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Petersone L, Edner NM, Ovcinnikovs V, Heuts F, Ross EM, Ntavli E, Wang CJ, Walker LSK. T Cell/B Cell Collaboration and Autoimmunity: An Intimate Relationship. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1941. [PMID: 30210496 PMCID: PMC6119692 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Co-ordinated interaction between distinct cell types is a hallmark of successful immune function. A striking example of this is the carefully orchestrated cooperation between helper T cells and B cells that occurs during the initiation and fine-tuning of T-cell dependent antibody responses. While these processes have evolved to permit rapid immune defense against infection, it is becoming increasingly clear that such interactions can also underpin the development of autoimmunity. Here we discuss a selection of cellular and molecular pathways that mediate T cell/B cell collaboration and highlight how in vivo models and genome wide association studies link them with autoimmune disease. In particular, we emphasize how CTLA-4-mediated regulation of CD28 signaling controls the engagement of secondary costimulatory pathways such as ICOS and OX40, and profoundly influences the capacity of T cells to provide B cell help. While our molecular understanding of the co-operation between T cells and B cells derives from analysis of secondary lymphoid tissues, emerging evidence suggests that subtly different rules may govern the interaction of T and B cells at ectopic sites during autoimmune inflammation. Accordingly, the phenotype of the T cells providing help at these sites includes notable distinctions, despite sharing core features with T cells imparting help in secondary lymphoid tissues. Finally, we highlight the interdependence of T cell and B cell responses and suggest that a significant beneficial impact of B cell depletion in autoimmune settings may be its detrimental effect on T cells engaged in molecular conversation with B cells.
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Zhang CJ, Wang C, Jiang M, Gu C, Xiao J, Chen X, Martin BN, Tang F, Yamamoto E, Xian Y, Wang H, Li F, Sartor RB, Smith H, Husni ME, Shi FD, Gao J, Carman J, Dongre A, McKarns SC, Coppieters K, Jørgensen TN, Leonard WJ, Li X. Act1 is a negative regulator in T and B cells via direct inhibition of STAT3. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2745. [PMID: 30013031 PMCID: PMC6048100 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04974-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Although Act1 (adaptor for IL-17 receptors) is necessary for IL-17-mediated inflammatory responses, Act1- (but not Il17ra-, Il17rc-, or Il17rb-) deficient mice develop spontaneous SLE- and Sjögren's-like diseases. Here, we show that Act1 functions as a negative regulator in T and B cells via direct inhibition of STAT3. Mass spectrometry analysis detected an Act1-STAT3 complex, deficiency of Act1 (but not Il17ra-, Il17rc-, or Il17rb) results in hyper IL-23- and IL-21-induced STAT3 activation in T and B cells, respectively. IL-23R deletion or blockade of IL-21 ameliorates SLE- and Sjögren's-like diseases in Act1-/- mice. Act1 deficiency results in hyperactivated follicular Th17 cells with elevated IL-21 expression, which promotes T-B cell interaction for B cell expansion and antibody production. Moreover, anti-IL-21 ameliorates the SLE- and Sjögren's-like diseases in Act1-deficient mice. Thus, IL-21 blocking antibody might be an effective therapy for treating SLE- and Sjögren's-like syndrome in patients containing Act1 mutation.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/deficiency
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/immunology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- B-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Cell Differentiation
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Interleukin-17/genetics
- Interleukin-17/immunology
- Interleukins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Interleukins/genetics
- Interleukins/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/drug effects
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/pathology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/drug therapy
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/genetics
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Primary Cell Culture
- Receptors, Interleukin/deficiency
- Receptors, Interleukin/genetics
- Receptors, Interleukin/immunology
- Receptors, Interleukin-17/deficiency
- Receptors, Interleukin-17/genetics
- Receptors, Interleukin-17/immunology
- STAT3 Transcription Factor/genetics
- STAT3 Transcription Factor/immunology
- Signal Transduction
- Sjogren's Syndrome/drug therapy
- Sjogren's Syndrome/genetics
- Sjogren's Syndrome/immunology
- Sjogren's Syndrome/pathology
- Spleen
- T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/pathology
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- Cun-Jin Zhang
- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300051, China
- Center for Neuroinflammation, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, China
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan, 430200, China
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- National Gnotobiotic Rodent Resource Center, Department of Medicine and Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- National Gnotobiotic Rodent Resource Center, Department of Medicine and Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Rheumatologic and Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Rheumatologic and Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300051, China
- Center for Neuroinflammation, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, China
- Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- Discovery Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA
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- Discovery Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA
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- Discovery Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA
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- Type 1 Diabetes Center, Novo Nordisk A/S, Søborg, 2860, Denmark
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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Good-Jacobson KL. Strength in diversity: Phenotypic, functional, and molecular heterogeneity within the memory B cell repertoire. Immunol Rev 2018; 284:67-78. [DOI: 10.1111/imr.12663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Kim L. Good-Jacobson
- Infection and Immunity Program and The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University; Clayton Vic. Australia
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Greczmiel U, Oxenius A. The Janus Face of Follicular T Helper Cells in Chronic Viral Infections. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1162. [PMID: 29887868 PMCID: PMC5982684 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Chronic infections with non-cytopathic viruses constitutively expose virus-specific adaptive immune cells to cognate antigen, requiring their numeric and functional adaptation. Virus-specific CD8 T cells are compromised by various means in their effector functions, collectively termed T cell exhaustion. Alike CD8 T cells, virus-specific CD4 Th1 cell responses are gradually downregulated but instead, follicular T helper (TFH) cell differentiation and maintenance is strongly promoted during chronic infection. Thereby, the immune system promotes antibody responses, which bear less immune-pathological risk compared to cytotoxic and pro-inflammatory T cell responses. This emphasis on TFH cells contributes to tolerance of the chronic infection and is pivotal for the continued maturation and adaptation of the antibody response, leading eventually to the emergence of virus-neutralizing antibodies, which possess the potential to control the established chronic infection. However, sustained high levels of TFH cells can also result in a less stringent B cell selection process in active germinal center reactions, leading to the activation of virus-unspecific B cells, including self-reactive B cells, and to hypergammaglobulinemia. This dispersal of B cell help comes at the expense of a stringently selected virus-specific antibody response, thereby contributing to its delayed maturation. Here, we discuss these opposing facets of TFH cells in chronic viral infections.
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- Ute Greczmiel
- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Dong C, Fu T, Ji J, Li Z, Gu Z. The role of interleukin-4 in rheumatic diseases. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2018; 45:747-754. [PMID: 29655253 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 03/31/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Rheumatism is a group of diseases, most of which are autoimmune diseases, that violate joints, bones, muscles, blood vessels and related soft tissue. As is well known, cytokines play a role in the pathogenesis of several rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritides, and systemic lupus erythematosus. Recently, the role of interleukin-4 (IL-4), which may participate in the mechanism of rheumatism, have been discovered. It is reported that IL-4 takes part in the regulation of T cell activation, differentiation, proliferation, and survival of different T cell types. IL-4 also has an immunomodulatory effect on B cells, mast cells, macrophages, and many cell types. A review of the literature on functions of IL-4 in rheumatic diseases is presented.
