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Ssu72 phosphatase directly binds to ZAP-70, thereby providing fine-tuning of TCR signaling and preventing spontaneous inflammation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2102374118. [PMID: 34452999 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2102374118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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ZAP-70 is required for the initiation of T cell receptor (TCR) signaling, and Ssu72 is a phosphatase that regulates RNA polymerase II activity in the nucleus. However, the mechanism by which ZAP-70 regulates the fine-tuning of TCR signaling remains elusive. Here, we found that Ssu72 contributed to the fine-tuning of TCR signaling by acting as tyrosine phosphatase for ZAP-70. Affinity purification-mass spectrometry and an in vitro assay demonstrated specific interaction between Ssu72 and ZAP-70 in T cells. Upon TCR stimulation, Ssu72-deficient T cells increased the phosphorylation of ZAP-70 and downstream molecules and exhibited hyperresponsiveness, which was restored by reducing ZAP-70 phosphorylation. In vitro assay demonstrated that recombinant Ssu72 reduced tyrosine phosphorylation of ZAP-70 via phosphatase activity. Cd4-CreSsu72 fl/fl mice showed a defect in the thymic development of invariant natural killer T cells and reductions in CD4+ and CD8+ T cell numbers in the periphery but more CD44hiCD62Llo memory T cells and fewer CD44loCD62Lhi naïve T cells, compared with wild-type mice. Furthermore, Cd4-CreSsu72 fl/fl mice developed spontaneous inflammation at 6 mo. In conclusion, Ssu72 phosphatase regulates the fine-tuning of TCR signaling by binding to ZAP-70 and regulating its tyrosine phosphorylation, thereby preventing spontaneous inflammation.
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NKT Cells in Mice Originate from Cytoplasmic CD3-Positive, CD4 -CD8 - Double-Negative Thymocytes that Express CD44 and IL-7Rα. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1874. [PMID: 30755654 PMCID: PMC6372634 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37811-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Although natural killer T cells (NKT cells) are thought to be generated from CD4+CD8+ (DP) thymocytes, the developmental origin of CD4−CD8− (DN) NKT cells has remained unclear. In this study, we found the level of NK1.1 expression was highest in DN cells, followed by CD4 and CD8 (SP) and DP cells. The level of NK1.1 expression was highest in CD44+CD25− (DN1) cells, after that CD44+CD25+ (DN2), finally, CD44−CD25− (DN3) and CD44− CD25+ (DN4) cells. Unexpectedly, cytoplasmic CD3 was not only expressed in SP and DP thymocytes but also in most DN thymocytes at various stages. The mean fluorescence of cytoplasmic and surface CD3 in DN cells was significantly lower than in mature (SP) T and NKT cells in the thymus and spleen. Interestingly, there were more NKT cells in DN-cytoplasmic CD3 expression cells was higher than in DN-surface CD3 expression cells. There were more CD3-NKT cells in DN1 thymocytes than in TCR-β-NKT cells. NKT cells expressed higher levels of IL-7Rα which was correlated with CD44 expression in the thymus. Our data suggest that T cells and NKT cells follow similar patterns of expression with respect to cytoplasmic and surface CD3. Cytoplasmic CD3 could be used as a marker for early stage T cells. Both cytoplasmic CD3 and surface CD3 were expressed in mature T cells and immature T cells, including the immature cytoplasmic CD3+ surface CD3− and surface CD3+TCR-β− cells in DN1-NKT thymocytes. CD44 could be used as an additional marker of NKT cells which may originate from cytoplasmic CD3-positive DN thymocytes that express CD44 and IL-7Rα in mice.
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TANIGUCHI M, HARADA M, DASHTSOODOL N, KOJO S. Discovery of NKT cells and development of NKT cell-targeted anti-tumor immunotherapy. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2015; 91:292-304. [PMID: 26194854 PMCID: PMC4631895 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.91.292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Natural Killer T (NKT) cells are unique lymphocytes characterized by their expression of a single invariant antigen receptor encoded by Vα14Jα18 in mice and Vα24Jα18 in humans, which recognizes glycolipid antigens in association with the monomorphic CD1d molecule. NKT cells mediate adjuvant activity to activate both CD8T cells to kill MHC-positive tumor cells and NK cells to eliminate MHC-negative tumor at the same time in patients, resulting in the complete eradication of tumors without relapse. Therefore, the NKT cell-targeted therapy can be applied to any type of tumor and also to anyone individual, regardless of HLA type.Phase IIa clinical trials on advanced lung cancers and head and neck tumors have been completed and showed significantly prolonged median survival times with only the primary treatment. Another potential treatment option for the future is to use induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS)-derived NKT cells, which induced adjuvant effects on anti-tumor responses, inhibiting in vivo tumor growth in a mouse model.
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- Masaru TANIGUCHI
- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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Generation of functional NKT cells in vitro from embryonic stem cells bearing rearranged invariant Vα14-Jα18 TCRα gene. Blood 2010; 115:230-7. [DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-04-217729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Establishment of a system with efficient generation of natural killer T (NKT) cells from embryonic stem (ES) cells would enable us to identify the cells with NKT-cell potential and obtain NKT cells with desired function. Here, using cloned ES (NKT-ES) cells generated by the transfer of nuclei from mature NKT cells, we have established a culture system that preferentially developed functional NKT cells and also identified early NKT progenitors, which first appeared on day 11 as a c-kit+ population in the cocultures on OP9 cells with expression of Notch ligand, delta-like1 (OP9/Dll-1) and became c-kitlo/− on day 14. Interestingly, in the presence of Notch signals, NKT-ES cells differentiated only to thymic CD44lo CD24hi NKT cells producing mainly interleukin-4 (IL-4), whereas NKT cells resembling CD44hi CD24lo liver NKT cells producing mainly interferon γ (IFN-γ) and exhibiting strong adjuvant activity in vivo were developed in the switch culture starting at day 14 in the absence of Notch. The cloned ES culture system offers a new opportunity for the elucidation of the molecular events on NKT-cell development and for the establishment of NKT-cell therapy.
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The eye is an immune-privileged site that uses specialized mechanisms to protect itself from damage and to preserve its visual acuity. Among the mechanisms that contribute to the eye's privileged existence is its ability to induce both local and peripheral tolerance to antigens that may transgress its chambers. Experimentally, antigens that are inoculated into the anterior chamber induce an associated immune deviation of immune lymphocytes from their potential T-helper inflammatory responses to T regulatory cells. The prominent role of a somewhat rare cell called invariant (i)NKT cell in the process of tolerance induced through the anterior chamber-associated immune deviation model, ACAID, has revealed novel biological characteristics for the iNKT cell, as well as novel mechanisms for the induction of tolerance that have not been previously known or considered. The role of the iNKT cell in ACAID and its novel story is discussed in this mini-review.
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Doisne JM, Bartholin L, Yan KP, Garcia CN, Duarte N, Le Luduec JB, Vincent D, Cyprian F, Horvat B, Martel S, Rimokh R, Losson R, Benlagha K, Marie JC. iNKT cell development is orchestrated by different branches of TGF-beta signaling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 206:1365-78. [PMID: 19451264 PMCID: PMC2715067 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20090127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells constitute a distinct subset of T lymphocytes exhibiting important immune-regulatory functions. Although various steps of their differentiation have been well characterized, the factors controlling their development remain poorly documented. Here, we show that TGF-beta controls the differentiation program of iNKT cells. We demonstrate that TGF-beta signaling carefully and specifically orchestrates several steps of iNKT cell development. In vivo, this multifaceted role of TGF-beta involves the concerted action of different pathways of TGF-beta signaling. Whereas the Tif-1gamma branch controls lineage expansion, the Smad4 branch maintains the maturation stage that is initially repressed by a Tif-1gamma/Smad4-independent branch. Thus, these three different branches of TGF-beta signaling function in concert as complementary effectors, allowing TGF-beta to fine tune the iNKT cell differentiation program.
