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Li GQ, Xia J, Zeng W, Luo W, Liu L, Zeng X, Cao D. The intestinal γδ T cells: functions in the gut and in the distant organs. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1206299. [PMID: 37398661 PMCID: PMC10311558 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1206299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Located in the frontline against the largest population of microbiota, the intestinal mucosa of mammals has evolved to become an effective immune system. γδ T cells, a unique T cell subpopulation, are rare in circulation blood and lymphoid tissues, but rich in the intestinal mucosa, particularly in the epithelium. Via rapid production of cytokines and growth factors, intestinal γδ T cells are key contributors to epithelial homeostasis and immune surveillance of infection. Intriguingly, recent studies have revealed that the intestinal γδ T cells may play novel exciting functions ranging from epithelial plasticity and remodeling in response to carbohydrate diets to the recovery of ischemic stroke. In this review article, we update regulatory molecules newly defined in lymphopoiesis of the intestinal γδ T cells and their novel functions locally in the intestinal mucosa, such as epithelial remodeling, and distantly in pathological setting, e.g., ischemic brain injury repair, psychosocial stress responses, and fracture repair. The challenges and potential revenues in intestinal γδ T cell studies are discussed.
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- Guo-Qing Li
- Department of Gastroenterology, Clinical Research Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Basic and Clinical Pharmacological Research on Gastrointestinal Tumors, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Cancer Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Cancer Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Cancer Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Basic and Clinical Pharmacological Research on Gastrointestinal Tumors, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Cancer Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Clinical Research Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China
- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Cancer Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China
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Iancu O, Allen D, Knop O, Zehavi Y, Breier D, Arbiv A, Lev A, Lee YN, Beider K, Nagler A, Somech R, Hendel A. Multiplex HDR for disease and correction modeling of SCID by CRISPR genome editing in human HSPCs. MOLECULAR THERAPY. NUCLEIC ACIDS 2022; 31:105-121. [PMID: 36618262 PMCID: PMC9813580 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2022.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a group of disorders caused by mutations in genes involved in the process of lymphocyte maturation and function. CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing of the patient's own hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) ex vivo could provide a therapeutic alternative to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, the current gold standard for treatment of SCID. To eliminate the need for scarce patient samples, we engineered genotypes in healthy donor (HD)-derived CD34+ HSPCs using CRISPR-Cas9/rAAV6 gene-editing, to model both SCID and the therapeutic outcomes of gene-editing therapies for SCID via multiplexed homology-directed repair (HDR). First, we developed a SCID disease model via biallelic knockout of genes critical to the development of lymphocytes; and second, we established a knockin/knockout strategy to develop a proof-of-concept single-allelic gene correction. Based on these results, we performed gene correction of RAG2-SCID patient-derived CD34+ HSPCs that successfully developed into CD3+ T cells with diverse TCR repertoires in an in vitro T cell differentiation platform. In summary, we present a strategy to determine the optimal configuration for CRISPR-Cas9 gene correction of SCID using HD-derived CD34+ HSPCs, and the feasibility of translating this gene correction approach in patient-derived CD34+ HSPCs.
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- Ortal Iancu
- The Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel,Pediatric Department A and the Immunology Service, Jeffrey Modell Foundation Center, Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-HaShomer, Ramat Gan 5266202, Israel
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- Pediatric Department A and the Immunology Service, Jeffrey Modell Foundation Center, Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-HaShomer, Ramat Gan 5266202, Israel,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- The Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-HaShomer, Ramat Gan 5266202, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel,The Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-HaShomer, Ramat Gan 5266202, Israel
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- Pediatric Department A and the Immunology Service, Jeffrey Modell Foundation Center, Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-HaShomer, Ramat Gan 5266202, Israel,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- The Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel,Corresponding author Ayal Hendel, The Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.
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Boehme L, Roels J, Taghon T. Development of γδ T cells in the thymus - A human perspective. Semin Immunol 2022; 61-64:101662. [PMID: 36374779 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2022.101662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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γδ T cells are increasingly emerging as crucial immune regulators that can take on innate and adaptive roles in the defence against pathogens. Although they arise within the thymus from the same hematopoietic precursors as conventional αβ T cells, the development of γδ T cells is less well understood. In this review, we focus on summarising the current state of knowledge about the cellular and molecular processes involved in the generation of γδ T cells in human.
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- Lena Boehme
- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium.
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Wu Z, Zheng Y, Sheng J, Han Y, Yang Y, Pan H, Yao J. CD3 +CD4 -CD8 - (Double-Negative) T Cells in Inflammation, Immune Disorders and Cancer. Front Immunol 2022; 13:816005. [PMID: 35222392 PMCID: PMC8866817 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.816005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The crucial role of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in shaping and controlling immune responses during immune disease and cancer development has been well established and used to achieve marked clinical benefits. CD3+CD4-CD8- double-negative (DN) T cells, although constituting a rare subset of peripheral T cells, are gaining interest for their roles in inflammation, immune disease and cancer. Herein, we comprehensively review the origin, distribution and functions of this unique T cell subgroup. First, we focused on characterizing multifunctional DN T cells in various immune responses. DN regulatory T cells have the capacity to prevent graft-versus-host disease and have therapeutic value for autoimmune disease. T helper-like DN T cells protect against or promote inflammation and virus infection depending on the specific settings and promote certain autoimmune disease. Notably, we clarified the role of DN tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and outlined the potential for malignant proliferation of DN T cells. Finally, we reviewed the recent advances in the applications of DN T cell-based therapy for cancer. In conclusion, a better understanding of the heterogeneity and functions of DN T cells may help to develop DN T cells as a potential therapeutic tool for inflammation, immune disorders and cancer.
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- Zhiheng Wu
- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Jee MH, Mraz V, Geisler C, Bonefeld CM. γδ T cells and inflammatory skin diseases. Immunol Rev 2020; 298:61-73. [DOI: 10.1111/imr.12913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Mia Hamilton Jee
- The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center Department of Immunology and Microbiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center Department of Immunology and Microbiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center Department of Immunology and Microbiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center Department of Immunology and Microbiology Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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Hahn AM, Winkler TH. Resolving the mystery-How TCR transgenic mouse models shed light on the elusive case of gamma delta T cells. J Leukoc Biol 2020; 107:993-1007. [PMID: 32068302 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.1mr0120-237r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cutting-edge questions in αβ T cell biology were addressed by investigating a range of different genetically modified mouse models. In comparison, the γδ T cell field lacks behind on the availability of such models. Nevertheless, transgenic mouse models proved useful for the investigation of γδ T cell biology and their stepwise development in the thymus. In general, animal models and especially mouse models give access to a wide range of opportunities of modulating γδ T cells, which is unachievable in human beings. Because of their complex biology and specific tissue tropism, it is especially challenging to investigate γδ T cells in in vitro experiments since they might not reliably reflect their behavior and phenotype under physiologic conditions. This review aims to provide a comprehensive historical overview about how different transgenic mouse models contributed in regards of the understanding of γδ T cell biology, whereby a special focus is set on studies including the elusive role of the γδTCR. Furthermore, evolutionary and translational remarks are discussed under the aspect of future implications for the field. The ultimate full understanding of γδ T cells will pave the way for their usage as a powerful new tool in immunotherapy.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Lineage/genetics
- Cell Lineage/immunology
- Cell Movement
- Founder Effect
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Immunotherapy/methods
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic/genetics
- Mice, Transgenic/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- Signal Transduction
- Species Specificity
- T-Lymphocytes/classification
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
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- Anne M Hahn
- Department of Biology, Division of Genetics, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center for Molecular Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Division of Genetics, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center for Molecular Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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García-León MJ, Fuentes P, de la Pompa JL, Toribio ML. Dynamic regulation of NOTCH1 activation and Notch ligand expression in human thymus development. Development 2018; 145:dev.165597. [PMID: 30042180 DOI: 10.1242/dev.165597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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T-cell development is a complex dynamic process that relies on ordered stromal signals delivered to thymus-seeding progenitors that migrate throughout different thymus microenvironments (TMEs). Particularly, Notch signaling provided by thymic epithelial cells (TECs) is crucial for T-cell fate specification and generation of mature T cells. Four canonical Notch ligands (Dll1, Dll4, Jag1 and Jag2) are expressed in the thymus, but their spatial distribution in functional TMEs is largely unknown, especially in humans, and their impact on Notch1 activation during T-lymphopoiesis remains undefined. Based on immunohistochemistry and quantitative confocal microscopy of fetal, postnatal and adult human and mouse thymus samples, we show that spatial regulation of Notch ligand expression defines discrete Notch signaling niches and dynamic species-specific TMEs. We further show that Notch ligand expression, particularly DLL4, is tightly regulated in cortical TECs during human thymus ontogeny and involution. Also, we provide the first evidence that NOTCH1 activation is induced in vivo in CD34+ progenitors and developing thymocytes at particular cortical niches of the human fetal and postnatal thymus. Collectively, our results show that human thymopoiesis involves complex spatiotemporal regulation of Notch ligand expression, which ensures the coordinated delivery of niche-specific NOTCH1 signals required for dynamic T-cell development.