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- Chen Dong
- School of Nursing, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China.,Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Nursing, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China.,Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China
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Hamid MA, Jackson RJ, Roy S, Khanna M, Ranasinghe C. Unexpected involvement of IL-13 signalling via a STAT6 independent mechanism during murine IgG2a development following viral vaccination. Eur J Immunol 2018; 48:1153-1163. [PMID: 29569714 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201747463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In this study, recombinant pox viral vaccination was shown to induce highly elevated IgG2a and low IgG1 antibody expression in mice lacking IL-4 or STAT6, whilst IL-13-/- mice exhibited elevated IgG1, but very low IgG2a. These findings revealed that IL-13 and IL-4 differentially regulated antibody development. To understand this further, when STAT6-/- mice were given a vaccine co-expressing IL-13Rα2 that temporarily sequestered IL-13, significantly reduced IgG2a expression, was detected. These findings for the first time demonstrated that IL-13 regulated IgG2a differentiation utilising an alternative IL-13R signalling pathway independent of STAT6 (IL-13Rα2 pathway). This was further corroborated by the (i) elevated IL-13Rα2 expression detected on STAT6-/- lung MHCII+ CD11c+ cells 24 h post IL-13 inhibitor vaccination and ii) significant up-regulation of IL-13Rα2 expression on spleen and lung derived MHCII+ CD11c+ following inhibition of STAT6 signalling in vitro, or vaccination with IL-4R/STAT6 antagonist in vivo. When T follicular helper (Tfh) cells which regulate antibody differentiation were assessed post vaccination, although no difference in IL-4 expression was observed, greatly reduced IFN-γ expression was detected in IL-13-/- and STAT6-/- mice compared to wild-type. These findings support the notion that the balance of IL-13 level at the vaccination site can differentially regulate T and B-cell immune outcomes.
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- Megat Abd Hamid
- Molecular Mucosal Vaccine Immunology Group, Department of Immunology and infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.,MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Mucosal Vaccine Immunology Group, Department of Immunology and infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Molecular Mucosal Vaccine Immunology Group, Department of Immunology and infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Molecular Mucosal Vaccine Immunology Group, Department of Immunology and infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Molecular Mucosal Vaccine Immunology Group, Department of Immunology and infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Evaluating IL-21 as a Potential Therapeutic Target in Crohn's Disease. Gastroenterol Res Pract 2018; 2018:5962624. [PMID: 29849593 PMCID: PMC5914125 DOI: 10.1155/2018/5962624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background and Aim Interleukin-21 (IL-21) is primarily a T cell-derived cytokine; it is upregulated in patients with Crohn's Disease (CD) and could be a potential new therapeutic target in CD. Methods In human material, IL-21 and IL-21R expression was investigated by in situ hybridization (ISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in noninflammatory bowel disease (non-IBD) controls and patients with CD. The pathologic role of IL-21 was examined in murine models of T cell-dependent and T cell-independent colitis, either with a neutralizing monoclonal antibody against IL-21 or with the transfer of CD4+CD45RBhighIL-21R-/- T cells. Colonic pathology was examined by endoscopy, histopathology, IHC, ELISA, and Luminex. Results In the human intestine, IL-21 and IL-21R mRNA and protein-expressing cells were observed in the mucosa, in lymphoid aggregates of submucosa in non-IBD controls, and in lymphoid aggregates of muscularis externa in patients with CD. IL-21 expression was most abundant in germinal centers (GCs) of the lymphoid aggregates, and IL-21R expression assessed semiquantitatively, was significantly higher in patients with CD compared to non-IBD controls. Following prophylactic and interventive anti-IL-21 mAb treatment in the adoptive transfer (AdTr) model, clinical and pathological parameters were significantly reduced. The most persistent finding was a reduction in colonic infiltrating neutrophils. As well, Rag2-/- mice receiving CD4+CD45RBhighIL-21R-/- T cells developed less severe colitis compared to Rag2-/- mice receiving CD4+CD45RBhighIL-21R+/+ T cells. No effect of reduced IL-21 signalling was observed in T cell-independent colitis. Conclusion Our study shows that patients with CD have significant expression of IL-21 and IL-21R in the gut. As well, we show that neutralization of IL-21 in experimental T cell-driven colitis is associated with a reduction in clinical and pathological findings. This amelioration seems to be associated with a reduction in colon-infiltrating neutrophils.
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Georgiev H, Ravens I, Papadogianni G, Halle S, Malissen B, Loots GG, Förster R, Bernhardt G. Shared and Unique Features Distinguishing Follicular T Helper and Regulatory Cells of Peripheral Lymph Node and Peyer's Patches. Front Immunol 2018; 9:714. [PMID: 29686684 PMCID: PMC5900012 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Follicular helper (TFH) and regulatory (TFR) cells are critical players in managing germinal center (GC) reactions that accomplish effective humoral immune responses. Transcriptome analyses were done comparing gene regulation of TFH and TFR cells isolated from Peyer’s Patches (PP) and immunized peripheral lymph nodes (pLNs) revealing many regulatory patterns common to all follicular cells. However, in contrast to TFH cells, the upregulation or downregulation of many genes was attenuated substantially in pLN TFR cells when compared to those of PP. Additionally, PP but not pLN TFR cells were largely unresponsive to IL2 and expressed Il4 as well as Il21. Together with fundamental differences in gene expression that were found between cells of both compartments this emphasizes specific adaptations of follicular T cell functions to their micro-milieu. Moreover, although GL7 expression distinguishes matured follicular T cells, GL7+ as well as GL7− cells are present in the GC.
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- Hristo Georgiev
- Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Marseille, France
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- Biology and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
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- Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Liu Y, Yao Y, Wang ZC, Ning Q, Liu Z. Novel innate and adaptive lymphocytes: The new players in the pathogenesis of inflammatory upper airway diseases. Clin Exp Allergy 2018. [PMID: 29513401 DOI: 10.1111/cea.13128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Y. Liu
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Tongji Hospital; Tongji Medical College; Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Wuhan China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Tongji Hospital; Tongji Medical College; Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Wuhan China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Tongji Hospital; Tongji Medical College; Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Wuhan China
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- Department of Infectious Disease; Institute of Infectious Disease; Tongji Hospital; Tongji Medical College; Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Wuhan China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Tongji Hospital; Tongji Medical College; Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Wuhan China
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Good-Jacobson KL, Groom JR. Tailoring Immune Responses toward Autoimmunity: Transcriptional Regulators That Drive the Creation and Collusion of Autoreactive Lymphocytes. Front Immunol 2018; 9:482. [PMID: 29568300 PMCID: PMC5852063 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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T-dependent humoral immune responses to infection involve a collaboration between B and CD4 T cell activation, migration, and co-stimulation, thereby culminating in the formation of germinal centers (GCs) and eventual differentiation into memory cells and long-lived plasma cells (PCs). CD4 T cell-derived signals drive the formation of a tailored B cell response. Downstream of these signals are transcriptional regulators that are the critical enactors of immune cell programs. In particular, a core group of transcription factors regulate both B and T cell differentiation, identity, and function. The timing and expression levels of these transcription factors are tightly controlled, with dysregulated expression correlated to immune cell dysfunction in autoimmunity and lymphomagenesis. Recent studies have significantly advanced our understanding of both extrinsic and intrinsic regulators of autoreactive B cells and antibody-secreting PCs in systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune conditions. Yet, there are still gaps in our understanding of the causative role these regulators play, as well as the link between lymphoid responses and peripheral damage. This review will focus on the genesis of immunopathogenic CD4 helper and GC B cells. In particular, we will detail the transcriptional regulation of cytokine and chemokine receptor signaling during the pathogenesis of GC-derived autoimmune conditions in both murine models and human patients.