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- Jean-Marc Doisne
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U561/Groupe AVENIR, Hôpital Cochin St Vincent de Paul, Université Descartes, Paris F-75014, France
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Webb TJ, Giuntoli RL, Rogers O, Schneck J, Oelke M. Ascites specific inhibition of CD1d-mediated activation of natural killer T cells. Clin Cancer Res 2009; 14:7652-8. [PMID: 19047090 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-1468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Natural killer T (NKT) cells recognize lipid antigen presented by CD1 molecules. NKT cells can both directly, through cytotoxicity, and indirectly, through activation of other effector cells, mediate antitumor immunity. It has been shown, however, that tumor-associated lipids are frequently shed into the tumor microenvironment, which can mediate immunosuppressive activity. Given that ovarian cancer-associated ascites has been reported to have increased levels of gangliosides, we examined the effect of tumor-associated and other ascites on CD1d-mediated antigen presentation to NKT cells. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN To investigate the effects of ascites on NKT cell activation, we pretreated CD1d-expressing cells with the ascites and measured their ability to stimulate cytokine production in NKT cells. To determine whether antigen processing or editing was necessary, CD1d-immunoglobulin-based artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPC) were also incubated with ascites. In addition, to examine specificity, we analyzed whether ascites fluid could influence the activation of classic CD8+ T cells. RESULTS Pretreatment of CD1d-expressing cells with ascites from the majority of patients inhibited the ability of the cells to stimulate/activate NKT cells in a dose-dependent manner. Ascites treatment also partially blocked the ability of alpha-galactosylceramide-loaded CD1d-immunoglobulin-based aAPC to activate NKT cells. In addition, our data show that treatment with ascites does not inhibit HLA-A2-mediated activation of classic CD8+ T cells. CONCLUSIONS Together, these data suggest that ovarian and other cancers may have developed immune evasion mechanisms specifically targeting the CD1/NKT cell system.
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- Tonya J Webb
- Department of Pathology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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Dashtsoodol N, Watarai H, Sakata S, Taniguchi M. Identification of CD4(-)CD8(-) double-negative natural killer T cell precursors in the thymus. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3688. [PMID: 18997862 PMCID: PMC2577011 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2008] [Accepted: 10/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background It is well known that CD1d-restricted Vα14 invariant natural killer T (NKT) cells are derived from cells in the CD4+CD8+ double-positive (DP) population in the thymus. However, the developmental progression of NKT cells in the earlier stages remains unclear, and the possible existence of NKT cell presursors in the earlier stages than DP stage remains to be tested. Principal Findings Here, we demonstrate that NKT cell precursors that express invariant Vα14-Jα18 transcripts but devoid of surface expression of the invariant Vα14 receptor are present in the late CD4−CD8− double-negative (DN)4 stage and have the potential to generate mature NKT cells in both in vivo and in vitro experimental conditions. Moreover, the DN4 population in CD1d knock-out (CD1dKO) mice was similar to those with an NKT cell potential in wild-type (WT) C57BL/6 (B6) mice, but failed to develop into NKT cells in vitro. However, these precursors could develop into NKT cells when co-cultured with normal thymocytes or in an in vivo experimental setting, indicating that functional NKT cell precursors are present in CD1dKO mice. Conclusions Together, these results demonstrate that thymic DN4 fraction contains NKT cell precursors. Our findings provide new insights into the early development of NKT cells prior to surface expression of the invariant Vα14 antigen receptor and suggest the possible alternative developmental pathway of NKT cells.
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- Nyambayar Dashtsoodol
- Laboratory for Immune Regulation, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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The immune repertoire of normal, healthy individuals contains autoreactive T cells and natural antibodies that, under normal conditions, are controlled, either through central tolerance or by the activity of immunoregulatory T cells to prevent the onset of autoimmune diseases. Over the years, several types of immunoregulatory T cells have been identified. These include natural CD4+CD25+Foxp3+T (Treg) cells and type 1 NKT cells, which develop in the thymus, as well as acquired immunoregulatory T cells, such as type 1 cells (Tr1), Th3 cells, Ts cells and anergic CD4 T cells, which all appear to be products of peripheral immune activation. While little is understood about the genetics of most types of immunoregulatory T cell, detailed information on the genetic control of NKT and Treg cells is now available and may contribute significantly to our understanding of the aetiology of autoimmune disease.
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Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells as we know them today are a unique subset of mature T cells co-expressing a semi-invariant Valpha14/Vbeta8 TCR and surface markers characteristic of NK cells. The semi-invariant TCR on iNKT cells recognizes glycolipids bound to monomorphic CD1d molecules, leading to rapid cytokine production. The purpose of this historical perspective is to describe how a series of seemingly unrelated findings in the late 1980s and early 1990s crystallized in the discovery of iNKT cells. The story is told from a personal viewpoint, with a particular effort to place both breakthroughs and misinterpretations in the context of their era.
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- H Robson Macdonald
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
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Pascal V, Nathan NR, Claudio E, Siebenlist U, Anderson SK. NF-kappa B p50/p65 affects the frequency of Ly49 gene expression by NK cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:1751-9. [PMID: 17641041 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.3.1751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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In mice, acquisition of Ly49 receptors characterizes one of the developmental stages of NK cells. We previously described a novel Ly49 promoter, Pro1, involved in Ly49 gene regulation in immature NK cells. Pro1 transcriptional activity requires a NF-kappaB binding site; however, only NF-kappaB/p50 binding to this element was observed. Cotransfection of NF-kappaB/p65 with Ly49g Pro1 in LNK cells induced a decrease in the transcriptional activity of the core promoter. Moreover, decreasing NF-kappaB/p65 protein expression by RNA interference increases Pro1 transcriptional activity. A high rate of NF-kappaB/p65 degradation in LNK cells correlates with Pro1 activity, since treatment with the proteasome inhibitor MG132 increased levels of NF-kappaB/p65 protein and decreased Pro1 activity. In addition, analysis of the Ly49 repertoire in NF-kappaB/p50 null mice reveals a decrease in the proportion of NK cells expressing a given Ly49 molecule. The defect in Ly49 expression is observed in the bone marrow and the spleen with a similar altered pattern of developmental stages in each tissue. The frequency of Ly49 expression in NF-kappaB/p52 null mice is slightly increased, indicating the specific role of NF-kappaB/p50 in Ly49 gene activation. These results suggest that NF-kappaB p50/p65 plays a major role in the initiation of Ly49 gene expression in NK cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Ly/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Ly/genetics
- Cell Aggregation/genetics
- Cell Aggregation/immunology
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Gene Frequency/immunology
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lectins, C-Type/antagonists & inhibitors
- Lectins, C-Type/biosynthesis
- Lectins, C-Type/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- NF-kappa B p50 Subunit/deficiency
- NF-kappa B p50 Subunit/genetics
- NF-kappa B p50 Subunit/physiology
- NF-kappa B p52 Subunit/biosynthesis
- NF-kappa B p52 Subunit/genetics
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily A
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/immunology
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- Transcription Factor RelA/physiology
- Transcriptional Activation/immunology
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- Véronique Pascal
- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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CD1d-dependent natural killer T (NKT) cells are a unique T-cell subset with the ability to regulate the immune system in response to a broad range of diseases. That low NKT-cell numbers are associated with many different disease states in mice and humans, combined with the fact that NKT-cell numbers vary widely between individuals, makes it crucial to understand how these cells develop and how their numbers are maintained. Here, we review the current state of knowledge of NKT-cell development and attempt to highlight the most important questions in this field.