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- María J García-León
- Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo de Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo de Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Intercellular Signaling in Cardiovascular Development & Disease Laboratory, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain.,CIBER CV, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo de Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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The cholesterol metabolite 27 hydroxycholesterol facilitates breast cancer metastasis through its actions on immune cells. Nat Commun 2017; 8:864. [PMID: 29021522 PMCID: PMC5636879 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00910-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Obesity and elevated circulating cholesterol are risk factors for breast cancer recurrence, while the use of statins, cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitors widely used for treating hypercholesterolemia, is associated with improved disease-free survival. Here, we show that cholesterol mediates the metastatic effects of a high-fat diet via its oxysterol metabolite, 27-hydroxycholesterol. Ablation or inhibition of CYP27A1, the enzyme responsible for the rate-limiting step in 27-hydroxycholesterol biosynthesis, significantly reduces metastasis in relevant animal models of cancer. The robust effects of 27-hydroxycholesterol on metastasis requires myeloid immune cell function, and it was found that this oxysterol increases the number of polymorphonuclear-neutrophils and γδ-T cells at distal metastatic sites. The pro-metastatic actions of 27-hydroxycholesterol requires both polymorphonuclear-neutrophils and γδ-T cells, and 27-hydroxycholesterol treatment results in a decreased number of cytotoxic CD8+T lymphocytes. Therefore, through its actions on γδ-T cells and polymorphonuclear-neutrophils, 27-hydroxycholesterol functions as a biochemical mediator of the metastatic effects of hypercholesterolemia.High cholesterol is a risk factor for breast cancer recurrence. Here the authors show that cholesterol promotes breast cancer metastasis via its metabolite 27-hydroxycholesterol (27HC) that acts on immune myeloid cells residing at the distal metastatic sites, thus promoting an immune suppressive environment.
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Lalor SJ, McLoughlin RM. Memory γδ T Cells-Newly Appreciated Protagonists in Infection and Immunity. Trends Immunol 2016; 37:690-702. [PMID: 27567182 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2016.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Despite the potential for diversity in their T cell receptor, γδ T cells are primarily considered to be innate immune cells. Recently, memory-like γδ T cell responses have been identified in murine models of infection and autoimmunity. Similar memory responses have also been described in human and non-human primate γδ T cells. It has thus become clear that subpopulations of γδ T cells can develop long-lasting memory akin to conventional αβ T cells, with protective and pathogenic consequences. Hence, a re-evaluation of their true capabilities and role in infection and immunity is required. This review discusses recent reports of memory-type responses attributed to γδ T cells and assesses this underappreciated facet of these enigmatic cells.
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- Stephen J Lalor
- Host-Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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- Host-Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
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Fahl SP, Coffey F, Wiest DL. Origins of γδ T cell effector subsets: a riddle wrapped in an enigma. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 193:4289-94. [PMID: 25326547 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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αβ and γδ T cells are thought to arise from a common precursor in the thymus but play distinct roles in pathogen resistance. Although conventional αβ T cells exit the thymus in a naive state and acquire effector function in the periphery, the effector fate of many γδ T cells is specified in the thymus and exhibits limited plasticity thereafter. This review describes the current models that have been proposed to explain the acquisition of effector fate by γδ T cells, as well as the apparent linkage to Vγ gene usage. The two predominant models are the predetermination model, which suggests that effector fate is determined prior to TCR expression, perhaps in association with the developmental timing of Vγ rearrangement, and the TCR-dependence model, which proposes that the nature of the TCR signal, particularly its intensity or duration, plays an important role in influencing effector fate.
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- Shawn P Fahl
- Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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- Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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- Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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Schmolka N, Wencker M, Hayday AC, Silva-Santos B. Epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of γδ T cell differentiation: Programming cells for responses in time and space. Semin Immunol 2015; 27:19-25. [PMID: 25726512 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2015.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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γδ T cells are major providers of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interferon-γ (IFNγ) and interleukin-17 (IL-17) in protective or pathogenic immune responses. Notably, murine γδ T cells commit to either IFNγ or IL-17 production during development in the thymus, before any subsequent activation in the periphery. Here we discuss the molecular networks that underlie thymic γδ T cell differentiation, as well as the mechanisms that sustain or modify their functional properties in the periphery. We concentrate on recent findings on lymphoid and tissue-resident γδ T cell subpopulations, with an emphasis on genome-wide studies and their added value to elucidate the regulation of γδ T cell differentiation at the transcriptional and epigenetic (chromatin) levels.
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- Nina Schmolka
- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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- London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, London, UK; Immunity and Cytotoxic Lymphocytes, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), Inserm U1111, Lyon, France
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- London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, London, UK; Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, King's College London, London, UK.
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal.
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Ziegler H, Welker C, Sterk M, Haarer J, Rammensee HG, Handgretinger R, Schilbach K. Human Peripheral CD4(+) Vδ1(+) γδT Cells Can Develop into αβT Cells. Front Immunol 2014; 5:645. [PMID: 25709606 PMCID: PMC4329445 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The lifelong generation of αβT cells enables us to continuously build immunity against pathogens and malignancies despite the loss of thymic function with age. Homeostatic proliferation of post-thymic naïve and memory T cells and their transition into effector and long-lived memory cells balance the decreasing output of naïve T cells, and recent research suggests that also αβT-cell development independent from the thymus may occur. However, the sites and mechanisms of extrathymic T-cell development are not yet understood in detail. γδT cells represent a small fraction of the overall T-cell pool, and are endowed with tremendous phenotypic and functional plasticity. γδT cells that express the Vδ1 gene segment are a minor population in human peripheral blood but predominate in epithelial (and inflamed) tissues. Here, we characterize a CD4+ peripheral Vδ1+ γδT-cell subpopulation that expresses stem-cell and progenitor markers and is able to develop into functional αβT cells ex vivo in a simple culture system and in vivo. The route taken by this process resembles thymic T-cell development. However, it involves the re-organization of the Vδ1+ γδTCR into the αβTCR as a consequence of TCR-γ chain downregulation and the expression of surface Vδ1+Vβ+ TCR components, which we believe function as surrogate pre-TCR. This transdifferentiation process is readily detectable in vivo in inflamed tissue. Our study provides a conceptual framework for extrathymic T-cell development and opens up a new vista in immunology that requires adaptive immune responses in infection, autoimmunity, and cancer to be reconsidered.