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- Kim L Good-Jacobson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.,Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Crotty S. Do Memory CD4 T Cells Keep Their Cell-Type Programming: Plasticity versus Fate Commitment? Complexities of Interpretation due to the Heterogeneity of Memory CD4 T Cells, Including T Follicular Helper Cells. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2018; 10:cshperspect.a032102. [PMID: 28432129 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a032102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Plasticity is the ability of a cell type to convert to another cell type. There are multiple effector CD4 T-cell subtypes, including TH1, TH2, TH17, TH1*, CD4 CTL, TH9, and TFH cells. It is commonly thought that a CD4 T cell can readily show full plasticity-full conversion from one differentiated cell-and this propensity to plasticity is possessed by memory CD4 T cells. However, there remains no direct demonstration of in vivo-generated resting memory CD4 T-cell conversion to a different subtype on secondary antigen challenge in vivo in an intact animal at the single-cell level. What has been clearly shown is that CD4 T cells possess extraordinary capacity for phenotypic heterogeneity, but that is a distinct property from plasticity. Heterogeneity is diversity of the resting memory CD4 T-cell population, not conversion of a single differentiated cell into another subtype. Apparently, plasticity at the population level can be accomplished by either mechanism, as heterogeneity of CD4 T-cell subpopulations could affect large shifts in subtype distribution at the overall population level via differential exponential expansion and death.
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- Shane Crotty
- Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California 92037.,Scripps Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), La Jolla, California 92037.,Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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Fu W, Liu X, Lin X, Feng H, Sun L, Li S, Chen H, Tang H, Lu L, Jin W, Dong C. Deficiency in T follicular regulatory cells promotes autoimmunity. J Exp Med 2018; 215:815-825. [PMID: 29378778 PMCID: PMC5839755 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20170901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Fu et al. analyze Bcl6fl/flFoxp3Cre/Cre mice and show that Tfr deficiency enhances immunity to influenza virus but promotes autoimmunity, which sheds new light on the understanding and treatment of autoimmune diseases. T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells are a new subset of regulatory T (T reg) cells localized in the germinal center to limit the humoral response. Until now, the physiological function of Tfr cells has been largely unknown. In this study, we developed a Bcl6fl/flFoxp3Cre mouse to analyze the function of Tfr cells in immune and autoimmune responses. These mice exhibited enhanced immunity to influenza virus; moreover, Bcl6fl/flFoxp3Cre/Cre mice developed late-onset spontaneous autoimmune diseases, affecting the salivary glands with lymphocyte infiltration and antibody deposition. In a mouse experimental Sjögren’s syndrome model, ablation of Bcl6 in T reg cells greatly enhanced disease development. Conversely, Bcl6fl/flCd4Cre mice were protected in the model. Thus, our study indicates that Tfr cells control autoimmune diseases and can be targeted in infectious and autoimmune disease.
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- Weiwei Fu
- Institute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Pathology and Southwest Cancer Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Pathology and Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology and Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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The Secrets of T Cell Polarization. Oncoimmunology 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62431-0_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Krebs CF, Panzer U. Plasticity and heterogeneity of Th17 in immune-mediated kidney diseases. J Autoimmun 2017; 87:61-68. [PMID: 29275837 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2017.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmatic antibody (ANCA)-associated glomerulonephritis, anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) glomerulonephritis and lupus nephritis are the most common causes of rapid progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) in the Western world. These aggressive forms of autoimmune kidney diseases significantly contribute to end-stage renal disease and are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Moreover, patients show significant heterogeneity with respect to clinical outcome and response to therapy. T cell infiltration is a morphological hallmark of RPGN and it is a critical driver of kidney injury. Different CD4+ T cell subsets that are endowed with distinct regulatory and effector functions are involved in this detrimental inflammatory process. In particular, the identification and functional characterization of IL-17-expressing CD4+ Th17 cells have substantially advanced our understanding of organ-specific autoimmunity. In experimental models of crescentic and proliferative GN, including ANCA-associated GN, anti-GBM-GN and lupus nephritis, the Th17/IL-17 axis significantly contributes to renal tissue damage. In patients with ANCA-associated GN or lupus nephritis, IL-17 serum levels correlated with disease activity. Moreover, Th17 cells are present in the kidneys of these patients and represents a topic of intense ongoing clinical and basic research. Importantly, recent studies have challenged the view of CD4+ T cells subsets as terminally differentiated homogenous cells, showing that T cells, in particular Th17 cells, are much more flexible and heterogeneous than previously thought. However, analysis of Th17 cell fate in mouse models of autoimmune kidney disease revealed a high degree of stability within these cells, an observation that is in contrast to Th17 cells in other models of autoimmune diseases including experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Interestingly, anti-CD3 treatment interferes with stable Th17 cells and induces a potential regulatory phenotype in Th17 cells, highlighting the therapeutic potential of targeting pathogenic Th17 cells in autoimmunity. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge of Th17 cell plasticity and heterogeneity in autoimmune kidney diseases with a special focus on the underlying mechanisms of this process and debate if Th17 cell plasticity is beneficial or harmful to renal inflammation.
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- Christian F Krebs
- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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Weinstein JS, Laidlaw BJ, Lu Y, Wang JK, Schulz VP, Li N, Herman EI, Kaech SM, Gallagher PG, Craft J. STAT4 and T-bet control follicular helper T cell development in viral infections. J Exp Med 2017; 215:337-355. [PMID: 29212666 PMCID: PMC5748849 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20170457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2017] [Revised: 09/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells promote germinal center (GC) B cell survival and proliferation and guide their differentiation and immunoglobulin isotype switching by delivering contact-dependent and soluble factors, including IL-21, IL-4, IL-9, and IFN-γ. IL-21 and IFN-γ are coexpressed by Tfh cells during viral infections, but transcriptional regulation of these cytokines is not completely understood. In this study, we show that the T helper type 1 cell (Th1 cell) transcriptional regulators T-bet and STAT4 are coexpressed with Bcl6 in Tfh cells after acute viral infection, with a temporal decline in T-bet in the waning response. T-bet is important for Tfh cell production of IFN-γ, but not IL-21, and for a robust GC reaction. STAT4, phosphorylated in Tfh cells upon infection, is required for expression of T-bet and Bcl6 and for IFN-γ and IL-21. These data indicate that T-bet is expressed with Bcl6 in Tfh cells and is required alongside STAT4 to coordinate Tfh cell IL-21 and IFN-γ production and for promotion of the GC response after acute viral challenge.
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- Jason S Weinstein
- Department of Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.,Department of Pathology and Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT .,Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Takebe T, Sakamoto K, Higami Y, Harada Y. A novel mouse model for tracking the fate of CXCR5-expressing T cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 495:1642-1647. [PMID: 29223395 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The germinal center (GC) reaction, a critical process in the humoral immune response, requires follicular helper T (Tfh) cells. Tfh cells express the master transcription factor Bcl6 and chemokine receptor CXCR5, which enable them to migrate from the T cell zone to B cell follicles and interact with GC B cells. However, CXCR5 is downregulated when Tfh cells become memory cells. Therefore, it is difficult to track Tfh cells continuously in vivo. In this study, we generated a mouse strain, Cxcr5CreERT2R26Tomato, in which the fluorescent protein tdTomato is inducibly expressed in CXCR5+ cells by tamoxifen administration. After the oral administration of tamoxifen, most Tfh cells in Peyer's patches (PP) from Cxcr5CreERT2R26Tomato mice were tdTomato+. To track antigen-specific Tfh cells in vivo, OVA-specific OT-II T cells derived from Cxcr5CreERT2R26Tomato mice were transferred to wild-type mice, and the recipient mice were immunized with OVA followed by tamoxifen administration. CXCR5+ T cells became tdTomato+ and were mainly located in B cell follicles and GC areas 8 days after immunization. Four weeks after immunization, tdTomato+ OT-II T cells migrated from B cell follicles to the T-B border area and T cell zone after CXCR5 downregulation and CCR7 upregulation. These results indicate that Cxcr5CreERT2R26Tomato mice are a useful tool for studying the cell fate of differentiated Tfh cells in vivo and therefore have implications for the development of therapeutic strategies for infectious and autoimmune diseases.