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- Dale I Godfrey
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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Valpha14 invariant natural killer T (Valpha14i NKT) cells are a unique lineage of mouse T cells that share properties with both NK cells and memory T cells. Valpha14i NKT cells recognize CDld-associated glycolipids via a semi-invariant T cell receptor (TCR) composed of an invariant Valpha14-Jalpha 18 chain paired preferentially with a restricted set of TCRbeta chains. During development in the thymus, rare CD4+ CD8+ (DP) cortical thymocytes that successfully rearrange the semi-invariant TCR are directed to the Valpha14i NKT cell lineage via interactions with CD d-associated endogenous glycolipids expressed by other DP thymocytes. As they mature, Valphal4i NKT lineage cells upregulate activation markers such as CD44 and subsequently express NK-related molecules such as NKI.1 and members of the Ly-49 inhibitory receptor family. The developmental program of Valpha l4i NKT cells is critically regulated by a number of signaling cues that have little or no effect on conventional T cell development, such as the Fyn/SAP/SLAM pathway, NFkappaB and T-bet transcription factors, and the cytokine IL-15. The unique developmental requirements of Valphal4i NKT cells may represent a paradigm for other unconventional T cell subsets that are positively selected by agonist ligands expressed on hematopoietic cells.
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- H R MacDonald
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
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Bezbradica JS, Gordy LE, Stanic AK, Dragovic S, Hill T, Hawiger J, Unutmaz D, Van Kaer L, Joyce S. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor regulates effector differentiation of invariant natural killer T cells during thymic ontogeny. Immunity 2006; 25:487-97. [PMID: 16949316 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2006.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2006] [Revised: 05/26/2006] [Accepted: 06/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cell-derived cytokines have important functions in inflammation, host defense, and immunoregulation. Yet, when and how iNKT cells undergo effector differentiation, which endows them with the capacity to rapidly secrete cytokines upon activation, remains unknown. We discovered that granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (Csf-2)-deficient mice developed iNKT cells that failed to respond to the model antigen alpha-galactosylceramide because of an intrinsic defect in the fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane. Exogenous Csf-2 corrected the functional defect only when supplied during the development of thymic, but not mature, splenic Csf-2-deficient iNKT cells. Thus, we ascribe a unique function to Csf-2, which regulates iNKT cell effector differentiation during development by a mechanism that renders them competent for cytokine secretion.
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- Jelena S Bezbradica
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Egawa T, Eberl G, Taniuchi I, Benlagha K, Geissmann F, Hennighausen L, Bendelac A, Littman DR. Genetic evidence supporting selection of the Valpha14i NKT cell lineage from double-positive thymocyte precursors. Immunity 2005; 22:705-16. [PMID: 15963785 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2004] [Revised: 03/23/2005] [Accepted: 03/23/2005] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Invariant Valpha14i NKT (iNKT) cells are a specialized subset of T lymphocytes with regulatory functions. They coexpress TCRalphabeta and natural killer cell markers. They differentiate through interaction of their Valpha14-Jalpha18 invariant TCRalpha chains with CD1d expressed on double-positive (DP) thymocytes. Although their development has been shown to be thymus dependent, their developmental pathway has not been definitively established. By using genetic analyses, we show here that all iNKT cells are selected from a pool of DP thymocytes. Their development is absolutely dependent on Runx1 and ROR(gamma)t, transcription factors that influence, but are not required for, development of conventional T cells. Our results indicate that even though CD1d binding DP thymocytes have yet to be observed, Valpha14-Jalpha18 rearrangement in these cells is required for development of iNKT cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cell Lineage/immunology
- Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit
- DNA-Binding Proteins/immunology
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/immunology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/immunology
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/metabolism
- Receptors, Thyroid Hormone/immunology
- Receptors, Thyroid Hormone/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Stem Cells/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- Transcription Factors/immunology
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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- Takeshi Egawa
- Molecular Pathogenesis Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a distinct lymphocyte lineage that regulates immune responses. During their development in the thymus, immature uncommitted double-positive CD4+CD8+ thymocytes that rearrange the semi-invariant T-cell receptor found on mature NKT cells are positively selected by the non-classical MHC class I molecule CD1d, which is expressed at the surface of cortical thymocytes. At this stage, the positively selected cells branch off from the conventional T-cell developmental program and start to acquire activated and/or memory markers and several 'bona fide' NK cell attributes. Recent work has started to reveal the specific developmental requirements for this divergent pathway of differentiation. These include several signal transduction molecules, transcription factors and cytokines, including T-bet, members of the NF-kappaB family, Fyn and IL-15.
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- Jennifer L Matsuda
- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA.
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Mocchegiani E, Giacconi R, Cipriano C, Gasparini N, Bernardini G, Malavolta M, Menegazzi M, Cavalieri E, Muzzioli M, Ciampa AR, Suzuki H. The variations during the circadian cycle of liver CD1d-unrestricted NK1.1+TCR gamma/delta+ cells lead to successful ageing. Role of metallothionein/IL-6/gp130/PARP-1 interplay in very old mice. Exp Gerontol 2004; 39:775-88. [PMID: 15130672 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2003] [Revised: 01/01/2004] [Accepted: 01/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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NKT cells derive from the thymus and home to the liver. Liver NKT cells can be divided in two groups: 'classical' and 'non-classical'. The first is CD1d-restricted, the second is CD1d-unrestricted. NKT cells (classical and non-classical) co-express T-cell receptor (TCR) and NK-cell marker (NK1.1), display cytotoxicity and produce IFN-gamma under IL-12 stimulation affecting, thereby, Th1 response and innate immunity. NK1.1(+)TCR alpha/beta(+) cells belong to both groups. NK1.1(+)TCR gamma/delta(+) cells belong to the second group. Anyway, both NKT cell subtypes, via IFN-gamma production, protect against viruses and bacteria from early in life. Immune variations as well as zinc rhythmicity during the circadian cycle confer the immune plasticity, which is essential for successful ageing. Liver NK1.1(+)TCR gamma/delta(+) cells, rather than TCR alpha/beta(+), from young and very old mice display 'in vitro' (under IL-12 stimulation) nocturnal peaks in cytotoxicity and IFN-gamma production. The acrophase of liver NK1.1(+)TCR gamma/delta(+) cells is present in young and very old mice, not in old. The interplay among zinc-bound metallothionein (MT)/IL-6/gp130/poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) may be involved in conferring plasticity to liver NK1.1(+)TCR gamma/delta(+) cells. IL-6, via sub-unit receptor gp130, induces MTmRNA. At night, gene expressions of MT, IL-6, gp130 are lower in very old mice than old and young MT-I transgenic mice (MT-I*). In very old mice, this phenomenon allows limited sequester of intracellular zinc from MT leading to good free zinc ion bioavailability for immune efficiency and zinc-dependent PARP-1 activity. Indeed (1) in vitro, high IL-6 provokes strong accumulation of MT, impaired cytotoxicity and low zinc ion bioavailability in liver NK1.1(+)TCR gamma/delta(+) cells exclusively from old and MT-I* mice. (2) The ratio total/endogen PARP-1 activity is higher in very old than in old and MT-I* mice, suggesting a higher capacity of PARP-1 in base excision DNA-repair in very old age thanks to low zinc-bound MT. Cytotoxicity and IFN-gamma production from liver NK1.1(+)TCR gamma/delta(+) cells are thus preserved leading to successful ageing. In conclusion, MT/IL-6/gp130/PARP-1 interplay may confer plasticity to liver CD1d-unrestricted NK1.1(+)TCR gamma/delta(+) cells, where MT, IL-6, gp130 are the main upstream protagonists, and PARP-1 is the main downstream protagonist in immunosenescence.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Antioxidants/physiology
- Cellular Senescence/immunology
- Cellular Senescence/physiology
- Circadian Rhythm/physiology
- Cytokine Receptor gp130
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/physiology
- Gene Expression
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Interferon-gamma/blood
- Interleukin-12/blood
- Interleukin-12/immunology
- Interleukin-6/physiology
- Killer Cells, Natural/physiology
- Liver/physiology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/analysis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Metallothionein/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Transgenic
- Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1
- Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/physiology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/physiology
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Zinc/physiology
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- Eugenio Mocchegiani
- Immunology Center, Section Nutrition, Immunity and Ageing, Res. Department, Italian National Research Centres on Ageing, Via Birarelli 8, 60121, Ancona, Italy.