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- Hendrik Ziegler
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital, University of Tübingen , Tübingen , Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital, University of Tübingen , Tübingen , Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital, University of Tübingen , Tübingen , Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital, University of Tübingen , Tübingen , Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen , Tübingen , Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital, University of Tübingen , Tübingen , Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital, University of Tübingen , Tübingen , Germany
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Coffey F, Lee SY, Buus TB, Lauritsen JPH, Wong GW, Joachims ML, Thompson LF, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC, Kappes DJ, Wiest DL. The TCR ligand-inducible expression of CD73 marks γδ lineage commitment and a metastable intermediate in effector specification. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 211:329-43. [PMID: 24493796 PMCID: PMC3920555 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20131540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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CD73 expression is induced in response to TCR ligation and identifies a population of thymocytes that are committed to the γδ T cell fate. Numerous studies indicate that γδ T cell receptor (γδTCR) expression alone does not reliably mark commitment of early thymic progenitors to the γδ fate. This raises the possibility that the γδTCR is unable to intrinsically specify fate and instead requires additional environmental factors, including TCR–ligand engagement. We use single cell progenitor assays to reveal that ligand acts instructionally to direct adoption of the γδ fate. Moreover, we identify CD73 as a TCR ligand-induced cell surface protein that distinguishes γδTCR-expressing CD4−CD8− progenitors that have committed to the γδ fate from those that have not yet done so. Indeed, unlike CD73− γδTCR+ progenitors, which largely adopt the αβ fate upon separation from the intrathymic selecting environment, those that express CD73 remain CD4−CD8− and committed to the γδ fate. CD73 is expressed by >90% of peripheral γδ cells, suggesting this is a common occurrence during development. Moreover, CD73 induction appears to mark a metastable intermediate stage before acquisition of effector function, suggesting that γδ lineage and effector fate are specified sequentially. These findings have important implications for the role of ligand in γδ lineage commitment and its relationship to the specification of effector fate.
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- Francis Coffey
- Blood Cell Development and Cancer Keystone, Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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Luche H, Nageswara Rao T, Kumar S, Tasdogan A, Beckel F, Blum C, Martins VC, Rodewald HR, Fehling HJ. In vivo fate mapping identifies pre-TCRα expression as an intra- and extrathymic, but not prethymic, marker of T lymphopoiesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 210:699-714. [PMID: 23509324 PMCID: PMC3620354 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20122609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A novel pre-TCRα (pTα) reporter mouse reveals that expression of pTα is confined to the T lineage and does not occur on prethymic progenitors. Expression of the pre–T cell receptor α (pTα) gene has been exploited in previous studies as a molecular marker to identify tiny cell populations in bone marrow (BM) and blood that were suggested to contain physiologically relevant thymus settling progenitors (TSPs). But to what extent these cells genuinely contribute to thymopoiesis has remained obscure. We have generated a novel pTαiCre knockin mouse line and performed lineage-tracing experiments to precisely quantitate the contribution of pTα-expressing progenitors to distinct differentiation pathways and to the genealogy of mature hematopoietic cells under physiological in vivo conditions. Using these mice in combination with fluorescent reporter strains, we observe highly consistent labeling patterns that identify pTα expression as a faithful molecular marker of T lineage commitment. Specifically, the fate of pTα-expressing progenitors was found to include all αβ and most γδ T cells but, in contrast to previous assumptions, to exclude B, NK, and thymic dendritic cells. Although we could detect small numbers of T cell progenitors with a history of pTα expression in BM and blood, our data clearly exclude these populations as physiologically important precursors of thymopoiesis and indicate that they instead belong to a pathway of T cell maturation previously defined as extrathymic.
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- Hervé Luche
- Institute of Immunology, University Clinics Ulm, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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γδ T cells are a unique and conserved population of lymphocytes that have been the subject of a recent explosion of interest owing to their essential contributions to many types of immune response and immunopathology. But what does the integration of recent and long-established studies really tell us about these cells and their place in immunology? The time is ripe to consider the evidence for their unique and crucial functions. We conclude that whereas B cells and αβ T cells are commonly thought to contribute primarily to the antigen-specific effector and memory phases of immunity, γδ T cells are distinct in that they combine conventional adaptive features (inherent in their T cell receptors and pleiotropic effector functions) with rapid, innate-like responses that can place them in the initiation phase of immune reactions. This underpins a revised perspective on lymphocyte biology and the regulation of immunogenicity.
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Pereira P, Boucontet L, Cumano A. Temporal Predisposition to αβ and γδ T Cell Fates in the Thymus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 188:1600-8. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Evidence for the divergence of innate and adaptive T-cell precursors before commitment to the αβ and γδ lineages. Blood 2011; 118:6591-600. [PMID: 22021367 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-05-352732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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In addition to adaptive T cells, the thymus supports the development of unconventional T cells such as natural killer T (NKT) and CD8αα intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs), which have innate functional properties, particular antigenic specificities, and tissue localization. Both conventional and innate T cells are believed to develop from common precursors undergoing instructive, TCR-mediated lineage fate decisions, but innate T cells are proposed to undergo positive instead of negative selection in response to agonistic TCR signals. In the present study, we show that, in contrast to conventional αβT cells, innate αβT cells are not selected against functional TCRγ rearrangements and express TCRγ mRNA. Likewise, in contrast to the majority of γδT cells, thymic innate γδT cells are not efficiently selected against functional TCRβ chains. In precursors of conventional T cells, autonomous TCR signals emanating from the pre-TCR or γδTCR in the absence of ligand mediate selection against the TCR of the opposite isotype and αβ/γδ lineage commitment. Our data suggest that developing innate T cells ignore such signals and rely solely on agonistic TCR interactions. Consistently, most innate T cells reacted strongly against autologous thymocytes. These results suggest that innate and adaptive T-cell lineages do not develop from the same pool of precursors and potentially diverge before αβ/γδ lineage commitment.
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Tussiwand R, Engdahl C, Gehre N, Bosco N, Ceredig R, Rolink AG. The preTCR-dependent DN3 to DP transition requires Notch signaling, is improved by CXCL12 signaling and is inhibited by IL-7 signaling. Eur J Immunol 2011; 41:3371-80. [PMID: 21882187 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Revised: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The requirement for Notch signaling during T-cell development has been extensively studied. Nevertheless, the developmental stage at which it is required and whether additional signaling pathways are needed are still poorly understood. By using a stromal-cell-free culture system, we show that sorted double-negative 3 (DN3) thymocytes only require a Delta-like-4-induced Notch signal to differentiate into double-positive (DP) cells. This differentiation process is preTCR-α dependent. DN3 cells undergo 4-5 proliferation cycles, and the addition of the chemokine CXCL12 improves proliferation. IL-7 blocks the differentiation of DN3 cells to DP cells but not the Notch-induced proliferation of cultured DN3 cells. The impaired differentiation correlates with an inhibition of Rag-2 up-regulation. Overall, the in vitro stromal-cell-free culture system presented here also provides a powerful and unique tool for studying the mechanisms involved in the positive and negative selection of T cells.
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- Roxane Tussiwand
- Developmental and Molecular Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Turchinovich G, Hayday AC. Skint-1 identifies a common molecular mechanism for the development of interferon-γ-secreting versus interleukin-17-secreting γδ T cells. Immunity 2011; 35:59-68. [PMID: 21737317 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Revised: 02/26/2011] [Accepted: 04/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Murine T cell development begins with the generation of a unique Vγ5(+)Vδ1(+) epidermal γδ T cell compartment and a unique, more broadly distributed Vγ6(+)Vδ1(+) subset that is an important source of interleukin-17 (IL-17). This study showed that these respective functional programs were determined by Skint-1, a thymic epithelial cell determinant. By engaging Skint-1(+) cells, Vγ5(+)Vδ1(+) thymocytes induced an Egr3-mediated pathway, provoking differentiation and the potential to produce IFN-γ while suppressing the γδ T cell lineage factor, Sox13, and a RORγt transcription factor-associated IL-17-producing capacity. Hence, the functions of the earliest T cells are substantially preprogrammed in the thymus. Additionally, the phenotype of Skint-1-selected fetal thymocytes permitted identification in the adult thymus of an analogous gene regulatory network regulated by the γδ T cell receptor. Hence, these observations describe a molecular pathway by which distinct stress-responsive lymphocyte repertoires may emerge throughout ontogeny and offer parallels with emerging perspectives on the functional selection of other lymphoid cells.
