Project description:Purified B or CD4+ T cells were analyzed for transcriptional changes induced by the BTLA inhibitory receptor. BTLA receptors were activated using anti-human BTLA coupled to microbeads. Gene expression was analyzed using Nanostring
Project description:Identifying BTLA interacting proteins in mouse CD4+ effector T cells expressing BTLA at endogenous levels and after stimulation with pervanadate.
Project description:B- and T-lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) levels are increased in patients with hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF). This condition is characterized by susceptibility to infection and T-cell immune exhaustion. However, whether BTLA can induce T-cell immune exhaustion and increase the risk of infection remains unclear. Here, we report that BTLA levels are significantly increased in the circulating and intrahepatic CD4+ T cells from patients with HBV-ACLF, and are positively correlated with disease severity, prognosis, and infection complications. BTLA levels are upregulated by the IL-6 and TNF signaling pathways, and are abolished or partially weakened by IL-6 and TNF inhibitors. Antibody crosslinking of BTLA activated the PI3K-Akt pathway to inhibit the activation, proliferation, and cytokine production of CD4+ T cells while promoting their apoptosis. In contrast, BTLA knockdown promoted their activation and proliferation. BTLA-/- ACLF mice exhibited increased cytokine secretion, and reduced mortality and bacterial burden. The administration of a neutralizing anti-BTLA antibody reduced Klebsiella pneumoniae load and mortality in ACLF mice. These data help elucidate HBV-ACLF pathogenesis and aid in identifying novel drug targets.
Project description:Adoptive T-cell Therapy (ACT) involves using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) isolated from metastatic melanoma and expanding them ex vivo prior to infusion into lympho-depleted patients. This is one of the most promising approaches to treat metastatic melanoma, with the rates of clinical response between 48-50% based on studies done at NCI, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX), and Sheba Medical Center (Tel Aviv, Israel). In the Phase II ACT Trial at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center , our group has uncovered an association between positive clinical response and the amount of CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes expressing B and T Lymphocyte Attenuator (BTLA), a reported inhibitory receptor on T-cells. We used microarrays to detail the differences in the global programme of gene expression between CD8+BTLA+ vs CD8+BTLA- TILs in order to understand the molecular basis of the clinical association. TILs were isolated by enzymatically digest the melanoma tumor fragments obtained from Stage IIIc/IV melanoma patients at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The TILs were expanded with high-dose IL-2 for two weeks prior to sorting by FACS (fluoresecence-activated cell sorter) for CD8+BTLA+ and CD8+BTLA- susbets. RNA was extracted from each sorted subsets and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays
Project description:T cell coinhibitory immune checkpoints, such as PD-1 or BTLA, are bona fide targets in cancer therapy. Here we used a human T cell reporter line to measure transcriptome changes mediated by PD-1 and BTLA induced signalling. TCR/CD3 stimulation resulted in the upregulation of a large number of genes but also repressed a similar number of transcripts. PD-1 and BTLA signals attenuated transcriptomics changes mediated by TCR/CD3 signalling: upregulated genes tended to be suppressed and the expression of a significant number of downregulated genes was higher when PD-1 or BTLA signalling took place. BTLA was a significantly stronger attenuator of TCR/CD3 induced transcriptome changes than PD-1. A strong overlap between genes that were regulated indicated quantitative rather than qualitative differences between these receptors. In line with their function as attenuator of TCR/CD3 mediated changes we found strongly regulated genes to be prime targets of PD-1 and BTLA signalling.
Project description:Deletion of BTLA up regulates CD5 expression. Higher CD5 expression during thymic selection is associated with increased self-recognition, suggesting that BTLA might be needed early to establish self-tolerance. To investigate whether the regulation of CD5 by BTLA is TCR-repertoire independent, we performed single-cell TCR sequencing in SP CD4 thymocytes from regular B6 and B6 Btla Knock-Out (KO) mice.
Project description:This dataset comprises an analysis of BTLA signaling in wild-type mouse T cells or B cells. These purified CD4+ T cells or purified B cells were stimulataed through their antigen receptors and/or Interferon receptor and costimulated with anti-BTLA mAb that activates BTLA signaling. High throughput sequencing was performed on the RNA purified from stimulated populations to characterize how BTLA signaling regulates antigen receptor and type I interferon receptor signaling in T cells and B cells.
Project description:Adoptive T-cell Therapy (ACT) involves using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) isolated from metastatic melanoma and expanding them ex vivo prior to infusion into lympho-depleted patients. This is one of the most promising approaches to treat metastatic melanoma, with the rates of clinical response between 48-50% based on studies done at NCI, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX), and Sheba Medical Center (Tel Aviv, Israel). In the Phase II ACT Trial at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center , our group has uncovered an association between positive clinical response and the amount of CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes expressing B and T Lymphocyte Attenuator (BTLA), a reported inhibitory receptor on T-cells. We used microarrays to detail the differences in the global programme of gene expression between CD8+BTLA+ vs CD8+BTLA- TILs in order to understand the molecular basis of the clinical association.
Project description:Goal is to investigate the molecular changes in renal leukocytes during nephrotoxic nephritis in BTLA-KO mice compared to wild-type mice