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This review summarizes the major features of CD1 genes and proteins, the patterns of intracellular trafficking of CD1 molecules, and how they sample different intracellular compartments for self- and foreign lipids. We describe how lipid antigens bind to CD1 molecules with their alkyl chains buried in hydrophobic pockets and expose their polar lipid headgroup whose fine structure is recognized by the TCR of CD1-restricted T cells. CD1-restricted T cells carry out effector, helper, and adjuvant-like functions and interact with other cell types including macrophages, dendritic cells, NK cells, T cells, and B cells, thereby contributing to both innate and adaptive immune responses. Insights gained from mice and humans now delineate the extensive range of diseases in which CD1-restricted T cells play important roles and reveal differences in the role of CD1a, CD1b, and CD1c in contrast to CD1d. Invariant TCR alpha chains, self-lipid reactivity, and rapid effector responses empower a subset of CD1d-restricted T cells (NKT cells) to have unique effector functions without counterpart among MHC-restricted T cells. This review describes the function of CD1-restricted T cells in antimicrobial responses, antitumor immunity, and in regulating the balance between tolerance and autoimmunity.
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- Manfred Brigl
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Onoé K, Gotohda T, Nishihori H, Aranami T, Iwabuchi C, Iclozan C, Morohashi T, Ogasawara K, Good RA, Iwabuchi K. Positive and negative selection of T cell repertoires during differentiation in allogeneic bone marrow chimeras. Transpl Immunol 2004; 12:79-88. [PMID: 14551035 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-3274(03)00012-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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T cells acquire immune functions during expansion and differentiation in the thymus. Mature T cells respond to peptide antigens (Ag) derived from foreign proteins when these peptide Ag are presented on the self major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules but not on allo-MHC. This is termed self-MHC restriction. On the other hand, T cells do not induce aggressive responses to self Ag (self-tolerance). Self-MHC restriction and self-tolerance are not genetically determined but acquired a posteriori by positive and negative selection in the thymus in harmony with the functional maturation. Allogeneic bone marrow (BM) chimera systems have been a useful strategy to elucidate mechanisms underlying positive and negative selection. In this communication, the contribution of BM chimera systems to the investigation of the world of T-ology is discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/analysis
- Bone Marrow Transplantation/immunology
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Clonal Deletion/immunology
- Columbidae
- Cytochromes c/genetics
- Cytochromes c/immunology
- Flow Cytometry
- Graft vs Host Reaction/immunology
- Immune Tolerance/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed
- Lymphocyte Depletion
- Major Histocompatibility Complex/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred AKR
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Models, Immunological
- Peptides/genetics
- Peptides/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/chemistry
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Transplantation Chimera/immunology
- Transplantation, Homologous
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Affiliation(s)
- Kazunori Onoé
- Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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NKT cells play a critical role in shaping the character and strength of a wide range of immune responses, including those against pathogens, tumours, allografts and autologous tissues. Because numbers of NKT cells affect clinical outcomes in a wide range of disease models, and this characteristic demonstrates allelic variation, the mapping of the locations and identification of the coding sequences of these genes has become a matter of significant importance. Here, we review the results to date that examine the effects of targeted deletion of a number of candidate genes, as well as the congenic and genetic linkage analyses that have attempted to localize allelic loci that affect NKT cell numbers. Although a number of candidate genes have been examined, there is no evidence that any of these contribute to variation in NKT cell numbers in natural populations. Two of the most important genetic regions controlling NKT cell numbers are Nkt1 on chromosome 1, which may contribute to lupus susceptibility, and Nkt2 on chromosome 2, which appears to contribute to diabetes susceptibility. Of great interest is a third locus on chromosome 18, identified in a novel congenic line, which can confer an absolute deficiency in this important immunoregulatory lymphocyte population.
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MESH Headings
- Autoimmune Diseases/genetics
- Autoimmune Diseases/immunology
- Cell Count
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/immunology
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18/immunology
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/immunology
- Communicable Diseases/genetics
- Communicable Diseases/immunology
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Neoplasms/genetics
- Neoplasms/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Transplantation, Homologous
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- Margaret A Jordan
- Comparative Genomics Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Taniguchi M, Harada M, Kojo S, Nakayama T, Wakao H. The regulatory role of Valpha14 NKT cells in innate and acquired immune response. Annu Rev Immunol 2003; 21:483-513. [PMID: 12543936 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.21.120601.141057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 529] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A novel lymphocyte lineage, Valpha14 natural killer T (NKT) cells, is now well established as distinct from conventional alphabeta T cells. Valpha14 NKT cells express a single invariant Valpha14 antigen receptor that is essential for their development. Successful identification of a specific ligand, alpha-galactosylceramide(alpha-GalCer), and the establishment of gene-manipulated mice with selective loss of Valpha14 NKT cells helped elucidate the remarkable functional diversity of Valpha14 NKT cells in various immune responses such as host defense by mediating anti-nonself innate immune reaction, homeostatic regulation of anti-self responses, and antitumor immunity.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Autoimmune Diseases/immunology
- Biological Evolution
- Cell Differentiation
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Immunity, Innate
- Infections/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Ligands
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Multigene Family
- Neoplasms/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Selection, Genetic
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Th2 Cells/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Masaru Taniguchi
- Laboratory of Immune Regulation, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
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Matsuki N, Stanic AK, Embers ME, Van Kaer L, Morel L, Joyce S. Genetic dissection of V alpha 14J alpha 18 natural T cell number and function in autoimmune-prone mice. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:5429-37. [PMID: 12759418 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.11.5429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice, a model for type I diabetes (TID), have reduced numbers of invariant V alpha 14J alpha 18 TCR alpha-chain-positive natural T (iNKT) cells that do not release IL-4 in response to in vivo activation through their Ag receptor. The deficit in iNKT cell number and function is implicated in immune dysregulation and the etiology of TID. Therefore, we reasoned that the genetic determinant(s) that controls iNKT cell number and function might lie within Idd (insulin-dependent diabetes susceptibility locus) regions, which are known to contain TID resistance or susceptibility genes. A systematic analysis of iNKT cell number and function in Idd congenic mice revealed that neither iNKT cell number nor their inability to rapidly secrete IL-4 in response to acute in vivo activation by Ag underlies the mechanism of protection from diabetes in Idd congenic mice. Moreover, the regulation of iNKT cell number and function appears to be under the control of several genes. The most notable of these map to the Idd4, Idd5, Idd9.1, and Idd13 regions of the mouse genome. Together these findings provide a clue to the genetic mechanism(s) underlying iNKT cell deficiency in NOD mice.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens/administration & dosage
- Antigens/immunology
- Cytokines/biosynthesis
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/immunology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/pathology
- Galactosylceramides/administration & dosage
- Galactosylceramides/immunology
- Genetic Markers/immunology
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Injections, Intravenous
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-4/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/pathology
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphocyte Count
- Mice
- Mice, Congenic
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, Inbred NZB
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/pathology
- Transcriptional Activation/immunology
- Up-Regulation/genetics
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Naoto Matsuki
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Boyson JE, Rybalov B, Koopman LA, Exley M, Balk SP, Racke FK, Schatz F, Masch R, Wilson SB, Strominger JL. CD1d and invariant NKT cells at the human maternal-fetal interface. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:13741-6. [PMID: 12368486 PMCID: PMC129762 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.162491699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Invariant CD1d-restricted natural killer T (iNKT) cells comprise a small, but significant, immunoregulatory T cell subset. Here, the presence of these cells and their CD1d ligand at the human maternal-fetal interface was investigated. Immunohistochemical staining of human decidua revealed the expression of CD1d on both villous and extravillous trophoblasts, the fetal cells that invade the maternal decidua. Decidual iNKT cells comprised 0.48% of the decidual CD3+ T cell population, a frequency 10 times greater than that seen in peripheral blood. Interestingly, decidual CD4+ iNKT cells exhibited a striking Th1-like bias (IFN-gamma production), whereas peripheral blood CD4+ iNKT clones exhibited a Th2-like bias (IL-4 production). Moreover, compared to their peripheral blood counterparts, decidual iNKT clones were strongly polarized toward granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor production. The demonstration of CD1d expression on fetal trophoblasts together with the differential pattern of cytokine expression by decidual iNKT cells suggests that maternal iNKT cell interactions with CD1d expressed on invading fetal cells may play an immunoregulatory role at the maternal-fetal interface.