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- Gleb Turchinovich
- London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, and Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, King's College School of Medicine at Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
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Li LP, Lampert JC, Chen X, Leitao C, Popović J, Müller W, Blankenstein T. Transgenic mice with a diverse human T cell antigen receptor repertoire. Nat Med 2010; 16:1029-34. [DOI: 10.1038/nm.2197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2010] [Accepted: 07/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lee SY, Stadanlick J, Kappes DJ, Wiest DL. Towards a molecular understanding of the differential signals regulating alphabeta/gammadelta T lineage choice. Semin Immunol 2010; 22:237-46. [PMID: 20471282 PMCID: PMC2906684 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2010.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2010] [Accepted: 04/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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While insights into the molecular processes that specify adoption of the alphabeta and gammadelta fates are beginning to emerge, the basis for control of specification remains highly controversial. This review highlights the current models attempting to explain T lineage commitment. Recent observations support the hypothesis that the T cell receptor (TCR) provides instructive cues through differences in TCR signaling intensity and/or longevity. Accordingly, we review evidence addressing the importance of differences in signal strength/longevity, how signals differing in intensity/longevity may be generated, and finally how such signals modulate the activity of downstream effectors to promote the opposing developmental fates.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Lineage
- Humans
- Models, Immunological
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
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- Sang-Yun Lee
- Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Blood Cell Development and Cancer Keystone, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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- Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Blood Cell Development and Cancer Keystone, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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- Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Blood Cell Development and Cancer Keystone, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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- Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Blood Cell Development and Cancer Keystone, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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gammadelta and alphabeta T cell lineage choice: resolution by a stronger sense of being. Semin Immunol 2010; 22:228-36. [PMID: 20466561 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2010.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 04/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A common bipotent thymocyte precursor gives rise to both lineages of T cells, alphabeta and gammadelta. However, the cell intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence alphabeta- versus gammadelta-lineage bifurcation remain controversial. gammadelta T cells play a unique and vital role in host defense, from maintaining integrity at epithelial and mucosal barriers to their newly defined role as an important innate source of interleukin-17. Although a T cell receptor (TCR)-independent fate choice may take place, emerging data supports a model in which the differential signaling capacity of alphabeta and gammadeltaTCRs play an instructional role in specifying lineage fate, with strength of signal measured by the amount of ERK/MAPK pathway activation. Here we discuss how the interplay between intrinsic TCR signals and cell extrinsic signals provided by Notch and TCR ligands help to assign and support a final lineage fate decision.
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Lauritsen JPH, Wong GW, Lee SY, Lefebvre JM, Ciofani M, Rhodes M, Kappes DJ, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC, Wiest DL. Marked induction of the helix-loop-helix protein Id3 promotes the gammadelta T cell fate and renders their functional maturation Notch independent. Immunity 2009; 31:565-75. [PMID: 19833086 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Revised: 05/27/2009] [Accepted: 07/28/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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alphabeta and gammadelta T cells arise from a common thymocyte progenitor during development in the thymus. Emerging evidence suggests that the pre-T cell receptor (pre-TCR) and gammadelta T cell receptor (gammadeltaTCR) play instructional roles in specifying the alphabeta and gammadelta T-lineage fates, respectively. Nevertheless, the signaling pathways differentially engaged to specify fate and promote the development of these lineages remain poorly understood. Here, we show that differential activation of the extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK)-early growth response gene (Egr)-inhibitor of DNA binding 3 (Id3) pathway plays a defining role in this process. In particular, Id3 expression served to regulate adoption of the gammadelta fate. Moreover, Id3 was both necessary and sufficient to enable gammadelta-lineage cells to differentiate independently of Notch signaling and become competent IFNgamma-producing effectors. Taken together, these findings identify Id3 as a central player that controls both adoption of the gammadelta fate and its maturation in the thymus.
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- Jens Peter Holst Lauritsen
- Blood Cell Development and Cancer Keystone, Immune Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497, USA
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Bosco N, Engdahl C, Bénard A, Rolink J, Ceredig R, Rolink AG. TCR-beta chains derived from peripheral gammadelta T cells can take part in alphabeta T-cell development. Eur J Immunol 2009; 38:3520-9. [PMID: 18991270 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Between 10 and 20% of the peripheral gammadelta T cells express cytoplasmic TCR-beta proteins, but whether such TCR-beta chains can partake in alphabeta T-cell development has never been systematically investigated. Therefore, we reconstituted the T-cell compartment of CD3epsilon-deficient mice with Pax5-TCR-beta deficient proB cells expressing, via a retroviral vector, TCR-beta chains from either peripheral gammadelta or alphabeta T cells. Recipient thymi reconstituted with proB cells containing empty vector were small (<15x10(6) cells), contained few gammadelta T but no alphabeta T cells. In contrast, thymi from mice receiving proB cells containing gammadelta or alphabeta T-cell-derived TCR-beta chains contained 80-130x10(6) cells, and showed a normal CD4, CD8 and alphabeta TCR expression pattern. However, regardless of the source of TCR-beta chain, reconstituted mice rapidly showed signs of autoimmunity dying 5-15 wk following reconstitution. Autoimmune disease induction could be prevented by co-transfer of Treg cells thereby allowing the functionality of the generated T cells to be assessed. Results obtained show that TCR-beta chains from gammadelta T cells can efficiently take part in alphabeta T-cell development. The implications of these findings for gammadelta T-cell development will be discussed.
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- Nabil Bosco
- Developmental and Molecular Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Baleydier F, Decouvelaere AV, Bergeron J, Gaulard P, Canioni D, Bertrand Y, Lepretre S, Petit B, Dombret H, Beldjord K, Molina T, Asnafi V, Macintyre E. T Cell Receptor Genotyping and HOXA/TLX1 Expression Define Three T Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Subsets which Might Affect Clinical Outcome. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:692-700. [DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-1927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Like all hematopoietic cells, T lymphocytes are derived from bone-marrow-resident stem cells. However, whereas most blood lineages are generated within the marrow, the majority of T cell development occurs in a specialized organ, the thymus. This distinction underscores the unique capacity of the thymic microenvironment to support T lineage restriction and differentiation. Although the identity of many of the contributing thymus-derived signals is well established and rooted in highly conserved pathways involving Notch, morphogenetic, and protein tyrosine kinase signals, the manner in which the ensuing cascades are integrated to orchestrate the underlying processes of T cell development remains under investigation. This review focuses on the current definition of the early stages of T cell lymphopoiesis, with an emphasis on the nature of thymus-derived signals delivered to T cell progenitors that support the commitment and differentiation of T cells toward the alphabeta and gammadelta T cell lineages.
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- Maria Ciofani
- Molecular Pathogenesis Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Hayday AC, Pennington DJ. Key factors in the organized chaos of early T cell development. Nat Immunol 2007; 8:137-44. [PMID: 17242687 DOI: 10.1038/ni1436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2006] [Accepted: 12/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A fundamental issue in T cell development is what controls whether a thymocyte differentiates into a gammadelta T cell or an alphabeta T cell, each defined by their distinct T cell receptor. Most likely, lessons learned in studying that issue will also provide insight into how the thymus produces T cell subsets with distinct functional and regulatory potentials. Here we review recent experiments, focusing on three factors that regulate thymocyte differentiation up to and including the expression of the first products of antigen receptor gene rearrangements. Those factors are the archetypal developmental regulator Notch, intrinsic signals emanating from antigen-receptor complexes, and trans conditioning, which reflects communication between different subsets of thymocytes. We also review new findings on the positive selection of gammadelta T cells and on extrathymic T cell development.
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- Adrian C Hayday
- King's College School of Medicine at Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
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Two main lineages of T cells develop in the thymus: those that express the alphabeta T-cell receptor (TCR) and those that express the gammadelta TCR. Whereas the development, selection, and peripheral localization of newly differentiated alphabeta T cells are understood in some detail, these processes are less well characterized in gammadelta T cells. This review describes research carried out in this laboratory and others, which addresses several key aspects of gammadelta T-cell development, including the decision of precursor cells to differentiate into the gammadelta versus alphabeta lineage, the ordered differentiation over the course of ontogeny of functional gammadelta T-cell subsets expressing distinct TCR structures, programming of ordered Vgamma gene rearrangement in the thymus, including a molecular switch that ensures appropriate Vgamma rearrangements at the appropriate stage of development, positive selection in the thymus of gammadelta T cells destined for the epidermis, and the acquisition by developing gammadelta T cells of cues that determine their correct localization in the periphery. This research suggests a coordination of molecularly programmed events and cellular selection, which enables specialization of the thymus for production of distinct T-cell subsets at different stages of development.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Lineage/immunology
- Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Models, Immunological
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
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- Na Xiong
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Lauritsen JPH, Haks MC, Lefebvre JM, Kappes DJ, Wiest DL. Recent insights into the signals that control alphabeta/gammadelta-lineage fate. Immunol Rev 2006; 209:176-90. [PMID: 16448543 DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2006.00349.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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During thymopoiesis, two major types of mature T cells are generated that can be distinguished by the clonotypic subunits contained within their T-cell receptor (TCR) complexes: alphabeta T cells and gammadelta T cells. Although there is no consensus as to the exact developmental stage where alphabeta and gammadelta T-cell lineages diverge, gammadelta T cells and precursors to the alphabeta T-cell lineage (bearing the pre-TCR) are thought to be derived from a common CD4- CD8- double-negative precursor. The role of the TCR in alphabeta/gammadelta lineage commitment has been controversial, in particular whether different TCR isotypes intrinsically favor adoption of the corresponding lineage. Recent evidence supports a signal strength model of lineage commitment, whereby stronger signals promote gammadelta development and weaker signals promote adoption of the alphabeta fate, irrespective of the TCR isotype from which the signals originate. Moreover, differences in the amplitude of activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase- mitogen-activated protein kinase-early growth response pathway appear to play a critical role. These findings will be placed in context of previous analyses in an effort to more precisely define the signals that control T-lineage fate during thymocyte development.
