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Künzli M, O’Flanagan SD, LaRue M, Talukder P, Dileepan T, Stolley JM, Soerens AG, Quarnstrom CF, Wijeyesinghe S, Ye Y, McPartlan JS, Mitchell JS, Mandl CW, Vile R, Jenkins MK, Ahmed R, Vezys V, Chahal JS, Masopust D. Route of self-amplifying mRNA vaccination modulates the establishment of pulmonary resident memory CD8 and CD4 T cells. Sci Immunol 2022; 7:eadd3075. [PMID: 36459542 PMCID: PMC9832918 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.add3075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
Abstract
Respiratory tract resident memory T cells (TRM), typically generated by local vaccination or infection, can accelerate control of pulmonary infections that evade neutralizing antibody. It is unknown whether mRNA vaccination establishes respiratory TRM. We generated a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine encoding the influenza A virus nucleoprotein that is encapsulated in modified dendron-based nanoparticles. Here, we report how routes of immunization in mice, including contralateral versus ipsilateral intramuscular boosts, or intravenous and intranasal routes, influenced influenza-specific cell-mediated and humoral immunity. Parabiotic surgeries revealed that intramuscular immunization was sufficient to establish CD8 TRM in the lung and draining lymph nodes. Contralateral, compared with ipsilateral, intramuscular boosting broadened the distribution of lymph node TRM and T follicular helper cells but slightly diminished resulting levels of serum antibody. Intranasal mRNA delivery established modest circulating CD8 and CD4 T cell memory but augmented distribution to the respiratory mucosa. Combining intramuscular immunizations with an intranasal mRNA boost achieved high levels of both circulating T cell memory and lung TRM. Thus, routes of mRNA vaccination influence humoral and cell-mediated immunity, and intramuscular prime-boosting establishes lung TRM that can be further expanded by an additional intranasal immunization.
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- Marco Künzli
- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Konjar Š, Ficht X, Iannacone M, Veldhoen M. Heterogeneity of Tissue Resident Memory T cells. Immunol Lett 2022; 245:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2022.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Du Y, Fang Q, Zheng SG. Regulatory T Cells: Concept, Classification, Phenotype, and Biological Characteristics. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1278:1-31. [PMID: 33523440 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6407-9_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Regulatory T cells (Treg) play an indispensable role in maintaining the body's immune nonresponse to self-antigens and suppressing the body's unwarranted and potentially harmful immune responses. Their absence, reduction, dysfunction, transformation, and instability can lead to numerous autoimmune diseases. There are several distinct subtypes of the Treg cells, although they share certain biological characteristics and have unique phenotypes with different regulatory functions, as well as mechanistic abilities. In this book chapter, we introduce the latest advances in Treg cell subtypes pertaining to classification, phenotype, biological characteristics, and mechanisms. We also highlight the relationship between Treg cells and various diseases, including autoimmune, infectious, as well as tumors and organ transplants.
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- Yang Du
- Department of Pathology and Physiopathology, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China.,Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Microenvironmental Regulation, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine and Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Park MH, Kwon SY, Choi JE, Gong G, Bae YK. Intratumoral CD103-positive tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes are associated with favourable prognosis in patients with triple-negative breast cancer. Histopathology 2020; 77:560-569. [PMID: 32333690 DOI: 10.1111/his.14126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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AIMS Cluster of differentiation 103 (CD103), a marker of tissue resident memory T cells, is expressed on subsets of CD8+ T lymphocytes. We investigated the prognostic significance of CD103+ intra-epithelial tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (iTILs) in invasive breast cancer (IBC). METHODS AND RESULTS Immunohistochemistry was performed for CD103, CD8 and TGF-β isoforms (1, 2 and 3) on tissue microarrays of 1187 IBC samples. CD103+ and CD8+ iTILs were present in 904 (76.2%) and 854 (74%) cases with an overall mean ± standard deviation of 38.2 ± 100.2/mm2 and 30.4 ± 89.7/mm2 , respectively. The numbers of CD103+ and CD8+ iTILs were positively correlated, and CD103+ iTILs outnumbered CD8+ iTILs in HER2-positive and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). CD103+ and CD8+ iTIL densities were significantly higher in tumours of histological grade 3, absence of lymphovascular invasion, high Ki-67 index, high stromal TIL density or TGF-β3 expression. High CD103+ iTIL density was associated with better disease-free survival (DFS, P = 0.007), but no significant association was observed for overall survival (OS). Subgroup analysis by cancer molecular subtype showed that CD103+ iTIL count was prognostic only for TNBC (OS, P = 0.035; DFS, P = 0.009). CD8+ iTIL density was significant for DFS, but not for OS, in the entire cohort and TNBC. In multivariate analysis, CD103+ iTIL density was an independent prognostic factor of OS (P = 0.02) and DFS (P = 0.007) in TNBC, while CD8+ iTIL density was not significant for survival. CONCLUSIONS CD103 iTIL density can serve as a predictor of good prognosis in patients with TNBC.
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- Min H Park
- Department of Pathology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
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Bourdely P, Anselmi G, Vaivode K, Ramos RN, Missolo-Koussou Y, Hidalgo S, Tosselo J, Nuñez N, Richer W, Vincent-Salomon A, Saxena A, Wood K, Lladser A, Piaggio E, Helft J, Guermonprez P. Transcriptional and Functional Analysis of CD1c + Human Dendritic Cells Identifies a CD163 + Subset Priming CD8 +CD103 + T Cells. Immunity 2020; 53:335-352.e8. [PMID: 32610077 PMCID: PMC7445430 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells controlling T cell activation. In humans, the diversity, ontogeny, and functional capabilities of DC subsets are not fully understood. Here, we identified circulating CD88-CD1c+CD163+ DCs (called DC3s) as immediate precursors of inflammatory CD88-CD14+CD1c+CD163+FcεRI+ DCs. DC3s develop via a specific pathway activated by GM-CSF, independent of cDC-restricted (CDP) and monocyte-restricted (cMoP) progenitors. Like classical DCs but unlike monocytes, DC3s drove activation of naive T cells. In vitro, DC3s displayed a distinctive ability to prime CD8+ T cells expressing a tissue homing signature and the epithelial homing alpha-E integrin (CD103) through transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling. In vivo, DC3s infiltrated luminal breast cancer primary tumors, and DC3 infiltration correlated positively with CD8+CD103+CD69+ tissue-resident memory T cells. Together, these findings define DC3s as a lineage of inflammatory DCs endowed with a strong potential to regulate tumor immunity.