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- Jonathan E Boyson
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Mitchell Kronenberg
- La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, USA.
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LaBelle JL, Truitt RL. Characterization of a murine NKT cell tumor previously described as an acute myelogenous leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 2002; 43:1637-44. [PMID: 12400607 DOI: 10.1080/1042819021000002974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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C1498 is an atypical myeloid leukemia that originated in a C57BL/6 mouse and has been used as a model for acute myelogenous leukemia. In studies of the immune response to C 1498, we found that this tumor contained mRNA encoding the canonical NKT cell receptor Vbeta8.2-Valpha14Jalpha281. Although cell-surface phenotypic analysis showed C1498 to be negative for NK1.1, it expressed several other molecules associated with NKT cell populations, such as DX5, CDld, CD69, CD44, CD45RB and B220. RT-PCR demonstrated that C1498 contained CD3epsilon mRNA transcripts, but message was not found for CD4, CD8alpha, or CD8beta. This indicates that C1498 falls within the double negative (CD4-CD8-) NKT cell lineage. RNase protection analysis showed that C1498 expressed mRNA for IL-2, IL-15, and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). These findings suggest that C1498 should be re-classified as a NKT cell leukemia with atypical myeloid features. It may, therefore, be a novel cell line in which to study NKT cell development and serve as a model for human NKT cell malignancies.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CD3 Complex
- CD4 Antigens/genetics
- CD8 Antigens/genetics
- Cytokines/genetics
- Immunophenotyping
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- James L LaBelle
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA
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Saikh KU, Kissner T, Ulrich RG. Regulation of HLA-DR and co-stimulatory molecule expression on natural killer T cells by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Immunology 2002; 106:363-72. [PMID: 12100724 PMCID: PMC1782734 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2002.01446.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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A subset of mononuclear cells present in most tissues coexpresses receptors of both natural killer (NK) and T cells. Although linked to antiviral immunity, the function of these putative NKT cells is uncertain. We present evidence that human CD56+ DR- NKT cells exhibit hybrid adaptive and innate immune functions. These cells spontaneously lysed tumour cell targets and upon engagement of T-cell antigen receptors secreted the cytokines interferon-gamma and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Conversely, GM-CSF treatment transformed the NKT cells into dendritic cells, inducing rapid expression of HLA-DR and the co-stimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86. The ability to stimulate tetanus toxoid-specific responses from naïve T cells was acquired within 3 days of activating CD56+ NKT cells with GM-CSF. These results suggest a potential role for NKT cells in the initiation and control of primary immunity during the acute phase of infection.
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- Kamal U Saikh
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD 21702-5011, USA
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Yanagisawa K, Seino KI, Ishikawa Y, Nozue M, Todoroki T, Fukao K. Impaired proliferative response of V alpha 24 NKT cells from cancer patients against alpha-galactosylceramide. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:6494-9. [PMID: 12055270 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.12.6494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Human invariant V alpha 24(+) NKT cells are a relatively new subpopulation of lymphocytes. It has been reported that V alpha 24 NKT cells are significantly involved in some human diseases. We have evaluated the number and function of V alpha 24 NKT cells in both healthy volunteers and cancer patients. In this study we found that V alpha 24 NKT cells in unfractionated PBMCs obtained from cancer patients did not respond efficiently to alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer) in vitro. Thus, their proportion after stimulation with alpha-GalCer was smaller than that found in healthy volunteers. However, the cancer patients' V alpha 24 NKT cells retained cytotoxic activity against malignant target cells, and they could efficiently proliferate to alpha-GalCer when fractionated by sorting. Furthermore, we found that addition of G-CSF to the culture could restore the low proliferative response of V alpha 24 NKT cells from cancer patients. These results suggest that some functions of NKT cells in cancer patients are impaired, and this observation carries significant implications for immunotherapy-based cancer treatments.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/drug effects
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Galactosylceramides/pharmacology
- Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/pharmacology
- Humans
- Interleukin-2/pharmacology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Lymphocyte Count
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Kazuhiko Yanagisawa
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kim S, Iizuka K, Kang HSP, Dokun A, French AR, Greco S, Yokoyama WM. In vivo developmental stages in murine natural killer cell maturation. Nat Immunol 2002; 3:523-8. [PMID: 12006976 DOI: 10.1038/ni796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 469] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) cells develop in the bone marrow, but their in vivo stages of maturation, expansion and acquisition of receptors that guide target cell specificity are not well defined. We describe here such stages of development. We also show that developing NK cells actively proliferate at a phenotypically distinguishable immature stage after they have acquired expression of Ly49 and CD94-NKG2 receptors. These studies provide a developmental framework for NK cell maturation in vivo and suggest the possible involvement of the Ly49 and CD94-NKG2 receptors themselves in modulating expansion of NK cell populations with a given NK cell receptor repertoire.
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MESH Headings
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Ly
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Cytomegalovirus Infections/immunology
- Cytomegalovirus Infections/pathology
- Integrins/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lectins, C-Type
- Macrophage-1 Antigen/metabolism
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Models, Immunological
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily D
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- Receptors, Natural Killer Cell
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Affiliation(s)
- Sungjin Kim
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Rheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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NKT cells utilize a restricted alphabeta TCR repertoire that recognizes glycolipids in association with CD1d. The recent development of fluorescent CD1d tetramers loaded with the synthetic glycolipid alpha-galactosyl-ceramide has led to a clearer definition of NKT-cell subsets as well as important insights into their developmental origin. As many as four subsets may exist, differing in NK1.1 expression, TCR repertoire and dependence on CD1d and various glycolipids for development. Two different lineage-commitment models have been proposed, with most evidence favoring a byproduct of conventional-T-cell development.