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- Jens Peter H Lauritsen
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Division of Basic Sciences, Immunobiology Working Group, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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Ciofani M, Knowles GC, Wiest DL, von Boehmer H, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC. Stage-specific and differential notch dependency at the alphabeta and gammadelta T lineage bifurcation. Immunity 2006; 25:105-16. [PMID: 16814577 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2006.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Revised: 04/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Signals transduced by Notch receptors are indispensable for T cell specification and differentiation of alphabeta T lineage cells. However, the role of Notch signals during alphabeta versus gammadelta T lineage decision remains controversial. Here, we addressed this question by employing a clonal analysis of CD4(-)CD8(-) (DN) progenitor potential to position the divergence of alphabeta and gammadelta T cell lineages to the late DN2 to DN3 developmental stages. Accordingly, alphabeta and gammadelta precursor frequencies within these T cell progenitor subsets were determined, both in the presence and absence of Notch signaling through Delta-like 1. Notch signals were found to be critical for the DN to CD4(+)CD8(+) (DP) transition, irrespective of the identity (pTalphabeta or gammadelta) of the inducing T cell receptor complex, whereas gammadelta T cells developed from gammadeltaTCR-expressing T cell progenitors in the absence of further Notch ligand interaction. Collectively, our findings demonstrate a differential, stage-specific requirement for Notch receptor-ligand interactions in the differentiation of alphabeta and gammadelta T cells from T cell progenitors.
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- Maria Ciofani
- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
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Joachims ML, Chain JL, Hooker SW, Knott-Craig CJ, Thompson LF. Human alpha beta and gamma delta thymocyte development: TCR gene rearrangements, intracellular TCR beta expression, and gamma delta developmental potential--differences between men and mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:1543-52. [PMID: 16424183 PMCID: PMC1592528 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.3.1543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To evaluate the role of the TCR in the alphabeta/gammadelta lineage choice during human thymocyte development, molecular analyses of the TCRbeta locus in gammadelta cells and the TCRgamma and delta loci in alphabeta cells were undertaken. TCRbeta variable gene segments remained largely in germline configuration in gammadelta cells, indicating that commitment to the gammadelta lineage occurred before complete TCRbeta rearrangements in most cases. The few TCRbeta rearrangements detected were primarily out-of-frame, suggesting that productive TCRbeta rearrangements diverted cells away from the gammadelta lineage. In contrast, in alphabeta cells, the TCRgamma locus was almost completely rearranged with a random productivity profile; the TCRdelta locus contained primarily nonproductive rearrangements. Productive gamma rearrangements were, however, depleted compared with preselected cells. Productive TCRgamma and delta rearrangements rarely occurred in the same cell, suggesting that alphabeta cells developed from cells unable to produce a functional gammadelta TCR. Intracellular TCRbeta expression correlated with the up-regulation of CD4 and concomitant down-regulation of CD34, and plateaued at the early double positive stage. Surprisingly, however, some early double positive thymocytes retained gammadelta potential in culture. We present a model for human thymopoiesis which includes gammadelta development as a default pathway, an instructional role for the TCR in the alphabeta/gammadelta lineage choice, and a prolonged developmental window for beta selection and gammadelta lineage commitment. Aspects that differ from the mouse are the status of TCR gene rearrangements at the nonexpressed loci, the timing of beta selection, and maintenance of gammadelta potential through the early double positive stage of development.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Cycle/genetics
- Cell Cycle/immunology
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Lineage/genetics
- Cell Lineage/immunology
- Child
- Coculture Techniques
- Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Humans
- Infant
- Intracellular Fluid/immunology
- Intracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Mice
- Models, Immunological
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
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- Michelle L. Joachims
- Immunobiology and Cancer Program Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 825 NE 13 St. Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Immunobiology and Cancer Program Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 825 NE 13 St. Oklahoma City, OK 73104
- Department of Microbiology and
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- Immunobiology and Cancer Program Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 825 NE 13 St. Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Immunobiology and Cancer Program Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 825 NE 13 St. Oklahoma City, OK 73104
- Department of Microbiology and
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Linda F. Thompson, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13 St., Oklahoma City, OK 73104. Phone: (405) 271-7235; FAX:(405) 271-7128. E-mail address:
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Majora M, Frericks M, Temchura V, Reichmann G, Esser C. Detection of a novel population of fetal thymocytes characterized by preferential emigration and a TCRγδ+ T cell fate after dioxin exposure. Int Immunopharmacol 2005; 5:1659-74. [PMID: 16102516 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2005.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2005] [Revised: 02/02/2005] [Accepted: 02/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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T cell maturation into TCRalphabeta(+) or TCRgammadelta(+) cells from common immature CD4(-)CD8(-)(DN) precursors occurs in the thymus, and is controlled through ordered regulation of genes. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a latent cytoplasmic transcription factor, affects thymocyte maturation and differentiation at several stages, also including DN cells. We analyzed in murine fetal thymus organ cultures (FTOC) the outcome of AHR-signaling and found a higher frequency of DN TCRgammadelta(+) cells in the presence of the AHR-activating ligand TCDD. We detected a novel population of CD25(int/lo)CD44(hi) cells associated with preferential emigration and a TCRgammadelta(+) T cell fate of thymocytes. Sorted DN TCRgammadelta(+) emigrants could proliferate if IL-2 was available. Moreover, they suppressed the proliferation of co-cultivated, activated CD4(+) T cells. Gene expression profiles of purified DN emigrants from TCDD*FTOC revealed 295 modulated genes, 10% of which are genes of the immune system. For instance, RAG-1, TdT, and Gfi-1 were downregulated, yet genes indicative of mature thymocytes were upregulated. In conclusion, we have detected changes in the differentiation programme of fetal DN thymocytes after ligand-activation of the AHR. In particular, we observed a higher frequency of DN TCRgammadelta(+) cells with high emigration potential, and possible regulatory functions.