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- Tomo Takebe
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Immunology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan; Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Metabolic Disease, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Immunology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan; Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Metabolic Disease, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Metabolic Disease, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan; Translational Research Center, Research Institute of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Immunology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan.
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Spolski R, Gromer D, Leonard WJ. The γ c family of cytokines: fine-tuning signals from IL-2 and IL-21 in the regulation of the immune response. F1000Res 2017; 6:1872. [PMID: 29123649 PMCID: PMC5657018 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.12202.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, IL-15, and IL-21 form a family of cytokines based on the sharing of a receptor component, the common cytokine receptor γ chain, γ
c, which is encoded by the gene mutated in humans with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (XSCID). Together, these cytokines play critical roles in lymphoid development, differentiation, growth, and survival as well as mediating effector function. Here, we provide an overview of the main actions of members of this cytokine family but then primarily focus on IL-2 and IL-21, discussing their dynamic interplay and contributions to a fine-tuned immune response. Moreover, we discuss the therapeutic utility of modulating their actions, particularly for autoimmunity and cancer.
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- Rosanne Spolski
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Asrir A, Aloulou M, Gador M, Pérals C, Fazilleau N. Interconnected subsets of memory follicular helper T cells have different effector functions. Nat Commun 2017; 8:847. [PMID: 29018187 PMCID: PMC5635037 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00843-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Follicular helper T cells regulate high-affinity antibody production. Memory follicular helper T cells can be local in draining lymphoid organs and circulate in the blood, but the underlying mechanisms of this subdivision are unresolved. Here we show that both memory follicular helper T subsets sustain B-cell responses after reactivation. Local cells promote more plasma cell differentiation, whereas circulating cells promote more secondary germinal centers. In parallel, local memory B cells are homogeneous and programmed to become plasma cells, whereas circulating memory B cells are able to rediversify. Local memory follicular helper T cells have higher affinity T-cell receptors, which correlates with expression of peptide MHC-II at the surface of local memory B cells only. Blocking T-cell receptor-peptide MHC-II interactions induces the release of local memory follicular helper T cells in the circulating compartment. Our studies show that memory follicular helper T localization is highly intertwined with memory B cells, a finding that has important implications for vaccine design.Tfh cells can differentiate into memory cells. Here the authors describe distinct functional and phenotypic profiles of these memory Tfh cells dependent on their anatomical localization to the lymphoid organs or to the circulation.
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- Assia Asrir
- Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- INSERM, U1043, BP 3028, 31024 Cedex 3, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- CNRS, UMR5282, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- Université Toulouse III Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, F-31300, France
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- Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- INSERM, U1043, BP 3028, 31024 Cedex 3, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- CNRS, UMR5282, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- Université Toulouse III Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, F-31300, France
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- Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- INSERM, U1043, BP 3028, 31024 Cedex 3, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- CNRS, UMR5282, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- Université Toulouse III Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, F-31300, France
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- Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- INSERM, U1043, BP 3028, 31024 Cedex 3, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- CNRS, UMR5282, Toulouse, F-31300, France
- Université Toulouse III Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, F-31300, France
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- Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, F-31300, France.
- INSERM, U1043, BP 3028, 31024 Cedex 3, Toulouse, F-31300, France.
- CNRS, UMR5282, Toulouse, F-31300, France.
- Université Toulouse III Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, F-31300, France.
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Asthma is a common chronic lung disease that affects 300 million people worldwide. It causes the airways of the lungs to swell and narrow due to inflammation (swelling and excess mucus build-up in the airways) and airway constriction (tightening of the muscles surrounding the airways). Atopic asthma is the most common form of asthma, and is triggered by inhaled allergens that ultimately promote the activation of the Th2-like T cells and the development of Th2-mediated chronic inflammation. Different subsets of T cells, including T follicular helper cells, tissue-resident T, cells and Th2 effector cells, play different functions during allergic immune response. Dendritic cells (DCs) are known to play a central role in initiating allergic Th2-type immune responses and in the development of the T cell phenotype. However, this function depends on the complex interaction with other cells of the immune system and determines whether the response to environmental allergens will be one of tolerance or allergic inflammation. This review discusses cell interactions leading to the initiation and maintenance of allergic Th2-type immune responses, particularly those associated with allergic asthma.
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Advances in the role of follicular T helper cells in graft versus host diseases. LIVER RESEARCH 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livres.2017.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Citrobacter rodentium: a model enteropathogen for understanding the interplay of innate and adaptive components of type 3 immunity. Mucosal Immunol 2017; 10:1108-1117. [PMID: 28612839 PMCID: PMC5969517 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2017.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Citrobacter rodentium is a natural murine intestinal pathogen that shares a core set of virulence factors with the related human pathogens enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC). C. rodentium is now the most widely used small animal model for studying the molecular underpinnings of EPEC and EHEC infections in vivo, including: enterocyte attachment; virulence; colonization resistance; and mucosal immunity. In this review, we discuss type 3 immunity in the context of C. rodentium infection and discuss recent publications that use this model to understand how the innate and adaptive components of immunity intersect to mediate host protection against enteric pathogens and maintain homeostasis with the microbiota.
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Borrow P, Moody MA. Immunologic characteristics of HIV-infected individuals who make broadly neutralizing antibodies. Immunol Rev 2017; 275:62-78. [PMID: 28133804 PMCID: PMC5299500 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) capable of inhibiting infection with diverse variants of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) is a key, as‐yet‐unachieved goal of prophylactic HIV‐1 vaccine strategies. However, some HIV‐infected individuals develop bnAbs after approximately 2‐4 years of infection, enabling analysis of features of these antibodies and the immunological environment that enables their induction. Distinct subsets of CD4+ T cells play opposing roles in the regulation of humoral responses: T follicular helper (Tfh) cells support germinal center formation and provide help for affinity maturation and the development of memory B cells and plasma cells, while regulatory CD4+ (Treg) cells including T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells inhibit the germinal center reaction to limit autoantibody production. BnAbs exhibit high somatic mutation frequencies, long third heavy‐chain complementarity determining regions, and/or autoreactivity, suggesting that bnAb generation is likely to be highly dependent on the activity of CD4+ Tfh cells, and may be constrained by host tolerance controls. This review discusses what is known about the immunological environment during HIV‐1 infection, in particular alterations in CD4+ Tfh, Treg, and Tfr populations and autoantibody generation, and how this is related to bnAb development, and considers the implications for HIV‐1 vaccine design.
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- Persephone Borrow
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Duke University Human Vaccine Institute and Departments of Pediatrics and Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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Krebs CF, Schmidt T, Riedel JH, Panzer U. T helper type 17 cells in immune-mediated glomerular disease. Nat Rev Nephrol 2017; 13:647-659. [PMID: 28781371 DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2017.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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CD4+ T cells are important drivers of tissue damage in immune-mediated renal diseases, such as anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated glomerulonephritis, and lupus nephritis. The discovery of a distinct, IL-17-producing CD4+ T-cell lineage termed T helper type 17 (TH17) cells has markedly advanced current understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms of organ-specific immunity and the pathways that lead to target organ damage. TH17 cells are characterized by the expression of the transcription factor RORγt, the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-22, and high expression of the chemokine receptor C-C-motif chemokine receptor 6 (CCR6). An emerging body of evidence from experimental models and human studies supports a key role for these cells in the development of renal damage, and has led to the identification of targets to inhibit the production of TH17 cells in the intestine, their migration, or their actions within the kidney. Here, we describe the identification, regulation, and function of TH17 cells and their associated pathways in immune-mediated kidney diseases, with a particular focus on the mechanisms underlying renal tissue injury. We also discuss the rationale for the translation of these findings into new therapeutic approaches in patients with autoimmune kidney disease.