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- Pierre Bourdely
- Centre for Inflammation Biology and Cancer Immunology, The Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK; Cancer Research UK King's Health Partner Cancer Centre, King's College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Biology and Cancer Immunology, The Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK; Cancer Research UK King's Health Partner Cancer Centre, King's College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Biology and Cancer Immunology, The Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK; Cancer Research UK King's Health Partner Cancer Centre, King's College London, London, UK
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- PSL Research University, Institut Curie Research Center, Translational Immunotherapy Team, INSERM U932, Paris, France
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- PSL Research University, Institut Curie Research Center, Translational Immunotherapy Team, INSERM U932, Paris, France
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- PSL Research University, Institut Curie Research Center, Translational Immunotherapy Team, INSERM U932, Paris, France; Laboratory of Immuno-oncology, Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile
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- PSL Research University, Institut Curie Research Center, Translational Immunotherapy Team, INSERM U932, Paris, France
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- PSL Research University, Institut Curie Research Center, Translational Immunotherapy Team, INSERM U932, Paris, France
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- PSL Research University, Institut Curie Research Center, Translational Immunotherapy Team, INSERM U932, Paris, France
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- PSL Research University, Institut Curie, Department of Biopathology, Paris, France
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- National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital and King's College London, London, UK
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- National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital and King's College London, London, UK
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- Laboratory of Immuno-oncology, Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile; Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- PSL Research University, Institut Curie Research Center, Translational Immunotherapy Team, INSERM U932, Paris, France
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- PSL Research University, Institut Curie Research Center, Translational Immunotherapy Team, INSERM U932, Paris, France
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- Centre for Inflammation Biology and Cancer Immunology, The Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK; Cancer Research UK King's Health Partner Cancer Centre, King's College London, London, UK; Université de Paris, Centre for Inflammation Research, CNRS ERL8252, INSERM1149 Paris, France.
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Molodtsov A, Turk MJ. Tissue Resident CD8 Memory T Cell Responses in Cancer and Autoimmunity. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2810. [PMID: 30555481 PMCID: PMC6281983 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Resident memory (TRM) cells are a distinct tissue-localized T cell lineage that is crucial for protective immunity in peripheral tissues. While a great deal of effort has focused on defining their role in immunity to infections, studies now reveal TRM cells as a vital component of the host immune response to cancer. Characterized by cell-surface molecules including CD103, CD69, and CD49a, TRM-like tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) can be found in a wide range of human cancers, where they portend improved prognosis. Recent studies in mouse tumor models have shown that TRM cells are induced by cancer vaccines delivered in peripheral tissue sites, or by the depletion of regulatory T cells. Such tumor-specific TRM cells are recognized as both necessary and sufficient for long-lived protection against tumors in peripheral tissue locations. TRM responses against tumor/self-antigens can concurrently result in the development of pathogenic TRM responses to self, with a growing number of autoimmune diseases and inflammatory pathologies being attributed to TRM responses. This review will recount the path to discovering the importance of resident memory CD8 T cells as they pertain to cancer immunity. In addition to highlighting key studies that directly implicate TRM cells in anti-tumor immunity, we will highlight earlier work that implicitly suggested their importance. Informed by studies in infectious disease models, and instructed by a clear role for TRM cells in autoimmunity, we will discuss strategies for therapeutically promoting TRM responses in settings where they don't naturally occur.
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- Aleksey Molodtsov
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, United States
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Melssen MM, Olson W, Wages NA, Capaldo BJ, Mauldin IS, Mahmutovic A, Hutchison C, Melief CJM, Bullock TN, Engelhard VH, Slingluff CL. Formation and phenotypic characterization of CD49a, CD49b and CD103 expressing CD8 T cell populations in human metastatic melanoma. Oncoimmunology 2018; 7:e1490855. [PMID: 30288359 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2018.1490855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Integrins α1β1 (CD49a), α2β1 (CD49b) and αEβ7 (CD103) mediate retention of lymphocytes in peripheral tissues, and their expression is upregulated on tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) compared to circulating lymphocytes. Little is known about what induces expression of these retention integrins (RI) nor whether RI define subsets in the tumor microenvironment (TME) with a specific phenotype. Human metastatic melanoma-derived CD8 TIL could be grouped into five subpopulations based on RI expression patterns: RIneg, CD49a+ only, CD49a+CD49b+, CD49a+CD103+, or positive for all three RI. A significantly larger fraction of the CD49a+ only subpopulation expressed multiple effector cytokines, whereas CD49a+CD103+ and CD49a+CD49b+ cells expressed IFNγ only. RIneg and CD49a+CD49b+CD103+ CD8 TIL subsets expressed significantly less effector cytokines overall. Interestingly, however, CD49a+CD49b+CD103+ CD8 expressed lowest CD127, and highest levels of perforin and exhaustion markers PD-1 and Tim3, suggesting selective exhaustion rather than conversion to memory. To gain insight into RI expression induction, normal donor PBMC were cultured with T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation and/or cytokines. TCR stimulation alone induced two RI+ cell populations: CD49a single positive and CD49a+CD49b+ cells. TNFα and IL-2 each were capable of inducing these populations. Addition of TGFβ to TCR stimulation generated two additional populations; CD49a+CD49bnegCD103+ and CD49a+CD49b+CD103+. Taken together, our findings identify opportunities to modulate RI expression in the TME by cytokine therapies and to generate subsets with a specific RI repertoire in the interest of augmenting immune therapies for cancer or for modulating other immune-related diseases such as autoimmune diseases.
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- Marit M Melssen
- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.,Beirne Carter Center of Immunology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Flow Core Cytometry Facility, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Beirne Carter Center of Immunology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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Smids C, Horjus Talabur Horje CS, van Wijk F, van Lochem EG. The Complexity of alpha E beta 7 Blockade in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. J Crohns Colitis 2017; 11:500-508. [PMID: 27660340 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjw163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Monoclonal antibodies targeting integrins are emerging as new treatment option in inflammatory bowel diseases. Integrins are molecules involved in cell adhesion and signalling. After the successful introduction of anti-α4β7, currently anti-β7 is under evaluation in a phase three trial. Anti-β7 blocks both α4β7/MAdCAM-1 and αEβ7/E-cadherin interaction, targeting both the homing to and the retention in the gut of potential pathological T cells. Since the physiological and potential pathological roles of immune cells expressing αEβ7 are less distinct than of those expressing α4β7, an overview of the current state of knowledge on αEβ7 in mice and humans in both health and inflammatory bowel diseases is presented here, also addressing the potential consequences of anti-β7 treatment.
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- Carolijn Smids
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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Teoh CM, Tan SSL, Tran T. Integrins as Therapeutic Targets for Respiratory Diseases. Curr Mol Med 2016; 15:714-34. [PMID: 26391549 PMCID: PMC5427774 DOI: 10.2174/1566524015666150921105339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Integrins are a large family of transmembrane heterodimeric proteins that constitute the main receptors for extracellular matrix components. Integrins were initially thought to be primarily involved in the maintenance of cell adhesion and tissue integrity. However, it is now appreciated that integrins play important roles in many other biological processes such as cell survival, proliferation, differentiation, migration, cell shape and polarity. Lung cells express numerous combinations and permutations of integrin heterodimers. The complexity and diversity of different integrin heterodimers being implicated in different lung diseases present a major challenge for drug development. Here we provide a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge of integrins from studies in cell culture to integrin knockout mouse models and provide an update of results from clinical trials for which integrins are therapeutic targets with a focus on respiratory diseases (asthma, emphysema, pneumonia, lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis).