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- H Robson MacDonald
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
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Pellicci DG, Hammond KJL, Uldrich AP, Baxter AG, Smyth MJ, Godfrey DI. A natural killer T (NKT) cell developmental pathway iInvolving a thymus-dependent NK1.1(-)CD4(+) CD1d-dependent precursor stage. J Exp Med 2002; 195:835-44. [PMID: 11927628 PMCID: PMC2193721 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20011544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 308] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The development of CD1d-dependent natural killer T (NKT) cells is poorly understood. We have used both CD1d/alpha-galactosylceramide (CD1d/alphaGC) tetramers and anti-NK1.1 to investigate NKT cell development in vitro and in vivo. Confirming the thymus-dependence of these cells, we show that CD1d/alphaGC tetramer-binding NKT cells, including NK1.1(+) and NK1.1(-) subsets, develop in fetal thymus organ culture (FTOC) and are completely absent in nude mice. Ontogenically, CD1d/alphaGC tetramer-binding NKT cells first appear in the thymus, at day 5 after birth, as CD4(+)CD8(-)NK1.1(-)cells. NK1.1(+) NKT cells, including CD4(+) and CD4(-)CD8(-) subsets, appeared at days 7-8 but remained a minor subset until at least 3 wk of age. Using intrathymic transfer experiments, CD4(+)NK1.1(-) NKT cells gave rise to NK1.1(+) NKT cells (including CD4(+) and CD4(-) subsets), but not vice-versa. This maturation step was not required for NKT cells to migrate to other tissues, as NK1.1(-) NKT cells were detected in liver and spleen as early as day 8 after birth, and the majority of NKT cells among recent thymic emigrants (RTE) were NK1.1(-). Further elucidation of this NKT cell developmental pathway should prove to be invaluable for studying the mechanisms that regulate the development of these cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Antigens, CD1/genetics
- Antigens, CD1/immunology
- Antigens, CD1d
- CD4 Antigens/genetics
- CD4 Antigens/immunology
- Cytokines/analysis
- Fetus
- Flow Cytometry
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Leukocytes/immunology
- Liver/growth & development
- Liver/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Protein Precursors/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Spleen/embryology
- Spleen/growth & development
- Spleen/immunology
- Thymus Gland/embryology
- Thymus Gland/growth & development
- Thymus Gland/immunology
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- Daniel G Pellicci
- Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University Medical School, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia
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Gonzalez-Aseguinolaza G, Van Kaer L, Bergmann CC, Wilson JM, Schmieg J, Kronenberg M, Nakayama T, Taniguchi M, Koezuka Y, Tsuji M. Natural killer T cell ligand alpha-galactosylceramide enhances protective immunity induced by malaria vaccines. J Exp Med 2002; 195:617-24. [PMID: 11877484 PMCID: PMC2193764 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20011889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The important role played by CD8(+) T lymphocytes in the control of parasitic and viral infections, as well as tumor development, has raised the need for the development of adjuvants capable of enhancing cell-mediated immunity. It is well established that protective immunity against liver stages of malaria parasites is primarily mediated by CD8(+) T cells in mice. Activation of natural killer T (NKT) cells by the glycolipid ligand, alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer), causes bystander activation of NK, B, CD4(+), and CD8(+) T cells. Our study shows that coadministration of alpha-GalCer with suboptimal doses of irradiated sporozoites or recombinant viruses expressing a malaria antigen greatly enhances the level of protective anti-malaria immunity in mice. We also show that coadministration of alpha-GalCer with various different immunogens strongly enhances antigen-specific CD8(+) T cell responses, and to a lesser degree, Th1-type responses. The adjuvant effects of alpha-GalCer require CD1d molecules, Valpha14 NKT cells, and interferon gamma. As alpha-GalCer stimulates both human and murine NKT cells, these findings should contribute to the design of more effective vaccines against malaria and other intracellular pathogens, as well as tumors.
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- Gloria Gonzalez-Aseguinolaza
- Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA
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Hobbs JA, Cho S, Roberts TJ, Sriram V, Zhang J, Xu M, Brutkiewicz RR. Selective loss of natural killer T cells by apoptosis following infection with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. J Virol 2001; 75:10746-54. [PMID: 11602716 PMCID: PMC114656 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.22.10746-10754.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells, a unique subpopulation of T cells, coexpress markers also present on NK cells and recognize the major histocompatibility complex class I-like CD1d1 molecule. We studied the effect of an acute virus infection on NKT cells. Mice were infected with the nonhepatotropic Armstrong strain of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), and at various times postinfection, mononuclear cells from the liver, peritoneum, and spleen were isolated. It was found that within 2 to 3 days, there was a selective loss of NKT cells from the liver with an apparent rapid recovery within 8 to 14 days. There was no increase in peritoneal or splenic NKT cells, indicating that NKT cells did not traffic to these tissues. This loss of NKT cells was independent of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and interleukin 12 (IL-12) production, but did occur in mice treated with poly(I-C), a classical inducer of IFN-alpha/beta. The reduction in NKT cells was CD28 and fas/fasL independent and occurred via apoptosis. It was not observed in LCMV-infected DNA fragmentation factor 45-deficient mice, and an increase in active caspase 3-specific staining was found in liver NKT cells from LCMV-infected and poly(I-C)-treated mice compared to uninfected wild-type mice. Interestingly, it was also found that liver NKT cells from LCMV-infected mice were themselves infected. These results suggest that the loss of NKT cells following an acute LCMV infection could be due to the induction of IFN-alpha/beta resulting in NKT-cell apoptosis and is important for the host's immune response to LCMV.
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- J A Hobbs
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and The Walther Oncology Center, The Walther Cancer Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Gapin L, Matsuda JL, Surh CD, Kronenberg M. NKT cells derive from double-positive thymocytes that are positively selected by CD1d. Nat Immunol 2001; 2:971-8. [PMID: 11550008 DOI: 10.1038/ni710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 314] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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CD1d-reactive NKT cells are a separate T cell sublineage. Instructive models propose that NKT cells branch off the mainstream developmental pathway because of their T cell antigen receptor specificity, whereas stochastic models would propose that they develop from precursor cells committed to this sublineage before variable-gene rearrangement. We show here that immature double-positive (DP) thymocytes form the canonical rearranged Valpha gene of NKT cells at nearly equivalent frequencies in the presence or absence of CD1d expression. After interacting with CD1d in the thymus, these cells give rise to expanded populations of NKT cells-including both CD4+ and double-negative lymphocytes in the thymus and periphery-that express this alpha chain. These results confirm the existence of a DP intermediate for CD1d-reactive NKT cells. They also show that the early developmental stages of these T cells are not governed by a distinct mechanism, which is consistent with the TCR-instructive model of differentiation.
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- L Gapin
- La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Wilson SB, Byrne MC. Gene expression in NKT cells: defining a functionally distinct CD1d-restricted T cell subset. Curr Opin Immunol 2001; 13:555-61. [PMID: 11544003 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-7915(00)00258-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Since their discovery as cells bearing both TCRs and NK cell receptors, NKT cells have been intensively studied as a possible bridge between innate and adaptive immunity. Although their involvement in a wide variety of immune responses and in disease states have been well documented, molecular details of this functionality have been lacking. Recently, transcriptional profiling using microarrays has been applied to these cells, pinpointing gene-expression differences between this regulatory T cell subset and conventional T cells, and providing a framework for subset-specific therapeutic intervention in clinical settings.
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- S B Wilson
- Cancer Immunology & AIDS Department, Dana 1416, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Baur N, Nerz G, Nil A, Eichmann K. Expression and selection of productively rearranged TCR beta VDJ genes are sequentially regulated by CD3 signaling in the development of NK1.1(+) alpha beta T cells. Int Immunol 2001; 13:1031-42. [PMID: 11470773 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/13.8.1031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The generation of thymic NK1.1(+)alpha beta T (NKT) cells involves positive selection of cells enriched for V(alpha)14/V(beta)8 TCR by CD1d MHC class I molecules. However, it has not been determined whether positive selection is preceded by pre-TCR-dependent beta selection. Here we studied NKT cell development in CD3 signaling-deficient mice (CD3 zeta/eta(-/-) and/or p56(lck-/-)) and TCR alpha-deficient mice. In contrast to wild-type mice, NK1.1(+) thymocytes in CD3 signaling-deficient mice are approximately 10-fold reduced in number, do not exhibit V(alpha)14-J(alpha)281 rearrangements and fail to express alpha beta TCR at the cell surface. However, they exhibit TCR beta VDJ rearrangements and pre-T alpha mRNA, suggesting that they contain pre-NKT cells. Strikingly, pre-NKT cells of CD3 zeta/Lck double-deficient mice fail to express TCR beta mRNA and protein. Whereas in wild-type NKT cells TCR beta VDJ junctions are selected for productive V(beta)8 and against productive V(beta)5 rearrangements, V(beta)8 and V(beta)5 rearrangements are non-selected in pre-NKT cells of CD3 signaling-deficient mice. Thus, pre-NKT cell development in CD3 signaling-deficient mice is blocked after rearrangement of TCR beta VDJ genes but before expression of TCR beta proteins. Most NKT cells of TCR alpha-deficient mice exhibit cell surface gamma delta TCR. In contrast to pre-NKT cells of CD3 signaling-deficient mice, approximately 25% of NKT cells of TCR alpha-deficient mice exhibit intracellular TCR beta polypeptide chains. Moreover, both V(beta)8 and V(beta)5 families are selected for in-frame VDJ joints in the TCR beta(+) NKT cell subset of TCR alpha-deficient mice. The data suggest that CD3 signals regulate initial TCR beta VDJ gene expression prior to beta selection in developing pre-NKT cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Hyaluronan Receptors/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Congenic
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Mice, Transgenic
- RNA Precursors/metabolism
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/biosynthesis
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/deficiency
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/physiology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
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- N Baur
- Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Stübeweg 51, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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Robinson P, Okhuysen PC, Chappell CL, Lewis DE, Shahab I, Lahoti S, White AC. Expression of IL-15 and IL-4 in IFN-gamma-independent control of experimental human Cryptosporidium parvum infection. Cytokine 2001; 15:39-46. [PMID: 11509007 DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2001.0888] [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] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) in intestinal mucosa after experimental human Cryptosporidium parvum infection, but expression was limited to sensitized volunteers. To characterize IFN-gamma-independent mechanisms in control of infection, jejunal biopsies from immunocompetent volunteers experimentally challenged with C. parvum were examined by in situ hybridization for interleukin (IL-)15 and IL-4 mRNA with confirmation by immunohistochemistry. Cytokine expression was correlated with prechallenge anti- C. parvum IgG, symptoms, oocyst shedding, and prior IFN-gamma expression data. IL-15 expression was noted only in those without prior sensitization, who did not express IFN-gamma. By contrast, expression of IL-4 was associated with prior sensitization. IL-15 was only detected in those with symptoms (6/14 symptomatic vs 0/3 asymptomatic, P<0.05). Among 14 volunteers who did not express IFN-gamma, oocyst shedding was lower in those expressing IL-15. Overall, 14/15 volunteers who did not shed oocysts expressed either IFN-gamma or IL-15. There was no correlation between expression of IL-4 and symptoms or oocyst shedding. In conclusion, IL-15 expression was associated with control of oocyst shedding in those not expressing IFN-gamma. These data suggest that IL-15 is involved in IFN-gamma independent mechanisms of control of human cryptosporidiosis, perhaps via activation of the innate immune response.