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- Christian F Krebs
- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Papa I, Saliba D, Ponzoni M, Bustamante S, Canete PF, Gonzalez-Figueroa P, McNamara HA, Valvo S, Grimbaldeston M, Sweet RA, Vohra H, Cockburn IA, Meyer-Hermann M, Dustin ML, Doglioni C, Vinuesa CG. T FH-derived dopamine accelerates productive synapses in germinal centres. Nature 2017; 547:318-323. [PMID: 28700579 PMCID: PMC5540173 DOI: 10.1038/nature23013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Protective high-affinity antibody responses depend on competitive
selection of B cells carrying somatically mutated B-cell receptors by follicular
helper T (TFH) cells in germinal centres. The rapid T-B-cell
interactions that occur during this process are reminiscent of neural synaptic
transmission pathways. Here we show that a proportion of human TFH
cells contained dense-core granules marked by chromogranin B, which are normally
found in neuronal presynaptic terminals storing catecholamines such as dopamine.
TFH cells produce high amounts of dopamine and released it upon
cognate interaction with B cells. Dopamine causes rapid translocation of
intracellular ICOSL (inducible T-cell co-stimulator ligand, also known as
ICOSLG) to the B-cell surface, which enhances accumulation of CD40L and
chromogranin B granules at the human TFH cell synapse and increases
the synapse area. Mathematical modelling suggests that faster dopamine-induced
T-B-cell interactions increase total germinal centre output and accelerate it by
days. Delivery of neurotransmitters across the T-B-cell synapse may be
advantageous in the face of infection.
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- Ilenia Papa
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK
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- Ateneo Vita-Salute, Department of Pathology, IRCCS Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan 20132, Italy
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.,OMNI-Biomarker Development, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Imaging and Cytometry Facility, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Systems Immunology and Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig 38124, Germany
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK
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- Ateneo Vita-Salute, Department of Pathology, IRCCS Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan 20132, Italy
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.,China-Australia Centre for Personalised Immunology, Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200085, China
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T-bet-expressing B cells during HIV and HCV infections. Cell Immunol 2017; 321:26-34. [PMID: 28739077 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2017.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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T-bet-expressing B cells, first identified as perpetuators of autoimmunity, were recently shown to be critical for murine antiviral responses. While their role in human viral infections remains unclear, B cells expressing T-bet or demonstrating a related phenotype have been described in individuals chronically infected with HIV or HCV, suggesting these cells represent a component of human antiviral responses. In this review, we discuss the induction of T-bet in B cells following both HIV and HCV infections, the factors driving T-bet+ B cell expansions, T-bet's relationship to atypical memory B cells, and the consequences of T-bet induction. We propose potential antiviral roles for T-bet+ B cells and discuss whether this population poses any utility to the HIV and HCV immune responses.
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Is germinal center selection required for influenza vaccination? Cell Mol Immunol 2017; 14:655-657. [PMID: 28669979 DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2017.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Miyauchi K. Helper T Cell Responses to Respiratory Viruses in the Lung: Development, Virus Suppression, and Pathogenesis. Viral Immunol 2017. [DOI: 10.1089/vim.2017.0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Kosuke Miyauchi
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science, Yokohama, Japan
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T follicular helper and T H2 cells in allergic responses. Allergol Int 2017; 66:377-381. [PMID: 28499720 DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2017.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2017] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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IL-4 is a cytokine commonly secreted by TH2 and follicular helper T (TFH) cells after antigenic sensitization. TH2 cells have been thought to be the major contributor of B cell help as a source of IL-4 responsible for class switch recombination to Immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) and Immunoglobulin E (IgE). Importantly, there are some differences in transcriptional regulation between these two T cell subsets. The IL-4 production by TH2 and TFH cells is distinctively regulated by two pathways, GATA-3-mediated Il4-HS2 enhancer and Notch mediated Il4-CNS-2 enhancer. IgE and IgG1 antibody responses are mainly controlled by IL-4-secreting TFH cells, but not by TH2 cells. In this review, we discuss the role of TH2 and TFH cells in IgE production and allergic responses.
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Wang Y, Shi J, Yan J, Xiao Z, Hou X, Lu P, Hou S, Mao T, Liu W, Ma Y, Zhang L, Yang X, Qi H. Germinal-center development of memory B cells driven by IL-9 from follicular helper T cells. Nat Immunol 2017. [DOI: 10.1038/ni.3788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Trüb M, Barr TA, Morrison VL, Brown S, Caserta S, Rixon J, Ivens A, Gray D. Heterogeneity of Phenotype and Function Reflects the Multistage Development of T Follicular Helper Cells. Front Immunol 2017; 8:489. [PMID: 28503175 PMCID: PMC5408024 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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T follicular helper cells (Tfh) provide crucial signals for germinal center (GC) formation, but Tfh populations are heterogeneous. While PD1hi Tfh are important in the GC response, the function of the PD1lo Tfh-like subset is unknown. We show that these cells, like the PD1hi GC–Tfh, depend upon B cells; however, their entry to follicles is independent of CXCR5 or cognate interactions with B cells. The differentiation into PD1hi Tfh is dependent on MHC class II interactions with B cells and requires CXCR5. Our data suggest a Tfh differentiation pathway that is initially B cell-independent, then dependent on non-cognate B cell interactions, and finally following cognate interaction with B cells and CXCR5-ligands allows the formation of GC–Tfh. The PD1lo Tfh-like cells make early cytokine responses and may represent precursors of CD4 memory cells.
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- Marta Trüb
- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research and Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research and Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Graduate Group in Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research and Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research and Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Lu P, Shih C, Qi H. Ephrin B1-mediated repulsion and signaling control germinal center T cell territoriality and function. Science 2017; 356:science.aai9264. [PMID: 28408722 DOI: 10.1126/science.aai9264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Follicular T helper (TFH) cells orchestrate the germinal center (GC) reaction locally. Local mechanisms regulating their dynamics and helper functions are not well defined. Here we found that GC-expressed ephrin B1 (EFNB1) repulsively inhibited T cell to B cell adhesion and GC TFH retention by signaling through TFH-expressed EPHB6 receptor. At the same time, EFNB1 promoted interleukin-21 production from GC TFH cells by signaling predominantly through EPHB4. Consequently, EFNB1-null GCs were associated with defective production of plasma cells despite harboring excessive TFH cells. In a competitive GC reaction, EFNB1-deficient B cells more efficiently interacted with TFH cells and produced more bone-marrow plasma cells, likely as a result of gaining more contact-dependent help. Our results reveal a contact-dependent repulsive guidance system that controls GC TFH dynamics and effector functions locally.
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- Peiwen Lu
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Laboratory of Dynamic Immunobiology, Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Laboratory of Dynamic Immunobiology, Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. .,Laboratory of Dynamic Immunobiology, Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Jandl C, Liu SM, Cañete PF, Warren J, Hughes WE, Vogelzang A, Webster K, Craig ME, Uzel G, Dent A, Stepensky P, Keller B, Warnatz K, Sprent J, King C. IL-21 restricts T follicular regulatory T cell proliferation through Bcl-6 mediated inhibition of responsiveness to IL-2. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14647. [PMID: 28303891 PMCID: PMC5357862 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells control the magnitude and specificity of the germinal centre reaction, but how regulation is contained to ensure generation of high-affinity antibody is unknown. Here we show that this balance is maintained by the reciprocal influence of interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-21. The number of IL-2-dependent FoxP3+ regulatory T cells is increased in the peripheral blood of human patients with loss-of-function mutations in the IL-21 receptor (IL-21R). In mice, IL-21:IL-21R interactions influence the phenotype of T follicular cells, reducing the expression of CXCR4 and inhibiting the expansion of Tfr cells after T-cell-dependent immunization. The negative effect of IL-21 on Tfr cells in mice is cell intrinsic and associated with decreased expression of the high affinity IL-2 receptor (CD25). Bcl-6, expressed in abundance in Tfr cells, inhibits CD25 expression and IL-21-mediated inhibition of CD25 is Bcl-6 dependent. These findings identify a mechanism by which IL-21 reinforces humoral immunity by restricting Tfr cell proliferation.