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- Department of Physiology, MD9, 2 Medical Drive, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
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Hadley GA, Higgins JMG. Integrin αEβ7: molecular features and functional significance in the immune system. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 819:97-110. [PMID: 25023170 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9153-3_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Alpha E beta 7 (αEβ7) is an α-I domain-containing integrin that is highly expressed by a variety of leukocyte populations at mucosal sites including intraepithelial T cells, dendritic cells, mast cells, and T regulatory cells (Treg). Expression depends largely or solely on transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) isoforms. The best characterized ligand for αEβ7 is E-cadherin on epithelial cells, though there is evidence of a second ligand in the human system. An exposed acidic residue on the distal aspect of E-cadherin domain 1 interacts with the MIDAS site in the αE α-I domain. By binding to E-cadherin, αEβ7 contributes to mucosal specific retention of leukocytes within epithelia. Studies on αE knockout mice have identified an additional important function for this integrin in allograft rejection and have also indicated that it may have a role in immunoregulation. Recent studies point to a multifaceted role for αEβ7 in regulating both innate and acquired immune responses to foreign antigen.
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- Gregg A Hadley
- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA,
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Wu TC, Xu K, Banchereau R, Marches F, Yu CI, Martinek J, Anguiano E, Pedroza-Gonzalez A, Snipes GJ, O'Shaughnessy J, Nishimura S, Liu YJ, Pascual V, Banchereau J, Oh S, Palucka K. Reprogramming tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells for CD103+ CD8+ mucosal T-cell differentiation and breast cancer rejection. Cancer Immunol Res 2014; 2:487-500. [PMID: 24795361 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-13-0217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Our studies showed that tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (DC) in breast cancer drive inflammatory Th2 (iTh2) cells and protumor inflammation. Here, we show that intratumoral delivery of the β-glucan curdlan, a ligand of dectin-1, blocks the generation of iTh2 cells and prevents breast cancer progression in vivo. Curdlan reprograms tumor-infiltrating DCs via the ligation of dectin-1, enabling the DCs to become resistant to cancer-derived thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), to produce IL-12p70, and to favor the generation of Th1 cells. DCs activated via dectin-1, but not those activated with TLR-7/8 ligand or poly I:C, induce CD8+ T cells to express CD103 (αE integrin), a ligand for cancer cells, E-cadherin. Generation of these mucosal CD8+ T cells is regulated by DC-derived integrin αvβ8 and TGF-β activation in a dectin-1-dependent fashion. These CD103+ CD8+ mucosal T cells accumulate in the tumors, thereby increasing cancer necrosis and inhibiting cancer progression in vivo in a humanized mouse model of breast cancer. Importantly, CD103+ CD8+ mucosal T cells elicited by reprogrammed DCs can reject established cancer. Thus, reprogramming tumor-infiltrating DCs represents a new strategy for cancer rejection.
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- Te-Chia Wu
- Authors' Affiliations: Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
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Yu CI, Becker C, Wang Y, Marches F, Helft J, Leboeuf M, Anguiano E, Pourpe S, Goller K, Pascual V, Banchereau J, Merad M, Palucka K. Human CD1c+ dendritic cells drive the differentiation of CD103+ CD8+ mucosal effector T cells via the cytokine TGF-β. Immunity 2013; 38:818-30. [PMID: 23562160 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In comparison to murine dendritic cells (DCs), less is known about the function of human DCs in tissues. Here, we analyzed, by using lung tissues from humans and humanized mice, the role of human CD1c(+) and CD141(+) DCs in determining the type of CD8(+) T cell immunity generated to live-attenuated influenza virus (LAIV) vaccine. We found that both lung DC subsets acquired influenza antigens in vivo and expanded specific cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells in vitro. However, lung-tissue-resident CD1c(+) DCs, but not CD141(+) DCs, were able to drive CD103 expression on CD8(+) T cells and promoted CD8(+) T cell accumulation in lung epithelia in vitro and in vivo. CD1c(+) DCs induction of CD103 expression was dependent on membrane-bound cytokine TGF-β1. Thus, CD1c(+) and CD141(+) DCs generate CD8(+) T cells with different properties, and CD1c(+) DCs specialize in the regulation of mucosal CD8(+) T cells.
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- Chun I Yu
- Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX 75204, USA
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Mikko M, Forsslund H, Cui L, Grunewald J, Wheelock Å, Wahlström J, Sköld C. Increased intraepithelial (CD103+) CD8+ T cells in the airways of smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Immunobiology 2013; 218:225-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2012] [Revised: 04/19/2012] [Accepted: 04/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Gunnlaugsdottir B, Maggadottir SM, Skaftadottir I, Ludviksson BR. TheEx VivoInduction of Human CD103+CD25hiFoxp3+CD4+and CD8+Tregs is IL-2 and TGF-β1 Dependent. Scand J Immunol 2013; 77:125-34. [DOI: 10.1111/sji.12009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Accepted: 10/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Faculty of Medicine; University of Iceland; Reykjavik; Iceland
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Todd NW, Luzina IG, Atamas SP. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis. FIBROGENESIS & TISSUE REPAIR 2012; 5:11. [PMID: 22824096 PMCID: PMC3443459 DOI: 10.1186/1755-1536-5-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 06/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic lung disease characterized by excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) and remodeling of the lung architecture. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is considered the most common and severe form of the disease, with a median survival of approximately three years and no proven effective therapy. Despite the fact that effective treatments are absent and the precise mechanisms that drive fibrosis in most patients remain incompletely understood, an extensive body of scientific literature regarding pulmonary fibrosis has accumulated over the past 35 years. In this review, we discuss three broad areas which have been explored that may be responsible for the combination of altered lung fibroblasts, loss of alveolar epithelial cells, and excessive accumulation of ECM: inflammation and immune mechanisms, oxidative stress and oxidative signaling, and procoagulant mechanisms. We discuss each of these processes separately to facilitate clarity, but certainly significant interplay will occur amongst these pathways in patients with this disease.
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- Nevins W Todd
- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Mota PC, Morais A, Palmares C, Beltrão M, Melo N, Santos AC, Delgado L. Diagnostic value of CD103 expression in bronchoalveolar lymphocytes in sarcoidosis. Respir Med 2012; 106:1014-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Revised: 03/06/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Thomas S, Baumgart DC. Targeting leukocyte migration and adhesion in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Inflammopharmacology 2011; 20:1-18. [PMID: 22205271 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-011-0104-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are two chronic inflammatory bowel diseases. Current biologic therapies are limited to blocking tumor necrosis factor alpha. However, some patients are primary non-responders, experience a loss of response, intolerance or side effects defining the urgent unmet need for novel treatments. The rapid recruitment and inappropriate retention of leukocytes is a hallmark of chronic inflammation and a potentially promising therapeutic target. We discuss the immunological mechanisms of leukocyte homing and adhesion in the gut mucosa. The interaction of lymphocytes (CD4+ T-cells, CD8+ T-cells, T(REG), T(H)1, T(H)17, B-cells), monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells and granulocytes with endothelial and epithelial cells through integrins [α4β7 (LPAM-1), α(E)β₇ (HML1 Human Mucosal Lymphocyte Antigen 1), α₄β₁ (VLA-4), α(L)β₇, (LFA-1)] and their ligands immunoglobulin superfamily cellular adhesion molecules (CAM) (MAdCAM-1 Mucosal Addressin Cellular Adhesion Molecule 1, ICAM-1 Intercellular Cell Adhesion Molecule, VCAM-1 Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule), fibronectin as well as chemokine receptors (CCR2, CCR4, CCR5, CCR7, CCR9, CCR10, CXCR3, CX3CR1) and chemokines [CCL5, CCL25 (TECK Thymus Expressed Chemokine), CCL28, CX3CL1, CXCL10, CXCL12] in the process of gut homing is critically reviewed and summarized in scientific cartoons. Moreover, we discuss the clinical trial results of approved and investigational antibodies and small molecules including natalizumab (anti-α₄ Tysabri®, Antegren®), AJM300 (anti-α4), etrolizumab (anti-β7, rhuMAb-Beta7), vedolizumab (anti-α4β7, LDP-02, MLN-02, MLN0002), PF-00547659 (anti-MAdCAM), Alicaforsen (anti-ICAM-1), and CCX282-B (anti-CCR9, GSK-1605786, Traficet-EN™) and their risks such as PML reported for natalizumab. Hopefully, the newer gut specific drug designs discussed in this article will have an impact on both efficacy and safety.
