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Ono M, Satou Y. Spectrum of Treg and self-reactive T cells: single cell perspectives from old friend HTLV-1. DISCOVERY IMMUNOLOGY 2024; 3:kyae006. [PMID: 38863793 PMCID: PMC11165433 DOI: 10.1093/discim/kyae006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Despite extensive regulatory T cell (Treg) research, fundamental questions on in vivo dynamics remain to be answered. The current study aims to dissect several interwoven concepts in Treg biology, highlighting the 'self-reactivity' of Treg and their counterparts, namely naturally-arising memory-phenotype T-cells, as a key mechanism to be exploited by a human retroviral infection. We propose the novel key concept, Periodic T cell receptor (TCR)-signalled T-cells, capturing self-reactivity in a quantifiable manner using the Nr4a3-Timer-of-cell-kinetics-and-activity (Tocky) technology. Periodic and brief TCR signals in self-reactive T-cells contrast with acute TCR signals during inflammation. Thus, we propose a new two-axis model for T-cell activation by the two types of TCR signals or antigen recognition, elucidating how Foxp3 expression and acute TCR signals actively regulate Periodic TCR-signalled T-cells. Next, we highlight an underappreciated branch of immunological research on Human T-cell Leukemia Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) that precedes Treg studies, illuminating the missing link between the viral infection, CD25, and Foxp3. Based on evidence by single-cell analysis, we show how the viral infection exploits the regulatory mechanisms for T-cell activation and suggests a potential role of periodic TCR signalling in infection and malignant transformation. In conclusion, the new perspectives and models in this study provide a working framework for investigating Treg within the self-reactive T-cell spectrum, expected to advance understanding of HTLV-1 infection, cancer, and immunotherapy strategies for these conditions.
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- Masahiro Ono
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Luque Duque D, Gaevert JA, Thomas PG, López-García M, Lythe G, Molina-París C. Multi-variate model of T cell clonotype competition and homeostasis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21995. [PMID: 38081863 PMCID: PMC10713556 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46637-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Diversity of the naive T cell repertoire is maintained by competition for stimuli provided by self-peptides bound to major histocompatibility complexes (self-pMHCs). We extend an existing bi-variate competition model to a multi-variate model of the dynamics of multiple T cell clonotypes which share stimuli. In order to understand the late-time behaviour of the system, we analyse: (i) the dynamics until the extinction of the first clonotype, (ii) the time to the first extinction event, (iii) the probability of extinction of each clonotype, and (iv) the size of the surviving clonotypes when the first extinction event takes place. We also find the probability distribution of the number of cell divisions per clonotype before its extinction. The mean size of a new clonotype at quasi-steady state is an increasing function of the stimulus available to it, and a decreasing function of the fraction of stimuli it shares with other clonotypes. Thus, the probability of, and time to, extinction of a new clonotype entering the pool of T cell clonotypes is determined by the extent of competition for stimuli it experiences and by its initial number of cells.
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- Daniel Luque Duque
- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
- St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
- St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
- T-6, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA.
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Ash S, Askenasy N. Immunotherapy for neuroblastoma by hematopoietic cell transplantation and post-transplant immunomodulation. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2023; 185:103956. [PMID: 36893946 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2023.103956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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Neuroblastoma represents a relatively common childhood tumor that imposes therapeutic difficulties. High risk neuroblastoma patients have poor prognosis, display limited response to radiochemotherapy and may be treated by hematopoietic cell transplantation. Allogeneic and haploidentical transplants have the distinct advantage of reinstitution of immune surveillance, reinforced by antigenic barriers. The key factors favorable to ignition of potent anti-tumor reactions are transition to adaptive immunity, recovery from lymphopenia and removal of inhibitory signals that inactivate immune cells at the local and systemic levels. Post-transplant immunomodulation may further foster anti-tumor reactivity, with positive but transient impact of infusions of lymphocytes and natural killer cells both from the donor, the recipient or third party. The most promising approaches include introduction of antigen-presenting cells in early post-transplant stages and neutralization of inhibitory signals. Further studies will likely shed light on the nature and actions of suppressor factors within tumor stroma and at the systemic level.