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- Christoph Jandl
- Department of Immunology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia
- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Clinical School, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia
- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Clinical School, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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- Division of Immunology and Genetics, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia
- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Clinical School, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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- Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, New South Wales 2145, Australia
- School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, High Street, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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- Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9806, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, MS 420, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Kiryat Hadassah, POB 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), University Medical Center and University of Freiburg, Breisacher Strasse 117, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), University Medical Center and University of Freiburg, Breisacher Strasse 117, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia
- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Clinical School, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia
- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Clinical School, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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Herati RS, Muselman A, Vella L, Bengsch B, Parkhouse K, Del Alcazar D, Kotzin J, Doyle SA, Tebas P, Hensley SE, Su LF, Schmader KE, Wherry EJ. Successive annual influenza vaccination induces a recurrent oligoclonotypic memory response in circulating T follicular helper cells. Sci Immunol 2017; 2. [PMID: 28620653 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aag2152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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T follicular helper (Tfh) CD4 cells are crucial providers of B cell help during adaptive immune responses. A circulating population of CD4 T cells, termed cTfh, have similarity to lymphoid Tfh, can provide B cell help, and responded to influenza vaccination. However, it is unclear whether human vaccination-induced cTfh respond in an antigen-specific manner and whether they form long-lasting memory. Here, we identified a cTfh population that expressed multiple T cell activation markers and could be readily identified by coexpression of ICOS and CD38. This subset expressed more Bcl-6, c-Maf, and IL-21 than other blood CD4 subsets. Influenza vaccination induced a strong response in the ICOS+CD38+ cTfh at day 7, and this population included hemagglutinin-specific cells by tetramer staining and antigen-stimulated Activation Induced Marker (AIM) expression. Moreover, TCRB sequencing identified a clonal response in ICOS+CD38+ cTfh that correlated strongly with the increased circulating ICOS+CD38+ cTfh frequency and the circulating plasmablast response. In subjects who received successive annual vaccinations, a recurrent oligoclonal response was identified in the ICOS+CD38+ cTfh subset at 7 days after every vaccination. These oligoclonal responses in ICOS+CD38+ cTfh after vaccination persisted in the ICOS-CD38- cTfh repertoire in subsequent years, suggesting clonal maintenance in a memory reservoir in the more-stable ICOS-CD38- cTfh subset. These data highlight the antigen-specificity, lineage relationships and memory properties of human cTfh responses to vaccination, providing new avenues for tracking and monitoring cTfh responses during infection and vaccination in humans.
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- Ramin Sedaghat Herati
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.,Institute for Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.,Institute for Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.,Institute for Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center and Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.,Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.,Institute for Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center and Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Institute for Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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Gregor CE, Foeng J, Comerford I, McColl SR. Chemokine-Driven CD4 + T Cell Homing: New Concepts and Recent Advances. Adv Immunol 2017; 135:119-181. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ai.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ohl K, Wiener A, Lippe R, Schippers A, Zorn C, Roth J, Wagner N, Tenbrock K. CREM Alpha Enhances IL-21 Production in T Cells In Vivo and In Vitro. Front Immunol 2016; 7:618. [PMID: 28066428 PMCID: PMC5165720 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The cAMP-responsive element modulator alpha (CREMα) plays a role in autoimmunity and, in particular, in systemic lupus erythematosus. CREMα negatively regulates IL-2 transcription and activates IL-17 expression by direct transcriptional mechanisms. To understand the role of CREM in autoimmunity, we recently generated a mouse with a transgenic overexpression of CREMα selectively in T cells. This mouse is characterized by enhanced IL-17 and IL-21 expression. We, herein, dissect the transcriptional mechanisms of enhanced IL-21 transcription in these mice. T cells of CREMα transgenic mice display an enhanced binding of CREMα to the CD3ζ chain promoter resulting in decreased CD3ζ chain expression. This is accompanied by a decreased excitation threshold and enhanced Ca2+ influx, which is known to induce IL-21 expression via NFATc2 activation. However, CREMα directly binds to cAMP-response element (CRE) half-site within the Il-21 promoter, which results in enhanced promoter activity shown by promoter reporter assays. CREMα-induced IL-21 transcription is not abrogated in the presence of cyclosporine A but depends on an intact CRE site within the IL-21 promoter, which suggests that CREM largely enhances IL-21 expression by direct transcriptional regulation. IL-21 transcription is critical for IL-17 generation in these mice, since IL-21 receptor blockade downregulates IL-17 transcription to wild-type levels. Finally, this is of functional relevance since CREMα transgenic mice display enhanced disease activity in dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis accompanied by higher local IL-21 expression. Thus, we describe two novel mechanisms of CREMα-dependent IL-21 transcription. Since T cells of systemic lupus erythematosus patients are characterized by enhanced IL-21 transcription, this might also be of functional relevance in humans.
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- Kim Ohl
- Pediatric Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany
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- Pediatric Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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- Pediatric Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Immunology, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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- Pediatric Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany
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- Pediatric Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany
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Nonencapsulated Trichinella pseudospiralis Infection Impairs Follicular Helper T Cell Differentiation with Subclass-Selective Decreases in Antibody Responses. Infect Immun 2016; 84:3550-3556. [PMID: 27736779 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00597-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Infectious microorganisms often modify host immunity to escape from immune elimination. Trichinella is a unique nematode of the helminth family, whose members parasitize the muscle cells inside the host without robust eliminative reactions. There are several species of Trichinella; some develop in muscle cells that become encapsulated (e.g., Trichinella spiralis) and others in cells that do not encapsulate (e.g., Trichinella pseudospiralis). It has already been established that Trichinella infection affects host immune responses in several experimental immune diseases in animal models; however, most of those studies were done using T. spiralis infection. As host immune responses to T. spiralis and T. pseudospiralis infections have been reported to be different, it is necessary to clarify how T. pseudospiralis infection influences the host immune responses. In this study, we investigated the influence on host humoral immunity in T. pseudospiralis-infected mice. We demonstrated that T. pseudospiralis infection decreased antigen-specific IgG2a and IgG2b antibody (Ab) production in mice immunized with a model antigen. This selective decrease in gamma interferon (IFN-γ)-dependent Ab production was not due to a decrease in IFN-γ production, and we instead found impaired follicular helper T (Tfh) cell differentiation. The affinity maturation of antigen-specific Ab tended to be delayed but was not significant in T. pseudospiralis-infected mice. We also observed that CD11b+ spleen cells in T. pseudospiralis-infected mice expressed CD206 and PD-L2, the phenotype of which was M2 macrophages with weak production of interleukin-6 (IL-6), possibly resulting in impaired Tfh differentiation. Taken together, our results indicate that nonencapsulated Trichinella infection induces selective dampening in humoral immunity with the suppression of Tfh differentiation.