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- Saskia Thomas
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Charité Medical Center, Virchow Hospital, Medical School of the Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Munir S, Hillyer P, Le Nouën C, Buchholz UJ, Rabin RL, Collins PL, Bukreyev A. Respiratory syncytial virus interferon antagonist NS1 protein suppresses and skews the human T lymphocyte response. PLoS Pathog 2011; 7:e1001336. [PMID: 21533073 PMCID: PMC3080852 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We recently demonstrated that the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) NS1 protein, an antagonist of host type I interferon (IFN-I) production and signaling, has a suppressive effect on the maturation of human dendritic cells (DC) that was only partly dependent on released IFN-I. Here we investigated whether NS1 affects the ability of DC to activate CD8+ and CD4+ T cells. Human DC were infected with RSV deletion mutants lacking the NS1 and/or NS2 genes and assayed for the ability to activate autologous T cells in vitro, which were analyzed by multi-color flow cytometry. Deletion of the NS1, but not NS2, protein resulted in three major effects: (i) an increased activation and proliferation of CD8+ T cells that express CD103, a tissue homing integrin that directs CD8+ T cells to mucosal epithelial cells of the respiratory tract and triggers cytolytic activity; (ii) an increased activation and proliferation of Th17 cells, which have recently been shown to have anti-viral effects and also indirectly attract neutrophils; and (iii) decreased activation of IL-4-producing CD4+ T cells--which are associated with enhanced RSV disease--and reduced proliferation of total CD4+ T cells. Except for total CD4+ T cell proliferation, none of the T cell effects appeared to be due to increased IFN-I signaling. In the infected DC, deletion of the NS1 and NS2 genes strongly up-regulated the expression of cytokines and other molecules involved in DC maturation. This was partly IFN-I-independent, and thus might account for the T cell effects. Taken together, these data demonstrate that the NS1 protein suppresses proliferation and activation of two of the protective cell populations (CD103+ CD8+ T cells and Th17 cells), and promotes proliferation and activation of Th2 cells that can enhance RSV disease.
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- Shirin Munir
- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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CD11c+CD8+ T cells: two-faced adaptive immune regulators. Cell Immunol 2010; 264:18-22. [PMID: 20620256 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2010.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 05/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Regulatory cells, important controllers of immune homeostasis, carry out a multi-pronged attack by deleting overactive pathogenic immune cells, by supporting anergy, and by blocking effector functions, thereby contributing to the amelioration of disease. CD8+ T cells co-expressing CD11c are a new addition to the growing list of regulatory cells. Naïve mice harbor CD11c-expressing CD8+ T cells (<3%) that expand further in an antigen-dependent manner. Although activated CD11c+CD8+ T cells express suppressive cytokines such as IL-10 and TGF-beta, their production of IFN-gamma is central to their immune suppressive potential. The CD11c+CD8+ T cells target pathogenic CD4+ T cells in a cell-cell contact dependent manner via IDO- and GCN2-dependent mechanisms. Adoptive transfer of activated CD11c+CD8+ T cells halts the progression of autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis and colitis. However, in certain virus and cancer models the CD11c+CD8+ T cells assume the role of immune effectors, boosting immune potential. This seemingly dual nature of these cells--exerting regulatory vs. effector activities--makes them an attractive therapeutic target. In this review, we discuss the discovery, origins and developmental requirements of CD11c+CD8+cells, and the basis of their immuno-suppressive and effector potentials.
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Zufferey C, Erhart D, Saurer L, Mueller C. Production of interferon-gamma by activated T-cell receptor-alphabeta CD8alphabeta intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes is required and sufficient for disruption of the intestinal barrier integrity. Immunology 2010; 128:351-9. [PMID: 20067535 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03110.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Maintenance of intestinal epithelial barrier function is of vital importance in preventing uncontrolled influx of antigens and the potentially ensuing inflammatory disorders. Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) are in intimate contact with epithelial cells and may critically regulate the epithelial barrier integrity. While a preserving impact has been ascribed to the T-cell receptor (TCR)-gammadelta subset of IEL, IEL have also been shown to attenuate the barrier function. The present study sought to clarify the effects of IEL by specifically investigating the influence of the TCR-alphabeta CD8alphabeta and TCR-alphabeta CD8alphaalpha subsets of IEL on the intestinal epithelial barrier integrity. To this end, an in vitro coculture system of the murine intestinal crypt-derived cell-line mIC(cl2) and syngeneic ex vivo isolated IEL was employed. Epithelial integrity was assessed by analysis of transepithelial resistance (TER) and paracellular flux of fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated (FITC-) dextran. The TCR-alphabeta CD8alphaalpha IEL and resting TCR-alphabeta CD8alphabeta IEL did not affect TER of mIC(cl2) or flux of FITC-dextran. In contrast, activated TCR-alphabeta CD8alphabeta IEL clearly disrupted the integrity of the mIC(cl2) monolayer. No disrupting effect was seen with activated TCR-alphabeta CD8alphabeta IEL from interferon-gamma knockout mice. These findings demonstrate that secretion of interferon-gamma by activated TCR-alphabeta CD8alphabeta IEL is strictly required and also sufficient for disrupting the intestinal epithelial barrier function.
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- Christel Zufferey
- Institute of Pathology, Experimental Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Koch SD, Uss E, van Lier RAW, ten Berge IJM. Alloantigen-induced regulatory CD8+CD103+ T cells. Hum Immunol 2008; 69:737-44. [PMID: 18822329 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2008.08.281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2008] [Revised: 08/08/2008] [Accepted: 08/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) appear of great importance in the balance between alloreactivity and tolerance and subsets of both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells have been recognized to function as regulatory T cells after allogenic transplantation. Among the CD8(+) T-cell subsets, the CD103(+) cells were most recently identified as regulatory. In this review, we describe their phenotypical and functional properties, as well as their relevance for the alloimmune response in vivo. These CD8(+)CD103(+) Tregs are generated within mixed lymphocyte cultures (MLCs) and are elevated by additional transforming growth factor-beta. Interestingly, myeloid dendritic cells are the responsible cell type for induction of CD103(+) Tregs. Allostimulated CD8(+)CD103(+) Tregs display an antigen-experienced effector phenotype with limited effector functions such as cytotoxicity and interferon-gamma production and show a reduced proliferation capacity after restimulation. Beside this anergic phenotype, CD8(+)CD103(+) Tregs are able to suppress alloreactive effector T cells. Through intracellular cytokine staining and transwell assays, we showed that the mechanism of suppression is cytokine independent, but close cell-cell contact is required for suppression.