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- Marc Majora
- Institute for Environmental Medical Research (IUF) at the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf, Auf'm Hennekamp 50, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Miccoli MC, Vaccarelli G, Lanave C, Cribiu EP, Ciccarese S. Comparative analyses of sheep and human TRG joining regions: evolution of J genes in Bovidae is driven by sequence conservation in their promoters for germline transcription. Gene 2005; 355:67-78. [PMID: 16039073 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2004] [Revised: 02/23/2005] [Accepted: 05/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The availability of genomic clones representative of the T cell receptor gamma (TRG1@ and TRG2@) ovine loci enabled us to compare the germline genomic organization and nucleotide diversity of joining (J) segments and reconstruct their evolutionary history by phylogenetic analysis of cattle, sheep and human expressed sequences. Expression profiling (RT-PCR data) in fetus and adult indicated that only the ovine J genes in which two or more of the key sequence features, such as recombination signal sequences (RSS), 3' splice sites, and core sequences, are missing or severely altered fail to be transcribed. Comparative genomic examination of the two human with the six sheep germline transcription promoters located at 5' of the relevant constant (C)-distal J segments showed a strong conservation of the redundant STAT consensus motifs, indicating that TRG1@ and TRG2@ loci are under the influence of IL-7 and STAT signalling. These findings support the phylogenetic analysis of human and Bovidae (cattle and sheep) that revealed a different grouping pattern of C-distal compared to C-proximal J segments. Likewise, the phylogenetic behaviour of either C-distal and C-proximal J segments is in accordance with the Bovidae TRG clusters evolution. Comparison of sheep and human structures of recombination signal sequences (RSS) has highlighted a greater conservation in sheep 12 RSS rather than 23 RSS thus suggesting that the initial recruitment of recombination activating genes (RAG) products requires at least one relatively high-affinity RSS per recombination event.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Cattle
- Conserved Sequence/genetics
- DNA/chemistry
- DNA/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin J-Chains/genetics
- Milk Proteins/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family/genetics
- Phylogeny
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Recombination, Genetic/genetics
- STAT5 Transcription Factor
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Sheep/genetics
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Trans-Activators/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
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- M C Miccoli
- Dipartimento di Anatomia Patologica e di Genetica, University of Bari, Italy
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Pennington DJ, Silva-Santos B, Hayday AC. Gammadelta T cell development--having the strength to get there. Curr Opin Immunol 2005; 17:108-15. [PMID: 15766668 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2005.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Gammadelta T cells play critical roles in immune regulation, tumour surveillance and specific primary immune responses. Mature gammadelta cells derive from thymic precursors that also generate alphabeta T cells. Recent reports have highlighted the impact of the strength of signal received via the T cell receptor on T cell lineage commitment, and the importance of cross-talk between committed alphabeta thymocytes and bipotential progenitors for normal gammadelta T cell differentiation. Studies on T cell receptor-mediated selection of gammadelta cells have supported the view that these unconventional T cells are positively rather than negatively selected on cognate self antigen.
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- Daniel J Pennington
- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, Guy's King's St. Thomas' Medical School, King's College, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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Haks MC, Lefebvre JM, Lauritsen JPH, Carleton M, Rhodes M, Miyazaki T, Kappes DJ, Wiest DL. Attenuation of gammadeltaTCR signaling efficiently diverts thymocytes to the alphabeta lineage. Immunity 2005; 22:595-606. [PMID: 15894277 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2004] [Revised: 04/04/2005] [Accepted: 04/05/2005] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The role of the T cell antigen receptor complex (TCR) in alphabeta/gammadelta lineage commitment remains controversial, in particular whether different TCR isoforms intrinsically favor adoption of a certain lineage. Here, we demonstrate that impairing the signaling capacity of a gammadeltaTCR complex enables it to efficiently direct thymocytes to the alphabeta lineage. In the presence of a ligand, a transgenic gammadeltaTCR mediates almost exclusive adoption of the gammadelta lineage, while in the absence of ligand, the same gammadeltaTCR promotes alphabeta lineage development with efficiency comparable to the pre-TCR. Importantly, attenuating gammadeltaTCR signaling through Lck deficiency causes reduced ERK1/2 activation and Egr expression and diverts thymocytes to the alphabeta lineage even in the presence of ligand. Conversely, ectopic Egr overexpression favors gammadelta T cell development. Our data support a model whereby gammadelta versus alphabeta lineage commitment is controlled by TCR signal strength, which depends critically on the ERK MAPK-Egr pathway.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Early Growth Response Protein 1
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism
- Immediate-Early Proteins/biosynthesis
- Immediate-Early Proteins/genetics
- Inhibitor of Differentiation Proteins
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Phosphorylation
- Proteins/genetics
- Proteins/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Transcription Factors/genetics
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- Mariëlle C Haks
- Division of Basic Sciences, Immunobiology Working Group, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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Hayes SM, Li L, Love PE. TCR Signal Strength Influences αβ/γδ Lineage Fate. Immunity 2005; 22:583-93. [PMID: 15894276 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2004] [Revised: 03/16/2005] [Accepted: 03/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Signals transduced by T cell antigen receptors (TCRs) have been shown to be critical for alphabeta and gammadelta T cell development, but their role in lineage determination remains poorly defined. Two models have been forwarded for alphabeta/gammadelta lineage choice: the instructive model and the stochastic model. Recent data, however, are inconsistent with either model. In this study, we devised an experimental system in which lineage fate was controlled exclusively by the gammadeltaTCR. We then analyzed the impact of TCR signal strength on alphabeta/gammadelta lineage development by altering the surface expression or signaling potential of the gammadeltaTCR complex. We found that increasing the gammadeltaTCR signal strength favored gammadelta lineage development, whereas weakening the gammadeltaTCR signal favored alphabeta lineage development. These results support a model in which the strength of the TCR signal is a critical determinant in the lineage fate decision.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Immunological
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
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- Sandra M Hayes
- Laboratory of Mammalian Genes and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Maryanski JL, Aublin A, Attuil-Audenis V, Hamrouni A. Multiple T-cell clones specific for the same foreign pMHC ligand can be generated from a single, ancestral TCR-VDJbeta precursor. Immunol Res 2004; 30:231-40. [PMID: 15477663 DOI: 10.1385/ir:30:2:231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Owing to ordered, stage-specific T-cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangements and cell division during T-cell development, small cohorts of "half-sibling" T cells sharing an ancestral TCR VDJbeta rearrangement but expressing different TCR alpha-locus rearrangements may be selected into the mature T-cell repertoire. We wondered whether different alphabetaTCRs expressed by T cells from the same ancestral VDJbeta cohort might be capable of recognizing the same foreign peptide-major histocompatibility complex complex (pMHC). By a combined flow cytometric and single-cell polymerase chain reaction (PCR) approach to analyze TCRs selected by the previously defined foreign antigen, pCW3170-179/H-2Kd, we were able to identify cohorts of half-sibling antigen-specific CD8 T cells after their expansion in immunized mice. We amplified residual DJbeta rearrangements as clonal markers to confirm that the shared VDJbeta sequences represent ancestral rearrangements rather than identical but independent ones. An intriguing explanation of our findings would be that only a very limited repertoire of TCR alpha-chains is selected to pair with a given TCR beta-chain during T-cell development.
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- Janet L Maryanski
- INSERM U503, IFR 128 BioSciences Lyon-Gerland, 21 Avenue Tony Garnier, 69365 Lyon Cedex 07, France.
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Pereira P, Boucontet L. Rates of recombination and chain pair biases greatly influence the primary gammadelta TCR repertoire in the thymus of adult mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:3261-70. [PMID: 15322188 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.5.3261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Analyses of the rearrangement status of the TCRgamma and TCRdelta chain loci in progenies of individual gammadelta thymocytes showed a hierarchy of the different Vgamma and Vdelta gene segments to participate in a recombination reaction. Moreover, individual TCRgamma chains only pair efficiently with a variable number of TCRdelta chains. Interestingly, these two parameters are inversely correlated such that the TCRgamma and TCRdelta chains that rearrange more often show a higher level of restriction in their pairing capabilities. Our data suggest that these mechanisms, together with a natural variation affecting the expected frequencies at which rearrangement of different Vgamma gene segments give raise to functional TCRgamma chains, have coevolved to maximize the diversity of the gammadelta TCR repertoire minimizing the risk that a gammadelta T cell will express more than one TCR specificity at the cell surface, despite the fact that multiple TCRgamma rearrangements take place in the same progenitor cell.