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CD4 + T Cell Fate in Glomerulonephritis: A Tale of Th1, Th17, and Novel Treg Subtypes. Mediators Inflamm 2016; 2016:5393894. [PMID: 27974866 PMCID: PMC5126430 DOI: 10.1155/2016/5393894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2015] [Revised: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Multiple studies have identified CD4+ T cells as central players of glomerulonephritis (GN). Cells of the Th1 and Th17 responses cause renal tissue damage, while Tregs mediate protection. Recently, a high degree of plasticity among these T cell lineages was proposed. During inflammation, Th17 cells were shown to have the potential of transdifferentiation into Th1, Th2, or alternatively anti-inflammatory Tr1 cells. Currently available data from studies in GN, however, do not indicate relevant Th17 to Th1 or Th2 conversion, leaving the Th17 cell fate enigmatic. Tregs, on the other hand, were speculated to transdifferentiate into Th17 cells. Again, data from GN do not support this concept. Rather, it seems that previously unrecognized subspecialized effector Treg lineages exist. These include Th1 specific Treg1 as well as Th17 directed Treg17 cells. Furthermore, a bifunctional Treg subpopulation was recently identified in GN, which secrets IL-17 and coexpresses Foxp3 together with the Th17 characteristic transcription factor RORγt. Similarities between these different and highly specialized effector Treg subpopulations with the corresponding T helper effector cell lineages might have resulted in previous misinterpretation as Treg transdifferentiation. In summary, Th17 cells have a relatively stable phenotype during GN, while, in the case of Tregs, currently available data suggest lineage heterogeneity rather than plasticity.
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Protective neutralizing influenza antibody response in the absence of T follicular helper cells. Nat Immunol 2016; 17:1447-1458. [DOI: 10.1038/ni.3563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Thompson JS, Hardin DL, Glass JF, Dziba J, Campion J, Brown SA. The Inflammatory Cytokine IL-21 is Expressed by Splenic Neutrophils in Response to Transplantation of Allogeneic Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 4:1-9. [PMID: 27774526 DOI: 10.15226/2372-0948/4/1/00144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We have previously reported that GR-1 neutrophil/monocytes rose dramatically in the spleen, peaked by day 7 and declined through day 14. This period corresponded to the peak of acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease (aGVHD) in BALB/c mice transplanted with allogeneic donor cells. We now asked: what cytokines did these splenic neutrophil/monocytes express on day 7 and 14 post transplant? BALB/c mice were transplanted with allogeneic B6 or syngeneic BALB/c donor cells. Long term survival was recorded through day 31. Other groups were sacrificed on days 3, 5, 7, 14, 21 and 31 days post transplant to record the total number of cells in the spleens and their phenotypes. Neutrophils were isolated from the spleens of mice transplanted with B6 and BALB/c cells on days 7 and 14. Daily body weight demonstrated a transient drop in the syngeneic transplants on day 2 but a much greater drop with its nadir at day 7 and never fully recovering through 31 days. CD8/CD4 T lymphocytes peaked in the spleen on day 5 and were followed on day 7 by GR-I cells in all of the allogeneic transplants. In syngeneic transplants this early rise in lymphocytes did not occur and GR-1 cells peaked on day 14. Highly purified neutrophils were isolated in two separate experiments from the spleens on days 7 and 14 post transplant. In both experiments day 7 allogeneic neutrophils expressed significantly elevated levels of Interleukin-21 (IL-21) mRNA whereas the day 7 and 14 syngeneic cells expressed lower but significant levels of TNFα. Intracellular IL-21 was demonstrated in the allogeneic neutrophils on day 7 before and after in vitro stimulation. In conclusion Purified neutrophils isolated from the spleen on day 7, the early peak of allogeneic transplantation a GVHD, express high levels of IL-21 message and intracellular IL-21.
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- John S Thompson
- VA Medical Center, Lexington Kentucky 40502; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
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- VA Medical Center, Lexington Kentucky 40502; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
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Zeng H, Cohen S, Guy C, Shrestha S, Neale G, Brown SA, Cloer C, Kishton RJ, Gao X, Youngblood B, Do M, Li MO, Locasale JW, Rathmell JC, Chi H. mTORC1 and mTORC2 Kinase Signaling and Glucose Metabolism Drive Follicular Helper T Cell Differentiation. Immunity 2016; 45:540-554. [PMID: 27637146 PMCID: PMC5050556 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells are crucial for germinal center (GC) formation and humoral adaptive immunity. Mechanisms underlying Tfh cell differentiation in peripheral and mucosal lymphoid organs are incompletely understood. We report here that mTOR kinase complexes 1 and 2 (mTORC1 and mTORC2) are essential for Tfh cell differentiation and GC reaction under steady state and after antigen immunization and viral infection. Loss of mTORC1 and mTORC2 in T cells exerted distinct effects on Tfh cell signature gene expression, whereas increased mTOR activity promoted Tfh responses. Deficiency of mTORC2 impaired CD4(+) T cell accumulation and immunoglobulin A production and aberrantly induced the transcription factor Foxo1. Mechanistically, the costimulatory molecule ICOS activated mTORC1 and mTORC2 to drive glycolysis and lipogenesis, and glucose transporter 1-mediated glucose metabolism promoted Tfh cell responses. Altogether, mTOR acts as a central node in Tfh cells by linking immune signals to anabolic metabolism and transcriptional activity.
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- Hu Zeng
- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Hartwell Center for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, and Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
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TFH cells progressively differentiate to regulate the germinal center response. Nat Immunol 2016; 17:1197-1205. [PMID: 27573866 PMCID: PMC5030190 DOI: 10.1038/ni.3554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Germinal center (GC) B cells undergo affinity selection, which depends on interactions with CD4(+) follicular helper T cells (TFH cells). We found that TFH cells progressed through transcriptionally and functionally distinct stages and provided differential signals for GC regulation. They initially localized proximally to mutating B cells, secreted interleukin 21 (IL-21), induced expression of the transcription factor Bcl-6 and selected high-affinity B cell clones. As the GC response evolved, TFH cells extinguished IL-21 production and switched to IL-4 production, showed robust expression of the co-stimulatory molecule CD40L, and promoted the development of antibody-secreting B cells via upregulation of the transcription factor Blimp-1. Thus, TFH cells in the B cell follicle progressively differentiate through stages of localization, cytokine production and surface ligand expression to 'fine tune' the GC reaction.
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Wang Y, Jiang X, Zhu J, Dan Yue, Zhang X, Wang X, You Y, Wang B, Xu Y, Lu C, Sun X, Yoshikai Y. IL-21/IL-21R signaling suppresses intestinal inflammation induced by DSS through regulation of Th responses in lamina propria in mice. Sci Rep 2016; 6:31881. [PMID: 27545302 PMCID: PMC4992961 DOI: 10.1038/srep31881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Serum level of IL-21 is increased in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), suggesting that IL-21/IL-21 receptor (IL-21R) signaling may be involved in the pathogenesis of IBD. However, the role of IL-21/IL-21 receptor signaling plays in the pathogenesis of IBD is not very clear. In this study, using IL-21R.KO mice, we tested the role of IL-21/IL-21R signaling in the regulation of T helper cell responses during intestinal inflammation. Here we found that IL-21R.KO mice were more susceptible to DSS-induced colitis as compared with C57BL/6 mice. The spontaneous inflammatory cytokines released by macrophages in LP of colon were significantly increased, and Th2, Th17 and Treg responses were down-regulated markedly. However, Th1 responses were significantly up-regulated in IL-21R.KO mice. Meanwhile, the population of CD8(+)CD44(+)IFN-γ(+) T cells was markedly elevated in LP of inflammatory intestine of IL-21RKO mice. In vivo, after disease onset, DSS-induced intestinal inflammation was ameliorated in C57BL/6 mice treated with rIL-21. Our results demonstrate that IL-21/IL-21R signaling contributes to protection against DSS-induced acute colitis through suppression of Th1 and activation of Th2, Th17 and Treg responses in mice. Therefore, therapeutic manipulation of IL-21/IL-21R activity may allow improved immunotherapy for IBD and other inflammatory diseases associated with Th cell responses.