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- Sven D Koch
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Heron M, Slieker WA, Zanen P, van Lochem EG, Hooijkaas H, van den Bosch JM, van Velzen-Blad H. Evaluation of CD103 as a cellular marker for the diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis. Clin Immunol 2008; 126:338-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2007] [Revised: 10/24/2007] [Accepted: 11/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Smyth LJC, Kirby JA, Cunningham AC. Role of the mucosal integrin alpha(E)(CD103)beta(7) in tissue-restricted cytotoxicity. Clin Exp Immunol 2007; 149:162-70. [PMID: 17403056 PMCID: PMC1942035 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03385.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The effectiveness of lung transplantation is marred by the relatively high incidence of rejection. The lung normally contains a large population of lymphocytes in contact with the airway epithelium, a proportion of which expresses the mucosal integrin, alpha(E)(CD103)beta(7). This integrin is not a homing receptor, but is thought to retain lymphocytes at the epithelial surface. Following transplantation, a population of 'tissue-restricted' cytotoxic T cells (CTL) have been identified which have the ability to lyse epithelial cells, but not major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-identical splenic cells. We tested the hypothesis that expression of the mucosal integrin confers the ability of CTL to target and destroy e-cadherin expressing targets. Immunohistochemical and flow cytometric analyses were used to demonstrate the relevance of this model to human lung. Allo-activated CTL were generated in mixed leucocyte reactions and CD103 expression up-regulated by the addition of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta. The functional effect of CD103 expression was investigated in (51)Cr-release assays using e-cadherin-expressing transfectant targets. Human lung epithelial cells express e-cadherin and one-third of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) expressed CD103. Allo-activated and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) lymphocytes express more CD103 than those in blood. Transfection of e-cadherin into murine fibroblasts conferred susceptibility to lysis by alpha(E)beta(7)-expressing CTL which could be blocked by specific monoclonal antibodies to CD103 and e-cadherin. CD103 functions to conjugate CTL effectors to e-cadherin-expressing targets and thereby facilitates cellular cytotoxicity. E-cadherin is expressed prominently by epithelial cells in the lung, enabling CTL to target them for destruction.
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- L J C Smyth
- Institute of Pharmacy, Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sunderland, UK
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Uss E, Rowshani AT, Hooibrink B, Lardy NM, van Lier RAW, ten Berge IJM. CD103 is a marker for alloantigen-induced regulatory CD8+ T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:2775-83. [PMID: 16920912 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.5.2775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The alphaEbeta7 integrin CD103 may direct lymphocytes to its ligand E-cadherin. CD103 is expressed on T cells in lung and gut and on allograft-infiltrating T cells. Moreover, recent studies have documented expression of CD103 on CD4+ regulatory T cells. Approximately 4% of circulating CD8+ T cells bear the CD103 molecule. In this study, we show that the absence or presence of CD103 was a stable trait when purified CD103- and CD103+ CD8+ T cell subsets were stimulated with a combination of CD3 and CD28 mAbs. In contrast, allostimulation induced CD103 expression on approximately 25% of purified CD103- CD8+ T cells. Expression of CD103 on alloreactive cells was found to be augmented by IL-4, IL-10, or TGF-beta and decreased by addition of IL-12 to MLCs. The alloantigen-induced CD103+ CD8+ T cell population appeared to be polyclonal and retained CD103 expression after restimulation. Markedly, in vitro-expanded CD103+ CD8+ T cells had low proliferative and cytotoxic capacity, yet produced considerable amounts of IL-10. Strikingly, they potently suppressed T cell proliferation in MLC via a cell-cell contact-dependent mechanism. Thus, human alloantigen-induced CD103+ CD8+ T cells possess functional features of regulatory T cells.
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- Elena Uss
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Shiraishi K, Tsuzaka K, Yoshimoto K, Kumazawa C, Nozaki K, Abe T, Tsubota K, Takeuchi T. Critical role of the fifth domain of E-cadherin for heterophilic adhesion with alpha E beta 7, but not for homophilic adhesion. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:1014-21. [PMID: 16002701 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.2.1014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The integrin alpha(E)beta(7) is expressed on intestinal intraepithelial T lymphocytes and CD8(+) T lymphocytes in inflammatory lesions near epithelial cells. Adhesion between alpha(E)beta(7)(+) T and epithelial cells is mediated by the adhesive interaction of alpha(E)beta(7) and E-cadherin; this interaction plays a key role in the damage of target epithelia. To explore the structure-function relationship of the heterophilic adhesive interaction between E-cadherin and alpha(E)beta(7), we performed cell aggregation assays using L cells transfected with an extracellular domain-deletion mutant of E-cadherin. In homophilic adhesion assays, L cells transfected with wild-type or a domain 5-deficient mutant formed aggregates, whereas transfectants with domain 1-, 2-, 3-, or 4-deficient mutants did not. These results indicate that not only domain 1, but domains 2, 3, and 4 are involved in homophilic adhesion. When alpha(E)beta(7)(+) K562 cells were incubated with L cells expressing the wild type, 23% of the resulting cell aggregates consisted of alpha(E)beta(7)(+) K562 cells. In contrast, the binding of alpha(E)beta(7)(+) K562 cells to L cells expressing a domain 5-deficient mutant was significantly decreased, with alpha(E)beta(7)(+) K562 cells accounting for only 4% of the cell aggregates, while homophilic adhesion was completely preserved. These results suggest that domain 5 is involved in heterophilic adhesion with alpha(E)beta(7), but not in homophilic adhesion, leading to the hypothesis that the fifth domain of E-cadherin may play a critical role in the regulation of heterophilic adhesion to alpha(E)beta(7) and may be a potential target for treatments altering the adhesion of alpha(E)beta(7)(+) T cells to epithelial cells in inflammatory epithelial diseases.
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- Kiyono Shiraishi
- Project Research Laboratory, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama 350-1241, Japan.
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Glader PS, Löfdahl CGA, von Wachenfeldt KA. αEβ7 Expression on CD8+ T-Cells in COPD BAL Fluid and on TGF-β Stimulated T-Cells In Vitro. Lung 2005; 183:123-38. [PMID: 16026016 DOI: 10.1007/s00408-004-2528-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The airway inflammation in patients with COPD shows increased numbers of CD8+ T-cells. Until now few studies have shown any functional data indicating a role for these cells in the pathogenesis of COPD. This paper focuses on a subset of CD8+ T-cells present in human lung, the intra-epithelial lymphocytes expressing the integrin alphaEbeta7, and their presence in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from COPD patients. In this study we demonstrate that 64-89% of the CD8+ T-cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from COPD patients are positive for CD103, the alpha subunit of alphaEbeta7. We also present an in vitro system in which it is possible to differentiate peripheral T-cells into a phenotype resembling the one found in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, i.e., CD8+ CD103+. In this in vitro system we demonstrate that, in addition to TGF-beta1, cell-to-cell interaction between the T-cell and an antigen-presenting cell represented here by the monocyte, is crucial for a rapid, high and sustained expression of CD103. The signal provided by the monocytes is shown to be mediated through LFA-1 on the T-cell. Furthermore, differentiation of CD8+ T-cells by TGF-beta1 and monocytes results in down regulation of INF-gamma, TNF-alpha and GM-CSF production. IL-8 production is, however, retained in the alphaEbeta7 expressing cells. We see this work as an initiation on the quest for a functional characterization of one of the different types of CD8+ T cells present in COPD. In the longer perspective we hope this can lead to an increased understanding of how these cells can contribute to the disease pathology.