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- P Robinson
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Kamada N, Iijima H, Kimura K, Harada M, Shimizu E, Kawano T, Shinkai H, Nakayama T, Sakai T, Brossay L, Kronenberg M, Taniguchi M. Crucial amino acid residues of mouse CD1d for glycolipid ligand presentation to V(alpha)14 NKT cells. Int Immunol 2001; 13:853-61. [PMID: 11431415 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/13.7.853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A novel lymphocyte, NKT cells bearing an invariant V(alpha)14 antigen receptor, specifically recognizes alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer) exclusively presented by mouse CD1d (mCD1d). However, the precise molecular interaction remains unclear. For the basis of functional analyses, a docking model of alpha-GalCer with the crystal structure of mCD1d was constructed. Possible residues involved in the alpha-GalCer--mCD1d interaction were found to be Arg79, Glu83 and Asp80 for carbohydrate recognition, and Asp153 for interaction with the amide group on the fatty acyl chain. The alpha-GalCer-presenting ability of various transfectants expressing mutant mCD1d was completely abrogated if a single amino acid mutation was induced at positions 79, 80, 83 or 153, suggesting that the polar amino acids above the F' pocket are crucial for alpha-GalCer presentation to activate V(alpha)14 NKT cells. The possibility that Glu83 is a contact site for the NKT cell receptor is also discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acids/chemistry
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/immunology
- Antigens, CD1/chemistry
- Antigens, CD1/genetics
- Antigens, CD1/immunology
- Antigens, CD1d
- Binding Sites
- Computer Simulation
- Female
- Glucosylceramides/chemistry
- Glucosylceramides/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Ligands
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Models, Molecular
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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- N Kamada
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology and Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Iwabuchi K, Iwabuchi C, Tone S, Itoh D, Tosa N, Negishi I, Ogasawara K, Uede T, Onoé K. Defective development of NK1.1+ T-cell antigen receptor alphabeta+ cells in zeta-associated protein 70 null mice with an accumulation of NK1.1+ CD3- NK-like cells in the thymus. Blood 2001; 97:1765-75. [PMID: 11238119 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v97.6.1765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Development of natural killer 1.1+ (NK1.1+) CD3+ (NK1.1+ T) cells was analyzed in zeta-associated protein 70 (ZAP-70) null ((-/-)) mice. Both NK1.1+ TCRalphabeta+ and NK1.1+ TCRgammadelta+ cell populations were absent in the thymus and spleen. By contrast, the number of NK1.1+ CD3- cells was increased in these tissues. The NK1.1+ CD3- thymocytes in ZAP-70(-/-) mice had surface phenotypes in common with NK or NK1.1+ T cells. However, some of them were discordant either with NK cells or with NK1.1+ T cells. The NK1.1+ CD3- cells produced interferon-gamma upon stimulation with NK1.1 cross-linking in the presence of interleukin-2 and exhibited a substantial cytotoxicity against YAC-1 cells. Moreover, the generation of NK1.1+ T cells with invariant Valpha14Jalpha281 chains was induced from the NK1.1+ CD3- thymocytes following stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate and ionomycin in a neonatal thymic organ culture. An introduction of TCRalpha and beta transgenes to the ZAP-70(-/-) mice resulted in generation of an NK1.1+ TCRalphabeta(dim) population, whereas no substantial CD4+ CD8- or CD4- CD8+ population that expressed the introduced TCRalphabeta was generated in the mainstream T lineage. These findings demonstrate that ZAP-70 kinase is indispensable for the development of NK1.1+ T cells and that the unique NK1.1+ CD3- thymocytes in ZAP-70(-/-) mice contain immediate precursors of NK1.1+ T cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens/metabolism
- Antigens, Ly
- Antigens, Surface
- CD3 Complex/genetics
- CD3 Complex/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Gene Rearrangement/drug effects
- Immunophenotyping
- Ionomycin/pharmacology
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/drug effects
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lectins, C-Type
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily B
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/pharmacology
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/physiology
- Proteins/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
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- K Iwabuchi
- Division of Immunobiology and Molecular Immunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Ishimitsu R, Nishimura H, Yajima T, Watase T, Kawauchi H, Yoshikai Y. Overexpression of IL-15 in vivo enhances Tc1 response, which inhibits allergic inflammation in a murine model of asthma. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:1991-2001. [PMID: 11160248 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.3.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IL-15, a pleiotropic cytokine, is involved in the inflammatory responses in various infectious and autoimmune diseases. We have recently constructed IL-15-transgenic (Tg) mice, which have an increased number of memory-type CD8+ T cells in the peripheral lymphoid tissues. In the present study, we found that eosinophilia and Th2-type cytokine production in the airway were severely attenuated in OVA-sensitized IL-15-Tg mice following OVA inhalation. IL-15-Tg mice preferentially developed Tc1 responses mediated by CD8+ T cells after OVA sensitization, and in vivo depletion of CD8+ T cells by anti-CD8 mAb aggravated the allergic airway inflammation in IL-15-Tg mice following OVA inhalation. Adoptive transfer of CD8+ T cells from OVA-sensitized IL-15-Tg mice into normal mice before OVA sensitization suppressed Th2 response to OVA in the normal mice. These results suggest that overexpression of IL-15 in vivo suppresses Th2-mediated-allergic airway response via induction of CD8+ T cell-mediated Tc1 response.
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- R Ishimitsu
- Laboratory of Host Defense and Germfree Life, Research Institute for Disease Mechanism and Control, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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A novel lymphocyte lineage, V alpha 14 NKT cells, has recently been identified and appears to be distinct from conventional alphabeta T cells. V alpha 14 NKT cells express a single invariant V alpha 14 antigen receptor that is essential for their development. They recognize a glycolipid antigen (alpha -galactosylceramide) or parasitic glycophosphatidylinositols (GPI) in association with a monomorphic class Ib, CD1d, and perform various functions such as Th1 and Th2 cytokine production as well as perforin/granzyme B-mediated cytotoxicity. Although the precise physiological function of V alpha 14 NKT cells remains to be elucidated, emerging experimental evidence suggests their intriguing regulatory features in the immune system.