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- Yuanyuan Wang
- Department of anesthesiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Immunology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Life Science School, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Immunology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Laboratory Medicine Department, Sheng Jing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Immunology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Immunology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Immunology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Northeast Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Immunology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Immunology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Division of Host Defense, Center for Prevention of Infectious Disease, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Read KA, Powell MD, Oestreich KJ. T follicular helper cell programming by cytokine-mediated events. Immunology 2016; 149:253-261. [PMID: 27442976 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Revised: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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CD4+ T cells, or T helper cells, are critical mediators and coordinators of adaptive immunity. Unique effector T helper cell populations have been identified that perform distinct functions in response to pathogenic infection. The T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are one such subset, which has been identified as the primary T-cell population responsible for interacting with B cells to promote effective antibody-mediated immune responses. Since their initial description at the turn of the century, and subsequent classification as a distinct T helper cell subset, there has been substantial interest in elucidating the regulatory mechanisms that govern Tfh cell formation. The collective insight from this body of work has demonstrated that Tfh cell differentiation is a complex and multistage process regulated by a litany of cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic factors. As with the development of the other recognized T helper cell subsets, specific cytokines exercise prominent roles in both the positive and negative regulation of Tfh cell development. However, the exact composition of, and stage-specific requirements for, these environmental factors in the governance of Tfh cell differentiation remain incompletely understood. In this review, we summarize what is known regarding the role of cytokines in both the promotion and inhibition of Tfh cell differentiation and function.
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- Kaitlin A Read
- Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USA.,Graduate Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USA. .,Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA. .,Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
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Jones L, Ho WQ, Ying S, Ramakrishna L, Srinivasan KG, Yurieva M, Ng WP, Subramaniam S, Hamadee NH, Joseph S, Dolpady J, Atarashi K, Honda K, Zolezzi F, Poidinger M, Lafaille JJ, Curotto de Lafaille MA. A subpopulation of high IL-21-producing CD4(+) T cells in Peyer's Patches is induced by the microbiota and regulates germinal centers. Sci Rep 2016; 6:30784. [PMID: 27499025 PMCID: PMC4976330 DOI: 10.1038/srep30784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The production of IL-21 by T follicular helper (Tfh) cells is vital in driving the germinal centre reaction and high affinity antibody formation. However, the degree of Tfh cell heterogeneity and function is not fully understood. We used a novel IL-21eGFP reporter mouse strain to analyze the diversity and role of Tfh cells. Through the analysis of GFP expression in lymphoid organs of IL-21eGFP mice, we identified a subpopulation of GFP+, high IL-21 producing Tfh cells present only in Peyer’s Patches. GFP+Tfh cells were found to be polyclonal and related to GFP−Tfh cells of Peyer’s Patches in TCR repertoire composition and overall gene expression. Studies on the mechanisms of induction of GFP+Tfh cells demonstrated that they required the intestinal microbiota and a diverse repertoire of CD4+ T cells and B cells. Importantly, ablation of GFP+ cells resulted in a reduced frequency of Peyer’s Patches IgG1 and germinal center B cells in addition to small but significant shifts in gut microbiome composition. Our work highlights the diversity among IL-21 producing CD4+ Tfh cells, and the interrelationship between the intestinal bacteria and Tfh cell responses in the gut.
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- Leigh Jones
- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.,Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.,School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Skirball Institute and Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, and RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, and RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Skirball Institute and Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.,Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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CXCR5+ follicular cytotoxic T cells control viral infection in B cell follicles. Nat Immunol 2016; 17:1187-96. [DOI: 10.1038/ni.3543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Naradikian MS, Myles A, Beiting DP, Roberts KJ, Dawson L, Herati RS, Bengsch B, Linderman SL, Stelekati E, Spolski R, Wherry EJ, Hunter C, Hensley SE, Leonard WJ, Cancro MP. Cutting Edge: IL-4, IL-21, and IFN-γ Interact To Govern T-bet and CD11c Expression in TLR-Activated B Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 197:1023-8. [PMID: 27430719 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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T-bet and CD11c expression in B cells is linked with IgG2c isotype switching, virus-specific immune responses, and humoral autoimmunity. However, the activation requisites and regulatory cues governing T-bet and CD11c expression in B cells remain poorly defined. In this article, we reveal a relationship among TLR engagement, IL-4, IL-21, and IFN-γ that regulates T-bet expression in B cells. We find that IL-21 or IFN-γ directly promote T-bet expression in the context of TLR engagement. Further, IL-4 antagonizes T-bet induction. Finally, IL-21, but not IFN-γ, promotes CD11c expression independent of T-bet. Using influenza virus and Heligmosomoides polygyrus infections, we show that these interactions function in vivo to determine whether T-bet(+) and CD11c(+) B cells are formed. These findings suggest that T-bet(+) B cells seen in health and disease share the common initiating features of TLR-driven activation within this circumscribed cytokine milieu.
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- Martin S Naradikian
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104;
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Choi SC, Hutchinson TE, Titov AA, Seay HR, Li S, Brusko TM, Croker BP, Salek-Ardakani S, Morel L. The Lupus Susceptibility Gene Pbx1 Regulates the Balance between Follicular Helper T Cell and Regulatory T Cell Differentiation. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2016; 197:458-69. [PMID: 27296664 PMCID: PMC4935607 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1502283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Pbx1 controls chromatin accessibility to a large number of genes and is entirely conserved between mice and humans. The Pbx1-d dominant-negative isoform is more frequent in CD4(+) T cells from lupus patients than from healthy controls. Pbx1-d is associated with the production of autoreactive T cells in mice carrying the Sle1a1 lupus-susceptibility locus. Transgenic (Tg) expression of Pbx1-d in CD4(+) T cells reproduced the phenotypes of Sle1a1 mice, with increased inflammatory functions of CD4(+) T cells and impaired Foxp3(+) regulatory T cell (Treg) homeostasis. Pbx1-d-Tg expression also expanded the number of follicular helper T cells (TFHs) in a cell-intrinsic and Ag-specific manner, which was enhanced in recall responses and resulted in Th1-biased Abs. Moreover, Pbx1-d-Tg CD4(+) T cells upregulated the expression of miR-10a, miR-21, and miR-155, which were implicated in Treg and follicular helper T cell homeostasis. Our results suggest that Pbx1-d impacts lupus development by regulating effector T cell differentiation and promoting TFHs at the expense of Tregs. In addition, our results identify Pbx1 as a novel regulator of CD4(+) T cell effector function.
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- Seung-Chul Choi
- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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Tsukamoto T, Yamamoto H, Okada S, Matano T. Recursion-based depletion of human immunodeficiency virus-specific naive CD4(+) T cells may facilitate persistent viral replication and chronic viraemia leading to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Med Hypotheses 2016; 94:81-5. [PMID: 27515208 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2016.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Although antiretroviral therapy has made human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection a controllable disease, it is still unclear how viral replication persists in untreated patients and causes CD4(+) T-cell depletion leading to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in several years. Theorists tried to explain it with the diversity threshold theory in which accumulated mutations in the HIV genome make the virus so diverse that the immune system will no longer be able to recognize all the variants and fail to control the viraemia. Although the theory could apply to a number of cases, macaque AIDS models using simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) have shown that failed viral control at the set point is not always associated with T-cell escape mutations. Moreover, even monkeys without a protective major histocompatibility complex (MHC) allele can contain replication of a super infected SIV following immunization with a live-attenuated SIV vaccine, while those animals are not capable of fighting primary SIV infection. Here we propose a recursion-based virus-specific naive CD4(+) T-cell depletion hypothesis through thinking on what may happen in individuals experiencing primary immunodeficiency virus infection. This could explain the mechanism for impairment of virus-specific immune response in the course of HIV infection.
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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