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- Shifra Ash
- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; Frankel Laboratory of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel.
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- Frankel Laboratory of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Lymphopenia, Lymphopenia-Induced Proliferation, and Autoimmunity. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22084152. [PMID: 33923792 PMCID: PMC8073364 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22084152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Immune homeostasis is a tightly regulated system that is critical for defense against invasion by foreign pathogens and protection from self-reactivity for the survival of an individual. How the defects in this system might result in autoimmunity is discussed in this review. Reduced lymphocyte number, termed lymphopenia, can mediate lymphopenia-induced proliferation (LIP) to maintain peripheral lymphocyte numbers. LIP not only occurs in normal physiological conditions but also correlates with autoimmunity. Of note, lymphopenia is also a typical marker of immune aging, consistent with the fact that not only the autoimmunity increases in the elderly, but also autoimmune diseases (ADs) show characteristics of immune aging. Here, we discuss the types and rates of LIP in normal and autoimmune conditions, as well as the coronavirus disease 2019 in the context of LIP. Importantly, although the causative role of LIP has been demonstrated in the development of type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, a two-hit model has suggested that the factors other than lymphopenia are required to mediate the loss of control over homeostasis to result in ADs. Interestingly, these factors may be, if not totally, related to the function/number of regulatory T cells which are key modulators to protect from self-reactivity. In this review, we summarize the important roles of lymphopenia/LIP and the Treg cells in various autoimmune conditions, thereby highlighting them as key therapeutic targets for autoimmunity treatments.
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Sng XYX, Li J, Zareie P, Assmus LM, Lee JKC, Jones CM, Turner SJ, Daley SR, Quinn KM, La Gruta NL. The Impact of MHC Class I Dose on Development and Maintenance of the Polyclonal Naive CD8+ T Cell Repertoire. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 204:3108-3116. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Moutuou MM, Gauthier SD, Chen N, Leboeuf D, Guimond M. Studying Peripheral T Cell Homeostasis in Mice: A Concise Technical Review. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2111:267-283. [PMID: 31933214 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0266-9_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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For several years, it was believed that the thymus was entirely responsible for maintaining T cell homeostasis. Today, it is well-known that homeostatic peripheral mechanisms are essential in order to maintain T cell numbers and diversity constant in the periphery. Naïve and memory T cells require continual access to self-peptide MHC class I and II molecules and/or cytokines to survive in the periphery. Under normal conditions, homeostatic resources are low, and lymphocytes undergo very slow proliferation and survive. Following T cell depletion, the bioavailability of homeostatic resources is significantly increased, and T cell proliferation is dramatically augmented. The development of lymphopenic mouse models has helped our current understanding of factors involved in the regulation of peripheral T cell homeostasis. In this minireview, we will give a brief overview about basic techniques used to study peripheral T cell homeostasis in mice.
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- Moutuaata M Moutuou
- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Division Immunologie-Oncologie, Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, QC, Canada.
- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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Speranza E, Ruibal P, Port JR, Feng F, Burkhardt L, Grundhoff A, Günther S, Oestereich L, Hiscox JA, Connor JH, Muñoz-Fontela C. T-Cell Receptor Diversity and the Control of T-Cell Homeostasis Mark Ebola Virus Disease Survival in Humans. J Infect Dis 2019; 218:S508-S518. [PMID: 29986035 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Differences in T-cell phenotype, particularly the expression of markers of T-cell homeostasis, have been observed in fatal and nonfatal Ebola virus disease (EVD). However, the relationship between these markers with T-cell function and virus clearance during EVD is poorly understood. To gain biological insight into the role of T cells during EVD, combined transcriptomics and T-cell receptor sequencing was used to profile blood samples from fatal and nonfatal EVD patients from the recent West African EVD epidemic. Fatal EVD was characterized by strong T-cell activation and increased abundance of T-cell inhibitory molecules. However, the early T-cell response was oligoclonal and did not result in viral clearance. In contrast, survivors mounted highly diverse T-cell responses, maintained low levels of T-cell inhibitors, and cleared Ebola virus. Our findings highlight the importance of T-cell immunity in surviving EVD and strengthen the foundation for further research on targeting of the dendritic cell-T cell interface for postexposure immunotherapy.