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- Pernilla S Glader
- Dept. of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
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D'Ippolito R, Chetta A, Foresi A, Marangio E, Castagnaro A, Merliniaft S, Zompatori M, Olivieri D. Induced sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage from patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Respir Med 2004; 98:977-83. [PMID: 15481274 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immunologically induced inflammation of the lung parenchyma, though bronchial airways may be also involved. The aim of this study was to compare the cellular profiles of induced sputum (IS) in patients with newly diagnosed HP to that of healthy subjects, and to examine the relationship between inflammatory cells from IS and BAL. METHODS Nine HP patients and 9 healthy volunteers were studied. IS was obtained by inhalation of hypertonic saline solution in all subjects. Bronchoscopy was performed on a different occasion in all patients and in five controls. RESULTS IS was well tolerated and preferred to BAL by all subjects. Both IS and BAL from HP patients showed a significant increase in total cells (P < 0.02 and P < 0.001) and in lymphocytes (P < 0.02 and P < 0.001) and a significant decrease in macrophages (P < 0.05 and P < 0.001), when compared with normal subjects. In HP patients, total cells number in IS was higher than that in BAL (P < 0.02). Moreover, the percentage of lymphocytes was significantly lower in IS than in BAL (P < 0.001). No significant relationship was found between total cells or inflammatory cells from IS and the corresponding ones from BAL and wide limits of agreement were found between lymphocytes from IS and BAL. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that both BAL and IS from newly diagnosed HP patients contained significantly more total cells and lymphocytes, when compared to healthy subjects. Moreover, differential cell counts in HP patients showed that IS and BAL reflected different compartments of inflammation. Thus, IS could represent a complementary, but not alternative tool to bronchoscopy both in research and in the clinical monitoring of HP patients.
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- Raffaele D'Ippolito
- Section of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
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Workalemahu G, Foerster M, Kroegel C. Expression and synthesis of fibroblast growth factor-9 in human γδ T-lymphocytes. Response to isopentenyl pyrophosphate and TGF-β1/IL-15. J Leukoc Biol 2004; 75:657-63. [PMID: 14704367 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0902471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Gammadelta T-lymphocytes are believed to play a role in maintaining the normal configuration of epithelial tissue. As little is known about the factors mediating this function, we addressed the question of whether gammadelta T-lymphocytes produce fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-9 as well as two other growth factors associated with epithelial tissue reconstitution. Blood gammadelta T cells isolated from healthy donors were grown in the presence of isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) or transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1)/interleukin-15 (IL-15) for 24 h and were assessed for the expression and synthesis of FGF-9, keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), and epidermal growth factor (EGF). Resting human gammadelta T cells constitutively expressed KGF and FGF-9 mRNA but no EGF mRNA. In the presence of IPP, FGF-9 mRNA expression significantly increased in a dose-dependent manner, expression of KGF remained unaltered, and EGF mRNA could not be detected. In contrast to IPP, stimulation of the cells with TGF-beta1/IL-15 did not alter FGF-9 expression. Moreover, stimulation with anti-CD3 does not induce FGF-9 expression but triggers a high signal of interferon-gamma mRNA. Western blot analysis of gammadelta T cell lysates, prepared 4 days following stimulation with IPP, showed an increase of FGF-9 protein as compared with control cells. In conclusion, the results demonstrate for the first time that human blood and bronchoalveolar lavage gammadelta T-lymphocytes are capable of expressing FGF-9. The data also provide novel evidence that immunoregulatory cells can synthesize FGF-9.
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- Grefachew Workalemahu
- University of Medical Clinic I, Department of Pnuemology and Allergy/Immunology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany.
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Luzina IG, Atamas SP, Wise R, Wigley FM, Choi J, Xiao HQ, White B. Occurrence of an activated, profibrotic pattern of gene expression in lung CD8+ T cells from scleroderma patients. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2003; 48:2262-74. [PMID: 12905481 DOI: 10.1002/art.11080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Pulmonary fibrosis is a major cause of death in scleroderma patients. Previous studies have shown an increase in CD8+ T cells in the lungs of scleroderma patients. In the present study, we sought to determine whether activated CD8+ T cells contribute to pulmonary fibrosis in scleroderma patients through the production and activation of profibrotic mediators. METHODS CD8+ cells were isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid obtained from 19 scleroderma patients and 7 healthy subjects. The phenotype of these cells was determined using DNA array technology. Expression of selected genes was confirmed in real-time polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay experiments. RESULTS Hierarchical clustering of gene expression profiles revealed 2 groups of subjects. Group 1 consisted of 11 patients (8 with and 3 without lung inflammation). Group 2 consisted of 15 subjects (7 healthy controls and 2 patients with and 6 without lung inflammation). Gene expression in group 1 indicated T cell activation, a type 2 phenotype, production of profibrotic factors and matrix metalloproteinases, and reduced activation-induced cell death. Increased expression of beta6 integrin messenger RNA by CD8+ T cells in group 1 suggested the possibility that these T cells might induce cell-contact-dependent activation of latent transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta). CONCLUSION A subset of scleroderma patients at higher risk of progressive lung disease have activated, long-lived CD8+ T cells in their lungs that could promote fibrosis directly, through production of profibrotic factors such as interleukin-4 and oncostatin M, as well as indirectly, through activation of TGFbeta.
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- Irina G Luzina
- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Room 3C-125, 10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Braun RK, Foerster M, Grahmann PR, Haefner D, Workalemahu G, Kroegel C. Phenotypic and molecular characterization of CD103+ CD4+ T cells in bronchoalveolar lavage from patients with interstitial lung diseases. CYTOMETRY. PART B, CLINICAL CYTOMETRY 2003; 54:19-27. [PMID: 12827664 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.10021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND The integrin CD103 is preferentially expressed on intraepithelial T lymphocytes, and cells expressing this integrin may play a regulatory role in the microenvironment of the epithelial cell layer. METHODS The relative number of CD103(+)/CD4(+) T cells in the bronchoalveolar lavage was significantly elevated in all patients diagnosed with interstitial lung diseases compared with patients with other non-fibrotic disorders of the lung. RESULTS Analysis by flow cytometry showed that the CD103(+) and the CD103(-) subpopulations were memory T cells based on the high expression of CD45RO(+). However, the CD103(+)/CD4(+) T cells were CD25(low), CD27(-), CD28(low), and CD62L(-), whereas the CD103(-)/CD4(+) T cells expressed CD25 and CD62L and were CD27(high) and CD28(high). In addition, the CD103(+)/CD4(+) T cells expressed significantly higher quantities of VLA-1 and CD101 than did CD103(-)/CD4(+) T cells. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis of purified CD103(+) and CD103(-) CD4(+) T cells showed production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha-R-1 (p55), TNF-alpha-R-2 (p75), interferon gamma, interleukin-10, and TNF-alpha mRNA in both subpopulations. No interleukin-4 mRNA was detected in either subpopulation. CONCLUSIONS CD103(+)/CD4(+) T cells represent a T-helper 1-like subpopulation in human lungs with a distinct effector phenotype. Despite the lack of CD27 and the low CD25 and CD28 expression, these cells show a high degree of activation. These results suggest that CD103 expressing CD4 T cells in the lung are continuously activated, long-living cells.