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- M Taniguchi
- CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) Project and Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
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Konishi J, Iwabuchi K, Iwabuchi C, Ato M, Nagata JI, Onoé K, Nakagawa KI, Kasai M, Ogasawara K, Kawakami K, Onoé K. Thymic epithelial cells responsible for impaired generation of NK-T thymocytes in Alymphoplasia mutant mice. Cell Immunol 2000; 206:26-35. [PMID: 11161435 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.2000.1723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have previously shown that the generation of an NK1.1+TCRalphabeta+ (NK-T) cell population is severely impaired in an alymphoplasia mutant (aly/aly) mouse strain and the defect resides in the thymic environment. In the present study, to elucidate the thymic stromal component(s) that affects the development of NK-T cells, radiation bone marrow chimeras were established with the aly/aly mouse as a donor and either the beta2 microglobulin knockout (beta2m-/-) or the CD1d1-/- mouse that also lacks the NK-T cell population as a recipient. A normal population of NK-T cells with a typical NK-T phenotype and functions was detected in both the thymus and the spleen of these chimeras. These findings indicated that a radiation-resistant CD1(-) component of the thymus supported generation of functional NK-T cells from aly/aly precursors. Furthermore, transfer of an intact medullary thymic epithelial cell line into aly/aly thymus significantly induced the generation of NK-T cells in the thymus. These findings suggest that CD1 molecules of bone marrow-derived cells and the medullary epithelial cells acted in concert in the generation of the NK-T cell population and that a function(s) of the medullary thymic epithelial cells other than direct presentation of CD1 molecules to the NK-T precursors is indispensable for the development of NK-T cells.
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- J Konishi
- Division of Immunobiology, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-0815, Japan
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Godfrey DI, Hammond KJ, Poulton LD, Smyth MJ, Baxter AG. NKT cells: facts, functions and fallacies. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 2000; 21:573-83. [PMID: 11094262 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(00)01735-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 626] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The proposed roles of NK1.1(+) T (NKT) cells in immune responses range from suppression of autoimmunity to tumor rejection. Heterogeneity of these cells contributes to the controversy surrounding their development and function. This review aims to provide an update on NKT cell biology and, whenever possible, to compare what is known about NKT-cell subsets.
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- D I Godfrey
- Dept of Pathology and Immunology, Monash University Medical School, Commercial Road, VIC. 3181, Prahran, Australia.
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Kitamura H, Ohta A, Sekimoto M, Sato M, Iwakabe K, Nakui M, Yahata T, Meng H, Koda T, Nishimura S, Kawano T, Taniguchi M, Nishimura T. alpha-galactosylceramide induces early B-cell activation through IL-4 production by NKT cells. Cell Immunol 2000; 199:37-42. [PMID: 10675273 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1999.1602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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alpha-Galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer), a glycolipid antigen, specifically activates natural killer T (NKT) cells by a CD1d-restricted mechanism. In this work, we found that in vivo administration of alpha-GalCer resulted in the activation of B cells in addition to NKT cells, namely, alpha-GalCer administration caused upregulation of the early activation marker, CD69, on both NKT and B cells. In addition, expression of B7.2 and I-A(b) on B cells was greatly upregulated by alpha-GalCer. However, serum levels of IgE, IgG1, and IgG2a were not significantly changed within 48 h. In the present experiments, it was also demonstrated that the upregulation of CD69 expression by alpha-GalCer was strongly blocked by anti-IL-4 monoclonal antibody. Moreover, B-cell activation by alpha-GalCer was not observed in NKT-deficient mice. These results suggested that antigen-stimulated NKT cells might play a critical role not only in early defense mechanisms but also in early B-cell activation through IL-4 production.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antigens/administration & dosage
- Antigens/immunology
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Coculture Techniques
- Galactosylceramides/administration & dosage
- Galactosylceramides/antagonists & inhibitors
- Galactosylceramides/immunology
- Gene Deletion
- Immunoglobulin E/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin E/blood
- Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin G/blood
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Interferon-gamma/blood
- Interferon-gamma/immunology
- Interleukin-4/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-4/blood
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lectins, C-Type
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Immunologic/immunology
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
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- H Kitamura
- Section of Genetic Engineering, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, 259-1193, Japan
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Kaneko Y, Harada M, Kawano T, Yamashita M, Shibata Y, Gejyo F, Nakayama T, Taniguchi M. Augmentation of Valpha14 NKT cell-mediated cytotoxicity by interleukin 4 in an autocrine mechanism resulting in the development of concanavalin A-induced hepatitis. J Exp Med 2000; 191:105-14. [PMID: 10620609 PMCID: PMC2195789 DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.1.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 327] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The administration of concanavalin A (Con A) induces a rapid severe injury of hepatocytes in mice. Although the Con A-induced hepatitis is considered to be an experimental model of human autoimmune hepatitis, the precise cellular and molecular mechanisms that induce hepatocyte injury remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that Valpha14 NKT cells are required and sufficient for induction of this hepatitis. Moreover, interleukin (IL)-4 produced by Con A-activated Valpha14 NKT cells is found to play a crucial role in disease development by augmenting the cytotoxic activity of Valpha14 NKT cells in an autocrine fashion. Indeed, short-term treatment with IL-4 induces an increase in the expression of granzyme B and Fas ligand (L) in Valpha14 NKT cells. Moreover, Valpha14 NKT cells from either perforin knock-out mice or FasL-mutant gld/gld mice fail to induce hepatitis, and hence perforin-granzyme B and FasL appear to be effector molecules in Con A-induced Valpha14 NKT cell-mediated hepatocyte injury.
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- Yoshikatsu Kaneko
- From CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) and the Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- From CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) and the Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- From CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) and the Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- From CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) and the Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- From CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) and the Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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- From CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) and the Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- From CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) and the Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Hammond KJL, Pelikan SB, Crowe NY, Randle-Barrett E, Nakayama T, Taniguchi M, Smyth MJ, van Driel IR, Scollay R, Baxter AG, Godfrey DI. NKT cells are phenotypically and functionally diverse. Eur J Immunol 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199911)29:11%3c3768::aid-immu3768%3e3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Hammond KJ, Pelikan SB, Crowe NY, Randle-Barrett E, Nakayama T, Taniguchi M, Smyth MJ, van Driel IR, Scollay R, Baxter AG, Godfrey DI. NKT cells are phenotypically and functionally diverse. Eur J Immunol 1999; 29:3768-81. [PMID: 10556834 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199911)29:11<3768::aid-immu3768>3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
NK1.1(+)alpha betaTCR(+) (NKT) cells have several important roles including tumor rejection and prevention of autoimmune disease. Although both CD4(+) and CD4(-)CD8(-) double-negative (DN) subsets of NKT cells have been identified, they are usually described as one population. Here, we show that NKT cells are phenotypically, functionally and developmentally heterogeneous, and that three distinct subsets (CD4(+), DN and CD8(+)) are differentially distributed in a tissue-specific fashion. CD8(+) NKT cells are present in all tissues but the thymus, and are highly enriched for CD8alpha(+)beta(-) cells. These subsets differ in their expression of a range of cell surface molecules (Vbeta8, DX5, CD69, CD45RB, Ly6C) and in their ability to produce IL-4 and IFN-gamma, with splenic NKT cell subsets producing lower levels than thymic NKT cells. Developmentally, most CD4(+) and DN NKT cells are thymus dependent, in contrast to CD8(+) NKT cells, and are also present amongst recent thymic emigrants in spleen and liver. TCR Jalpha281-deficient mice show a dramatic deficiency in thymic NKT cells, whereas a significant NKT cell population (enriched for the DN and CD8(+) subsets) is still present in the periphery. Taken together, this study reveals a far greater level of complexity within the NKT cell population than previously recognized.
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Affiliation(s)
- K J Hammond
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Monash Medical School, Prahran, Australia
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