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Ke J, Huang S, He Z, Lei S, Lin S, Duan M. TIGIT Regulates T Cell Inflammation in Airway Inflammatory Diseases. Inflammation 2024:10.1007/s10753-024-02045-y. [PMID: 38780694 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-024-02045-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2024] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
TIGIT, a co-inhibitory receptor found on T cells and NK cells, transmits inhibitory signals upon binding to its ligand. This interaction suppresses the activation of various signaling pathways, leading to functional exhaustion of cells, ultimately dampening excessive inflammatory responses or facilitating immune evasion in tumors. Dysregulated TIGIT expression has been noted in T cells across different inflammatory conditions, exhibiting varying effects based on T cell subsets. TIGIT predominantly restrains the effector function of pro-inflammatory T cells, upholds the suppressive function of regulatory T cells, and influences Tfh maturation. Mechanistically, the IL27-induced transcription factors c-Maf and Blimp-1 are believed to be key regulators of TIGIT expression in T cells. Notably, TIGIT expression in T cells is implicated in lung diseases, particularly airway inflammatory conditions such as lung cancer, obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, sarcoidosis, and COVID-19. This review emphasizes the significance of TIGIT in the context of T cell immunity and airway inflammatory diseases.
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- Junyi Ke
- Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Wuming Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Wuming Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Wuming Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuming Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, No.26 Yongning Road, Wuming District, Nanning, 530100, China.
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Chang Y, Bach L, Hasiuk M, Wen L, Elmzzahi T, Tsui C, Gutiérrez-Melo N, Steffen T, Utzschneider DT, Raj T, Jost PJ, Heink S, Cheng J, Burton OT, Zeiträg J, Alterauge D, Dahlström F, Becker JC, Kastl M, Symeonidis K, van Uelft M, Becker M, Reschke S, Krebs S, Blum H, Abdullah Z, Paeschke K, Ohnmacht C, Neumann C, Liston A, Meissner F, Korn T, Hasenauer J, Heissmeyer V, Beyer M, Kallies A, Jeker LT, Baumjohann D. TGF-β specifies T FH versus T H17 cell fates in murine CD4 + T cells through c-Maf. Sci Immunol 2024; 9:eadd4818. [PMID: 38427718 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.add4818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
Abstract
T follicular helper (TFH) cells are essential for effective antibody responses, but deciphering the intrinsic wiring of mouse TFH cells has long been hampered by the lack of a reliable protocol for their generation in vitro. We report that transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) induces robust expression of TFH hallmark molecules CXCR5 and Bcl6 in activated mouse CD4+ T cells in vitro. TGF-β-induced mouse CXCR5+ TFH cells are phenotypically, transcriptionally, and functionally similar to in vivo-generated TFH cells and provide critical help to B cells. The study further reveals that TGF-β-induced CXCR5 expression is independent of Bcl6 but requires the transcription factor c-Maf. Classical TGF-β-containing T helper 17 (TH17)-inducing conditions also yield separate CXCR5+ and IL-17A-producing cells, highlighting shared and distinct cell fate trajectories of TFH and TH17 cells. We demonstrate that excess IL-2 in high-density T cell cultures interferes with the TGF-β-induced TFH cell program, that TFH and TH17 cells share a common developmental stage, and that c-Maf acts as a switch factor for TFH versus TH17 cell fates in TGF-β-rich environments in vitro and in vivo.
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- Yinshui Chang
- Medical Clinic III for Oncology, Hematology, Immuno-Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
- Institute for Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III for Oncology, Hematology, Immuno-Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Biomedicine, Basel University Hospital and University of Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland
- Transplantation Immunology and Nephrology, Basel University Hospital, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
- Immunogenomics and Neurodegeneration, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Medical Clinic III for Oncology, Hematology, Immuno-Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III for Oncology, Hematology, Immuno-Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Institute for Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Experimental Systems Immunology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute for Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III for Oncology, Hematology, Immuno-Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III for Oncology, Hematology, Immuno-Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Systems Medicine, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
- PRECISE Platform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, LMU Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, LMU Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, LMU Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III for Oncology, Hematology, Immuno-Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Center of Allergy and Environment (ZAUM), Technical University and Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Experimental Systems Immunology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
- Department of Systems Immunology and Proteomics, Institute of Innate Immunity, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, 81675 Munich, Germany
- Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Center for Mathematics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Research Unit Molecular Immune Regulation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 21, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Immunogenomics and Neurodegeneration, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
- PRECISE Platform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Department of Biomedicine, Basel University Hospital and University of Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland
- Transplantation Immunology and Nephrology, Basel University Hospital, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Medical Clinic III for Oncology, Hematology, Immuno-Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
- Institute for Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Shen F, Shen Y, Xu Y, Zhao J, Zhao Z, Liu J, Ge Y. Dysregulation of circulating T follicular helper cell subsets and their potential role in the pathogenesis of syphilis. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1264508. [PMID: 37901207 PMCID: PMC10600468 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1264508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction The role of the host immune response could be critical in the development of Treponema pallidum (Tp) infection in individuals with latent syphilis. This study aims to investigate the alterations in T follicular helper T (Tfh) cell balance among patients with secondary syphilis and latent syphilis. Methods 30 healthy controls (HCs), 24 secondary syphilis patients and 41 latent syphilis patients were enrolled. The percentages of total Tfh, ICOS+ Tfh, PD-1+ Tfh, resting Tfh, effector Tfh, naïve Tfh, effector memory Tfh, central memory Tfh,Tfh1, Tfh2, and Tfh17 cells in the peripheral blood were all determined by flow cytometry. Results The percentage of total Tfh cells was significantly higher in secondary syphilis patients compared to HCs across various subsets, including ICOS+ Tfh, PD-1+ Tfh, resting Tfh, effector Tfh, naïve Tfh, effector memory Tfh, central memory Tfh, Tfh1, Tfh2, and Tfh17 cells. However, only the percentages of ICOS+ Tfh and effector memory Tfh cells showed significant increases in secondary syphilis patients and decreases in latent syphilis patients. Furthermore, the PD-1+ Tfh cells, central memory Tfh cells, and Tfh2 cells showed significant increases in latent syphilis patients, whereas naïve Tfh cells and Tfh1 cells exhibited significant decreases in secondary syphilis patients when compared to the HCs. However, no significant change was found in resting Tfh and effector Tfh in HCs and secondary syphilis patients or latent syphilis patients. Discussion Dysregulated ICOS+ Tfh or effector memory Tfh cells may play an important role in immune evasion in latent syphilis patients.
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- Fuping Shen
- Laboratory Medicine Center, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (Affiliated People’s Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Medical Technology and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Laboratory Medicine Center, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (Affiliated People’s Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Lishui District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Laboratory Medicine Center, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (Affiliated People’s Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Medical Technology and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, South China Hospital, Medical School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Laboratory Medicine Center, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (Affiliated People’s Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Medical Technology and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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