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- Ruedi K Braun
- Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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The role of CD103 (αEβ7 integrin) and other adhesion molecules in lymphocyte migration to organ allografts. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2003. [DOI: 10.1097/00075200-200303000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Leckie MJ, Jenkins GR, Khan J, Smith SJ, Walker C, Barnes PJ, Hansel TT. Sputum T lymphocytes in asthma, COPD and healthy subjects have the phenotype of activated intraepithelial T cells (CD69+ CD103+). Thorax 2003; 58:23-9. [PMID: 12511714 PMCID: PMC1746466 DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.1.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND T cells of intraepithelial phenotype have previously been detected in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid in a range of lung diseases; these cells express the adhesion molecule alpha(E)beta(7) integrin, CD103, the ligand for epithelial cell E-cadherin. In subjects with asthma CD4+ lymphocytes are the predominant T cell subtype found in bronchial biopsy specimens and in BAL fluid, whereas CD8+ lymphocytes have been shown to predominate in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to analyse the expression of CD103, activation markers (CD25 and CD69), and chemokine receptors (CXCR3, CCR5 and CCR3) on CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes from sputum and peripheral blood of subjects with asthma, COPD, and healthy controls. METHODS T cell surface markers were assessed by immunofluorescence labelling and flow cytometry of gated lymphocytes among CD45+ leucocytes in sputum cell suspensions. RESULTS Sputum lymphocytes expressed higher levels of CD103 and CD69 than blood lymphocytes in all subject groups, with CD103 expressed at higher levels on CD8+ than on CD4+ cells. There were no detectable differences in numbers of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells between subjects with asthma, COPD and controls. The percentage of sputum lymphocytes expressing CXCR3 was lower in subjects with asthma or COPD than in healthy controls; CCR3 was not detectable on sputum or blood lymphocytes. CONCLUSIONS Sputum T lymphocytes are predominantly of activated intraepithelial phenotype (CD103+ CD69+), and normal numbers of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell populations are found in the sputum of patients with asthma and COPD.
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- M J Leckie
- National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI) Clinical Studies Unit, Imperial College, London, UK
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Teraki Y, Shiohara T. Preferential expression of alphaEbeta7 integrin (CD103) on CD8+ T cells in the psoriatic epidermis: regulation by interleukins 4 and 12 and transforming growth factor-beta. Br J Dermatol 2002; 147:1118-26. [PMID: 12452860 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.05005.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Intraepidermal T lymphocytes are a critical element for sustaining the lesional pathology of psoriasis. Integrin alphaEbeta7 (CD103), a ligand for E-cadherin, may play a role in the localization of pathogenic T cells within the epidermis of psoriatic lesions. However, little information is available regarding alphaEbeta7 expression on intraepidermal T cells in psoriasis. OBJECTIVES To examine alphaEbeta7 expression on intraepidermal T cells in psoriatic lesions and the regulation of alphaEbeta7 expression on T cells in response to cytokines. METHODS T-cell expression of alphaEbeta7 was examined by immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry. In vitro regulation of alphaEbeta7 expression on CD4+ or CD8+ T cells purified from peripheral blood of healthy donors was also examined. RESULTS Immunohistochemical staining revealed expression of alphaEbeta7 on a greater proportion of epidermal T cells than dermal T cells. Nearly 30% of intraepidermal CD4+ T cells were found to express alphaEbeta7 on flow cytometry, whereas more than 80% of intraepidermal CD8+ T cells expressed this integrin. In contrast, few T cells expressed alphaEbeta7 in the peripheral blood of psoriatic patients. The in vitro culture experiment confirmed that alphaEbeta7 was preferentially expressed on CD8+ T cells after stimulation with anti-CD3 monoclonal antibodies. Addition of transforming growth factor-beta and interleukin-4 upregulated alphaEbeta7 expression on T cells, whereas interleukin 12 downregulated this. Furthermore, alphaEbeta7 expression on established memory CD8+ T cells was not so reversible as that on CD4+ T cells. CONCLUSIONS Preferential and stable expression of alphaEbeta7 on CD8+ T cells may be involved in the lesional pathology of psoriasis.
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- Y Teraki
- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan.
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French JJ, Cresswell J, Wong WK, Seymour K, Charnley RM, Kirby JA. T cell adhesion and cytolysis of pancreatic cancer cells: a role for E-cadherin in immunotherapy? Br J Cancer 2002; 87:1034-41. [PMID: 12434297 PMCID: PMC2364324 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2002] [Revised: 08/19/2002] [Accepted: 08/22/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive and potent disease, which is largely resistant to conventional forms of treatment. However, the discovery of antigens associated with pancreatic cancer cells has recently suggested the possibility that immunotherapy might become a specific and effective therapeutic option. T cells within many epithelia, including those of the pancreas, are known to express the alphaEbeta7-integrin adhesion molecule, CD103. The only characterised ligand for CD103 is E-cadherin, an epithelial adhesion molecule which exhibits reduced expression in pancreatic cancer. In our study, CD103 was found to be expressed only by activated T cells following exposure to tumour necrosis factor beta 1, a factor produced by many cancer cells. Significantly, the expression of this integrin was restricted mainly to class I major histocompatibility complex-restricted CD8+ T cells. The human pancreatic cancer cell line Panc-1 was transfected with human E-cadherin in order to generate E-cadherin negative (wild type) and positive (transfected) sub-lines. Using a sensitive flow cytometric adhesion assay it was found that the expression of both CD103 (on T cells) and E-cadherin (on cancer cells) was essential for efficient adhesion of activated T cells to pancreatic cancer cells. This adhesion process was inhibited by the addition of antibodies specific for CD103, thereby demonstrating the importance of the CD103-->E-cadherin interaction for T-cell adhesion. Using a 51Cr-release cytotoxicity assay it was found that CD103 expressing T cells lysed E-cadherin expressing Panc-1 target cells following T cell receptor stimulation; addition of antibodies specific for CD103 significantly reduced this lysis. Furthermore, absence of either CD103 from the T cells or E-cadherin expression from the cancer cells resulted in a significant reduction in cancer cell lysis. Therefore, potentially antigenic pancreatic cancer cells could evade a local anti-cancer immune response in vivo as a consequence of their loss of E-cadherin expression; this phenotypic change may also favour metastasis by reducing homotypic adhesion between adjacent cancer cells. We conclude that effective immunotherapy is likely to require upregulation of E-cadherin expression by pancreatic cancer cells or the development of cytotoxic immune cells that are less dependent on this adhesion molecule for efficient effecter function.