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- Pablo Pereira
- Unité du Développement des Lymphocytes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité de Recherche Associée 1961, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Gerber D, Boucontet L, Pereira P. Early Expression of a Functional TCRβ Chain Inhibits TCRγ Gene Rearrangements without Altering the Frequency of TCRγδ Lineage Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:2516-23. [PMID: 15294967 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.4.2516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To investigate the consequences of the simultaneous expression in progenitor cells of a TCRgammadelta and a pre-TCR on alphabeta/gammadelta lineage commitment, we have forced expression of functionally rearranged TCRbeta, TCRgamma, and TCRdelta chains by means of transgenes. Mice transgenic for the three TCR chains contain numbers of gammadelta thymocytes comparable to those of mice transgenic for both TCRgamma and TCRdelta chains, and numbers of alphabeta thymocytes similar to those found in mice solely transgenic for a rearranged TCRbeta chain gene. gammadelta T cells from the triple transgenic mice express the transgenic TCRbeta chain, but do not express a TCRalpha chain, and, by a number of phenotypic and molecular parameters, appear to be bona fide gammadelta thymocytes. Our results reveal a remarkable degree of independence in the generation of alphabeta and gammadelta lineage cells from progenitor cells that, in theory, could simultaneously express a TCRgammadelta and a pre-TCR.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Lineage/immunology
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor/immunology
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor gamma/immunology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/immunology
- Lymphopoiesis/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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- David Gerber
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research/Neuroscience Research Center, The Picower Center for Learning and Memory, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Królak-Olejnik B, Mazur B. Influence of perinatal risk factors on CD3+/TCR alphabeta and CD3+/TCR gammadelta lymphocytes in cord blood of preterm neonates. Pediatr Int 2004; 46:403-8. [PMID: 15310303 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01926.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of the study was the evaluation of CD3+/TCR alphabeta and CD3+/TCR gammadelta lymphocytes in the cord blood of the preterm neonates. METHODS The study included 26 term neonates as a control group delivered both by spontaneous labor and by cesarean section and 41 preterm neonates: (i) by cesarean section due to abruptio placentae, (ii) by cesarean section due to the danger of intrauterine asphyxia, (iii) by cesarean section due to preterm rupture of membrane (PROM), and (iv) by spontaneous labor. Immunological analysis was performed in the flow cytometer FACScan, using anti-CD3, anti-TCR alphabeta and anti-TCR gammadelta monoclonal antibodies from Becton Dickinson (San Jose, California USA). RESULTS It was shown that the way of delivery does not influence the value of CD3+/TCR alphabeta lymphocytes. A decrease of the percentage and number of CD3+/TCR gammadelta lymphocytes was found in neonates delivered by elective cesarean section. However, the danger of intrauterine fetal asphyxia, as a reason for preterm delivery, influenced a considerable increase of the number of CD3+/TCR alphabeta and CD3+/TCR gammadelta lymphocytes. Perinatal risk factors (abruptio placentae, PROM) were related to the lowest number of CD3+/TCR gammadelta lymphocytes in the blood of the preterm neonates. CONCLUSION The obtained results suggest that in spite of considerable immaturity, both a term and preterm neonate is prepared for the immune response and is able to activate cell mechanisms. The precise mechanism that links CD3+/TCR alphabeta and CD3+/TCR gammadelta lymphocytes and pathological condition of preterm birth remains unclear.
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Tanigaki K, Tsuji M, Yamamoto N, Han H, Tsukada J, Inoue H, Kubo M, Honjo T. Regulation of αβ/γδ T Cell Lineage Commitment and Peripheral T Cell Responses by Notch/RBP-J Signaling. Immunity 2004; 20:611-22. [PMID: 15142529 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(04)00109-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2003] [Revised: 03/03/2004] [Accepted: 03/24/2004] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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RBP-J is a key mediator of Notch signaling that regulates a large spectrum of cell fate determinations. To elucidate the functions of Notch signaling in T cell development, we inactivated RBP-J specifically at two stages of T cell development by crossing RBP-J floxed mice with lck-cre or CD4-cre transgenic mice. The loss of RBP-J at an earlier developmental stage resulted in enhanced generation and accelerated emigration of gammadelta T cells, whereas alphabeta T cell development was arrested at the double-negative 3 stage. The loss of RBP-J at a later stage did not affect the absolute number or the production rate of CD4 or CD8-positive mature T cells but enhanced Th1 cell response and reduced CD4(+) T cell proliferation. Our data demonstrated that Notch/RBP-J signaling regulates gammadelta T cell generation and migration, alphabeta T cell maturation, terminal differentiation of CD4(+) T cells into Th1/Th2 cells, and activation of T cells.
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- Kenji Tanigaki
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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von Boehmer H, Aifantis I, Gounari F, Azogui O, Haughn L, Apostolou I, Jaeckel E, Grassi F, Klein L. Thymic selection revisited: how essential is it? Immunol Rev 2003; 191:62-78. [PMID: 12614352 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2003.00010.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Intrathymic T cell development represents one of the best studied paradigms of mammalian development. Lymphoid committed precursors enter the thymus and the Notch1 receptor plays an essential role in committing them to the T cell lineages. The pre-T cell receptor (TCR), as an autonomous cell signaling receptor, commits cells to the alphabeta lineage while its rival, the gammadeltaTCR, is involved in generating the gammadelta lineage of T cells. Positive and negative selection of immature alphabetaTCR-expressing cells are essential mechanisms for generating mature T cells, committing them to the CD4 and CD8 lineages and avoiding autoimmunity. Additional lineages of alphabetaT cells, such as the natural killer T cell lineage and the CD25+ regulatory T cell lineage, are formed when the alphabetaTCR encounters specific ligands in suitable microenvironments. Thus, positive selection and receptor-instructed lineage commitment represent a hallmark of the thymus. Ectopically expressed organ-specific antigens contribute to thymic self-nonself discrimination, which represents an essential feature for the evolutionary fitness of mammalian species.
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- Harald von Boehmer
- Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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En route to maturing as T cell receptor (TCR) alphabeta-expressing cells, the development of thymocytes is contingent on expression of a pre-TCR complex comprising a TCRbeta chain paired with a surrogate TCRalpha chain, pre-Talpha (pTalpha). The pre-TCR has been proposed to promote cell survival, proliferation, differentiation, and lineage commitment. However, the precise molecular mechanisms governing this variety of effects remain elusive. Here, we present a cellular system designed to biochemically dissect signals elicited upon pre-TCR expression. Using the T cell line 4G4 stably transfected with one of the two known pTalpha isoforms or selective pTalpha deletion mutants and TCRbeta, we were able to observe that expression of a functional pre-TCR complex is sufficient to control the levels of surface Fas protein, the stimulation of mitogen-activated and stress-regulated kinases, and the activation status of the p53 antioncogene. We demonstrate that this regulation has a major impact on the expression of important regulators of apoptosis, such as Bcl-2 family members, and the cell cycle, such as p21(WAF). Furthermore, we show here that cells expressing a functional pre-TCR are more resistant to different types of DNA damage-induced apoptosis and that these effects are contingent on an intact cytoplasmic tail of pTalpha. We finally propose that the presence of a functional pre-TCR complex triggers many intracellular pathways capable of driving and ensuring thymocyte survival in the presence of DNA damage.
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- Cristina Murga
- Centro de Biologia Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain.
