection. This identified multiple novel viral targets, including putative natural killer cell ligands and IFN-stimulated genes. The class II histone deacetylase HDAC5 was selectively degraded early during VACV infection. Use of cell lines in which HDAC5 was overexpressed or knocked out showed that HDAC5 restricted replication of both VACV and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). By generating a protein-based temporal classification of VACV gene expression, we identified the early protein C6, a multifunctional IFN antagonist, as the factor that targets HDAC5 for proteasomal degradation. Our approach thus identifies both a novel restriction factor and a viral mechanism of innate immune evasion.
Project description:It is increasingly recognized that immune development within mucosal tissues is under the control of environmental factors during early life. However, the cellular mechanisms that underlie such temporally and regionally restrictive governance of these processes is unclear. Here, we uncover an extrathymic pathway of immune development within the colon that is controlled by embryonic, but not bone-marrow derived, macrophages which determines the ability of these organs to receive invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells and allow them to establish local residency. Consequently, early life perturbations of fetal-derived macrophages result in persistent decreases of mucosal iNKT cells and is associated with later life susceptibility or resistance to iNKT cell associated mucosal disorders. These studies uncover a host developmental program orchestrated by ontogenically distinct macrophages that is regulated by microbiota and reveal an important post-natal function of macrophages that emerge in fetal life.
Project description:It is increasingly recognized that immune development within mucosal tissues is under the control of environmental factors during early life. However, the cellular mechanisms that underlie such temporally and regionally restrictive governance of these processes is unclear. Here, we uncover an extrathymic pathway of immune development within the colon that is controlled by embryonic, but not bone-marrow derived, macrophages which determines the ability of these organs to receive invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells and allow them to establish local residency. Consequently, early life perturbations of fetal-derived macrophages result in persistent decreases of mucosal iNKT cells and is associated with later life susceptibility or resistance to iNKT cell associated mucosal disorders. These studies uncover a host developmental program orchestrated by ontogenically distinct macrophages that is regulated by microbiota and reveal an important post-natal function of macrophages that emerge in fetal life.
Project description:It is increasingly recognized that immune development within mucosal tissues is under the control of environmental factors during early life. However, the cellular mechanisms that underlie such temporally and regionally restrictive governance of these processes is unclear. Here, we uncover an extrathymic pathway of immune development within the colon that is controlled by embryonic, but not bone-marrow derived, macrophages which determines the ability of these organs to receive invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells and allow them to establish local residency. Consequently, early life perturbations of fetal-derived macrophages result in persistent decreases of mucosal iNKT cells and is associated with later life susceptibility or resistance to iNKT cell associated mucosal disorders. These studies uncover a host developmental program orchestrated by ontogenically distinct macrophages that is regulated by microbiota and reveal an important post-natal function of macrophages that emerge in fetal life.
Project description:Recent studies have identified Zeb2 as a transcription factor important for the final maturation of natural killer cells and effector CD8+ T cells. We show that Zeb2 is required for the development of two myeloid cell types, the monocyte and the plasmacytoid dendritic cell, and clarify that this factor is not required for the development of classical dendritic cells.
Project description:Recent studies have identified Zeb2 as a transcription factor important for the final maturation of natural killer cells and effector CD8+ T cells. We show that Zeb2 is required for the development of two myeloid cell types, the monocyte and the plasmacytoid dendritic cell, and clarify that this factor is not required for the development of classical dendritic cells.
Project description:Investigation of global gene expression levels between B cells, Natural killer cells and Natural killer B cells Gene expression profiling using sorted B cells, Natural killer cells and Natural killer B cells from WT mouse spleen. Total RNA extracted from WT cells were quantified by the NanoDrop ND-1000 and RNA integrity was assessed by standard denaturing agarose gel electrophoresis. The sample preparation and microarray hybridization were performed based on the NimbleGenâs standard protocols.
Project description:Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) transcription is tightly regulated in a temporal cascade, utilizing cellular RNA polymerase (Pol). We previously observed that infection with HSV-1 mutants lacking immediate early (IE) genes a0, a4 and a22 exhibited unusually high levels of aberrant transcription across the viral genome at just 1.5 hpi. The strongest effect occurred in the absence of a4, which is both an essential transcriptional activator and repressor. The goal of the current study was to define the mechanism of ICP4-mediated early transcriptional repression on the viral genome. Using the transcriptomic tools PRO-Cap, PRO-Seq, GRO-Seq and Nanopore direct RNA sequencing we found that initiation was elevated at viral promoters of all temporal classes in the absence of ICP4. Despite higher levels of initiation, transcription of non-IE genes was stalled within gene bodies and did not lead to production of mature mRNA. We therefore posit that HSV-1 retains additional ICP4-independent mechanisms to limit expression of viral genes that initiate prematurely. The data also indicated rapid release from promoter proximal pausing and progression along HSV IE genes and revealed termination as an important rate -limiting regulatory step. These findings highlight multiple mechanisms that HSV-1 employs to regulate early transcription and identify ICP4’s repressive role is to restrict initiation on non IE genes, thereby ensuring correct progression of the temporal cascade.