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- J J French
- Applied Immunobiology Group, Department of Surgery, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, NE2 4HH, UK
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Robinson PW, Green SJ, Carter C, Coadwell J, Kilshaw PJ. Studies on transcriptional regulation of the mucosal T-cell integrin alphaEbeta7 (CD103). Immunology 2001; 103:146-54. [PMID: 11412301 PMCID: PMC1783235 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2001.01232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Integrin alphaEbeta7 is expressed almost exclusively by mucosal T cells and mucosal dendritic antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and is thought to be induced locally by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). In mice, mRNA for the alphaE subunit was found to be abundant in mucosal T cells but absent from other tissues. Exposure of a T-cell line to TGF-beta strongly up-regulated alphaE mRNA levels within 30 min, and nuclear run-on experiments established that regulation occurred at the level of transcription. The organization of the human alphaE gene and a very closely linked novel gene, ELG, was determined. The alphaE promoter was tested in T cells and fibroblasts and functioned equally well in both cell types and did not confer TGF-beta responsiveness. Regions of the promoter providing enhancer activity and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) responsiveness were identified by deletion studies. DNAse 1 hypersensitivity analysis of 36 kb of the alphaE gene revealed one hypersensitive site, found only in alphaE+ cells, located near the transcription start points. These results show that, unlike the situation with other integrins, lineage specificity and cytokine responsiveness of alphaE transcription are not conferred by the proximal promoter. Specificity may depend on distant control elements that have not yet been identified.
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Feng CG, Britton WJ, Palendira U, Groat NL, Briscoe H, Bean AG. Up-regulation of VCAM-1 and differential expansion of beta integrin-expressing T lymphocytes are associated with immunity to pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:4853-60. [PMID: 10779794 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.9.4853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Immune responses rely on an intricate system of adhesion molecules to coordinate the homing and retention of lymphocytes in both secondary lymphoid tissues and at sites of infection. To define the events associated with pulmonary immune responses, the expression of endothelial addressins and integrins on T cells was analyzed during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. In infected lung, expression of endothelial VCAM-1, but not mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1, was up-regulated from 4 wk postinfection and persisted to at least 12 wk. Subsequent analysis of the corresponding integrins expressed on lung CD4+ and CD8+ T cells revealed an accumulation of beta1high/beta7-/low, and to a lesser extent beta7high, integrin-expressing T cells during infection. Examination of integrin heterodimers showed that while alpha4 integrin was predominantly expressed on beta1high/beta7-/low cells, alphaE integrin was primarily associated with beta7high. The majority of activated/memory T cells recruited during infection expressed high levels of beta1 integrin and undetectable or low levels of beta7 integrin. These T cells were capable of producing IFN-gamma, a cytokine crucial for controlling M. tuberculosis infection. Rapid expansion of beta1high, beta7-, and beta7high T cell populations in the lung upon secondary mycobacterial infection indicates the participation of these populations in the acquired immune response to the infection. Furthermore, treatment of infected mice with mAb to alpha4 or alpha4beta7 integrin led to a reduction in lymphocytes and increase in granulocytes in the pulmonary infiltrate. These results reveal a crucial role for adhesion molecules in the generation of an effective pulmonary immune response to M. tuberculosis infection.
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- C G Feng
- Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Newtown, Australia
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alpha E beta 7 is a member of the integrin family and is expressed almost exclusively by cells of the T lymphocyte lineage in mucosal tissues. Expression is induced by transforming growth factor beta in the mucosal microenvironment. Genetic elements that control transcription are under investigation and may prove valuable for directing the expression of transgenes in mucosal T cells. The only known ligand for alpha E beta 7 is E-cadherin, which is expressed on epithelial cells. In this article, molecular aspects of ligand recognition by alpha E beta 7 in relation to recent structural data on cadherin domains are reviewed. Expression of alpha E beta 7 is often increased in inflammatory diseases, particularly where T cells infiltrate epithelial tissues. The function of alpha E beta 7 is not yet fully understood, but it is likely to be important in retention of T cells in mucosal tissues and may also have a role in cell signalling and communication between lymphocytes and epithelial surfaces.
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Lohmeyer J, Friedrich J, Grimminger F, Maus U, Tenter R, Morr H, Velcovsky HG, Seeger W, Rosseau S. Expression of mucosa-related integrin alphaEbeta7 on alveolar T cells in interstitial lung diseases. Clin Exp Immunol 1999; 116:340-6. [PMID: 10337028 PMCID: PMC1905287 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00894.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/25/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The expression of alphaEbeta7 integrin has been related to the selective retention of lymphocytes in mucosal tissues of gut, urogenital tract and lung. To identify potential disease-associated alphaEbeta7 expression patterns on cells accounting for lymphocytic alveolitis in interstitial lung disease (ILD), alphaE expression on CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets was evaluated by dual-colour flow cytometry in peripheral blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF; n = 18), hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP; n = 20) and sarcoidosis (n = 44) in comparison with healthy controls (n = 15). In both healthy individuals and all patient groups the proportion of alphaE-bearing T cells in peripheral blood was < 2%, whereas the vast majority of alveolar CD8+ T cells consistently co-expressed alphaE. Absolute alveolar CD8+alphaE+ cell numbers/ml were up to 30-fold increased in HP patients. Proportions of alphaE-bearing CD4+ cells in BALF were significantly elevated in IPF (74.0 +/- 2.7%) and HP (70.0 +/- 2.4%) compared with normals (30.0 +/- 1.8%) (mean +/- s.e.m.; P < 0.01). In sarcoidosis, the alphaE expression on BALF CD4+ cells displayed subgroup dependency: proportions significantly lower than normal were noted in chest radiographic stage I (14.3 +/- 1.5%), but increased proportions in stages II (50.0 +/- 3.8%) and III (64.0 +/- 4.8%). Correlations between common markers of T cell activation or BALF transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta ) bioactivity and alphaE expression were not noted. We conclude that the vast majority of alveolar CD8+ T cells consistently express alphaEbeta7 and that distinct patterns of alphaEbeta7 expression on alveolar CD4+ lymphocytes in sarcoidosis are related to the diverse manifestations of the sarcoid inflammatory process in the lung.
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- J Lohmeyer
- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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Engelhardt B, Martin-Simonet MT, Rott LS, Butcher EC, Michie SA. Adhesion molecule phenotype of T lymphocytes in inflamed CNS. J Neuroimmunol 1998; 84:92-104. [PMID: 9600713 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(97)00237-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The phenotype of T cells in the central nervous system (CNS) in two models of chronic inflammation (experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and Corynebacterium parvum-induced inflammation) was compared to that of T cells in gut and chronically inflamed subcutaneous tissue and lung. CNS T cells display a similar phenotype in both inflammatory models, and are phenotypically unique compared to T cells from the other inflamed tissues. T cells from inflamed CNS are mainly CD4+ and are the only population examined that express a typical activated/memory phenotype: CD44high/LFA-1high/ICAM-1high/CD45RBlow. The CNS T cells are alpha4beta7-integrin(negative), but express alpha4-integrin and activated beta1 integrin, suggesting expression of the alpha4beta1-heterodimer in an activated state. In contrast, most T cells in gut express low levels of activated beta1 integrin. The CNS T cells lack expression of alpha6 and alphaE integrin chains and L-selectin. In inflamed CNS and inflamed subcutaneous tissue, approximately 50% of T cells express high affinity ligands for P-selectin while fewer than 10% express high affinity ligands for E-selectin. In summary, our data show that, independent of the inflammatory stimulus, T cells recruited into the inflamed CNS are phenotypically distinct from T cells in other inflamed tissues. This finding leads us to hypothesize the existence of a phenotypically distinct 'CNS-seeking' T lymphocyte population.
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- B Engelhardt
- Max-Planck-Institut für physiologische und klinische Forschung, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
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