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Falk I, Nerz G, Haidl I, Krotkova A, Eichmann K. Immature thymocytes that fail to express TCRbeta and/or TCRgamma delta proteins die by apoptotic cell death in the CD44(-)CD25(-) (DN4) subset. Eur J Immunol 2001; 31:3308-17. [PMID: 11745348 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200111)31:11<3308::aid-immu3308>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Pre-TCR/CD3 signals are essential for survival and maturation of (CD44(-)25(+)) DN3 thymocytes via the (CD44(-)25(-)) DN4 stage to CD4(+)CD8(+) (DP) cells, a process termed beta-selection. The exact developmental stages of apoptosis resulting from lack of pre-TCR/CD3 signals have so far not been determined. Here we analyzed apoptotic cell death in relation to expression of clonotypic TCR polypeptides and to cell cycle status in immature thymocyte subpopulations of wild type (wt) mice and of several strains of mice with compromised pre-TCR/CD3 signaling complexes. In wt mice or pre-TCR/CD3-deficient mice, apoptotic cells could not be detected among DN3 cells but accumulated in a subset of DN4 expressing CD69. Apoptotic CD69(+)DN4 cells were rare in wt mice and were found among DN4 cells that were negative or low for intracellular TCRbeta and negative for TCRgamma delta polypeptide chains. Apoptotic CD69(+)DN4 cells were abundant in pre-TCR/CD3 signaling-deficient mice in which most DN4 cells failed to express clonotypic TCR polypeptides. Survival of DN4 cells, but not maturation of DN3 cells to DN4, was found to depend on the expression of clonotypic TCR polypeptides in the same cell. The results suggest that thymocytes unsuccessful in alpha beta or in gamma delta lineage development die by apoptosis in the DN4 subset.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/analysis
- Apoptosis
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor beta
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor delta
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor gamma
- Hyaluronan Receptors/analysis
- Lectins, C-Type
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/physiology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/physiology
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/analysis
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/physiology
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- I Falk
- Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany
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Gibbons D, Douglas NC, Barber DF, Liu Q, Sullo R, Geng L, Fehling HJ, von Boehmer H, Hayday AC. The biological activity of natural and mutant pTalpha alleles. J Exp Med 2001; 194:695-703. [PMID: 11535637 PMCID: PMC2195948 DOI: 10.1084/jem.194.5.695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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beta selection is a major checkpoint in early thymocyte differentiation, mediated by successful expression of the pre-T cell receptor (TCR) comprising the TCRbeta chain, CD3 proteins, and a surrogate TCRalpha chain, pTalpha. The mechanism of action of the pre-TCR is unresolved. In humans and mice, the pTalpha gene encodes two RNAs, pTalpha(a), and a substantially truncated form, pTalpha(b). This study shows that both are biologically active in their capacity to rescue multiple thymocyte defects in pTalpha(-/-) mice. Further active alleles of pTalpha include one that lacks both the major ectodomain and much of the long cytoplasmic tail (which is unique among antigen receptor chains), and another in which the cytoplasmic tail is substituted with the short tail of TCR Calpha. Thus, very little of the pTalpha chain is required for function. These data support a hypothesis that the primary role of pTalpha is to stabilize the pre-TCR, and that much of the conserved structure of pTalpha probably plays a critical regulatory role.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Flow Cytometry
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Recombinant Proteins/immunology
- Sequence Deletion
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
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- Deena Gibbons
- Guy's King's St. Thomas' Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London Bridge, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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- Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Guy's King's St. Thomas' Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London Bridge, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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- Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Immunology, Medical Faculty/University Clinics Ulm, D-89070 Ulm, Germany
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- Guy's King's St. Thomas' Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London Bridge, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
- Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, New Haven, CT 06520
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Sant'Angelo DB, Cresswell P, Janeway CA, Denzin LK. Maintenance of TCR clonality in T cells expressing genes for two TCR heterodimers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:6824-9. [PMID: 11381132 PMCID: PMC34437 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.121179998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/11/2001] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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T cell receptor (TCR) allelic exclusion is believed to be primarily mediated by suppression of further recombination at the TCR locus after the expression of a functional TCR protein. Genetic allelic exclusion has been shown to be leaky for the beta chain and, more commonly, for the alpha chain. Here, we demonstrate an additional mechanism by which T cells can maintain monoclonality. T cells from double TCR transgenic mice express only one or the other of the two available TCRs at the cell surface. This "functional allelic exclusion" is apparently due to control of the TCR assembly process because these T cells express RNA and protein for all four transgenic TCR proteins. Lack of cell surface expression of the second TCR may be controlled by a failure to assemble the TCR heterodimer.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Dimerization
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/physiology
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Transgenes
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Affiliation(s)
- D B Sant'Angelo
- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA. d-sant'
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von Boehmer H, Aifantis I, Azogui O, Saint-Ruf C, Grassi F. The impact of pre-T-cell receptor signals on gene expression in developing T cells. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2001; 64:283-9. [PMID: 11232298 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1999.64.283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- H von Boehmer
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U373 Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, F-75730 Paris, France
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Douglas NC, Jacobs H, Bothwell AL, Hayday AC. Defining the specific physiological requirements for c-Myc in T cell development. Nat Immunol 2001; 2:307-15. [PMID: 11276201 DOI: 10.1038/86308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
c-Myc is associated with cell growth and cycling in many tissues and its deregulated expression is causally implicated in cancer, particularly lymphomagenesis. However, the contribution of c-Myc to lymphocyte development is unresolved. We show here that the formation of normal lymphocytes by c-Myc-/- cells is selectively defective. c-Myc-/- cells are inefficient, in an age-dependent manner, at populating the thymus, and subsequent thymocyte maturation is ineffective: they fail to grow and proliferate normally at the late double-negative (DN) CD4-CD8- stage. Because N-Myc expression in thymocytes usually declines at the late DN stage, these results confirm that the nonredundant contributions of Myc family members to development are related to their distinct patterns of developmental gene expression.
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- N C Douglas
- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Kang J, Volkmann A, Raulet DH. Evidence that gammadelta versus alphabeta T cell fate determination is initiated independently of T cell receptor signaling. J Exp Med 2001; 193:689-98. [PMID: 11257136 PMCID: PMC2193423 DOI: 10.1084/jem.193.6.689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Two types of T cells, alphabeta and gammadelta, develop in vertebrates. How these two T cell lineages arise from a common thymic T progenitor is poorly understood. Differentiation of alphabeta lineage T cells requires the surrogate alpha chain (pTalpha), which associates with the T cell receptor (TCR) beta chain to form the pre-TCR. gammadelta lineage development does not appear to involve an obligatory surrogate chain, but instead requires productive rearrangement and expression of both TCR gamma and delta genes. It has been proposed that the quality of signals transmitted by the pre-TCR and gammadelta TCR are distinct and that these "instructive" signals determine the lineage fate of an uncommitted progenitor cell. Here we show that the thymic T progenitor cells (CD25(+)CD44(+)c-kit(+)CD3(-)CD4(-)CD8(-) thymocytes, termed pro-T cells) from young adult mice that have yet to express TCRs can be subdivided based on interleukin 7 receptor (IL-7R) expression. These subsets exhibit differential potential to develop into gammadelta versus alphabeta lineage (CD4+CD8+ cells) in the thymus. Upon intrathymic injection, IL-7R(neg-lo) pro-T cells generated a 13-fold higher ratio of alphabeta lineage to gammadelta lineage cells than did IL-7R(+) pro-T cells. Much of this difference was due to a fivefold greater potential of IL-7R(+) pro-T cells to develop into TCR-gammadelta T cells. Evidence indicates that this biased developmental potential is not a result of enhanced TCR-gamma gene rearrangement/expression in IL-7R(+) pro-T cells. These results indicate that the pro-T cells are heterogeneous in developmental potential before TCR gene rearrangement and suggest that in some precursor cells the initial lineage commitment is independent of TCR-mediated signals.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Lineage
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta
- Receptors, Interleukin-7/biosynthesis
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
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- Joonsoo Kang
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Pathology, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cancer Research Laboratory, Division of Immunology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cancer Research Laboratory, Division of Immunology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
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Terrence K, Pavlovich CP, Matechak EO, Fowlkes B. Premature expression of T cell receptor (TCR)alphabeta suppresses TCRgammadelta gene rearrangement but permits development of gammadelta lineage T cells. J Exp Med 2000; 192:537-48. [PMID: 10952723 PMCID: PMC2193230 DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.4.537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The T cell receptor (TCR)gammadelta and the pre-TCR promote survival and maturation of early thymocyte precursors. Whether these receptors also influence gammadelta versus alphabeta lineage determination is less clear. We show here that TCRgammadelta gene rearrangements are suppressed in TCRalphabeta transgenic mice when the TCRalphabeta is expressed early in T cell development. This situation offers the opportunity to examine the outcome of gammadelta versus alphabeta T lineage commitment when only the TCRalphabeta is expressed. We find that precursor thymocytes expressing TCRalphabeta not only mature in the alphabeta pathway as expected, but also as CD4(-)CD8(-) T cells with properties of gammadelta lineage cells. In TCRalphabeta transgenic mice, in which the transgenic receptor is expressed relatively late, TCRgammadelta rearrangements occur normally such that TCRalphabeta(+)CD4(-)CD8(-) cells co-express TCRgammadelta. The results support the notion that TCRalphabeta can substitute for TCRgammadelta to permit a gammadelta lineage choice and maturation in the gammadelta lineage. The findings could fit a model in which lineage commitment is determined before or independent of TCR gene rearrangement. However, these results could be compatible with a model in which distinct signals bias lineage choice and these signaling differences are not absolute or intrinsic to the specific TCR structure.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Lineage
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor beta
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology
- Immunomagnetic Separation
- Immunophenotyping
- Interleukin-4/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Immunological
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Kathleen Terrence
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0420
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0420
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0420
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0420
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