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- Emily Speranza
- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA.,Department of Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston MA.,Department of National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston MA.,Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston MA
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner SiteHamburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA.,Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston MA
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- Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner SiteHamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner SiteHamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.,Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA.,Department of Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston MA.,Department of National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston MA.,Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston MA
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner SiteHamburg, Germany
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Generating and maintaining a diverse repertoire of naive T cells is essential for protection against pathogens, and developing a mechanistic and quantitative description of the processes involved lies at the heart of our understanding of vertebrate immunity. Here, we review the biology of naive T cells from birth to maturity and outline how the integration of mathematical models and experiments has helped us to develop a full picture of their life histories.
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- Benedict Seddon
- Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, UCL, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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Kim J, Lee JY, Cho K, Hong SW, Kim KS, Sprent J, Im SH, Surh CD, Cho JH. Spontaneous Proliferation of CD4 + T Cells in RAG-Deficient Hosts Promotes Antigen-Independent but IL-2-Dependent Strong Proliferative Response of Naïve CD8 + T Cells. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1907. [PMID: 30190718 PMCID: PMC6116856 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The fast and intense proliferative responses have been well documented for naïve T cells adoptively transferred into chronic lymphopenic hosts. This response known as spontaneous proliferation (SP), unlike antigen-independent lymphopenia-induced proliferation (LIP), is driven in a manner dependent on antigens derived from commensal microbiota. However, the precise nature of the SP response and its impact on homeostasis and function for T cells rapidly responding under this lymphopenic condition are still unclear. Here we demonstrate that, when naïve T cells were adoptively transferred into specific pathogen-free (SPF) but not germ-free (GF) RAG-/- hosts, the SP response of these cells substantially affects the intensity and tempo of the responding T cells undergoing LIP. Therefore, the resulting response of these cells in SPF RAG-/- hosts was faster and stronger than the typical LIP response observed in irradiated B6 hosts. Although the intensity and tempo of such augmented LIP in SPF RAG-/- hosts were analogous to those of antigen-dependent SP, the former was independent of antigenic stimulation but most importantly, dependent on IL-2. Similar observations were also apparent in other acute lymphopenic settings where antigen-dependent T cell activation can strongly occur and induce sufficient levels of IL-2 production. Consequently, the resulting T cells undergoing IL-2-driven strong proliferative responses showed the ability to differentiate into functional effector and memory cells that can control infectious pathogens. These findings therefore reveal previously unappreciated role of IL-2 in driving the intense form of T cell proliferative responses in chronic lymphopenic hosts.
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- Juhee Kim
- Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Basic Science, Pohang, South Korea.,Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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- Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Basic Science, Pohang, South Korea.,Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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- Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Basic Science, Pohang, South Korea.,Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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- Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Basic Science, Pohang, South Korea.,Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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- Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Basic Science, Pohang, South Korea.,Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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- Immunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.,University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Basic Science, Pohang, South Korea.,Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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- Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Basic Science, Pohang, South Korea.,Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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- Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Basic Science, Pohang, South Korea.,Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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Rane S, Hogan T, Seddon B, Yates AJ. Age is not just a number: Naive T cells increase their ability to persist in the circulation over time. PLoS Biol 2018; 16:e2003949. [PMID: 29641514 PMCID: PMC5894957 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The processes regulating peripheral naive T-cell numbers and clonal diversity remain poorly understood. Conceptually, homeostatic mechanisms must fall into the broad categories of neutral (simple random birth–death models), competition (regulation of cell numbers through quorum-sensing, perhaps via limiting shared resources), adaptation (involving cell-intrinsic changes in homeostatic fitness, defined as net growth rate over time), or selection (involving the loss or outgrowth of cell populations deriving from intercellular variation in fitness). There may also be stably maintained heterogeneity within the naive T-cell pool. To distinguish between these mechanisms, we confront very general models of these processes with an array of experimental data, both new and published. While reduced competition for homeostatic stimuli may impact cell survival or proliferation in neonates or under moderate to severe lymphopenia, we show that the only mechanism capable of explaining multiple, independent experimental studies of naive CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell homeostasis in mice from young adulthood into old age is one of adaptation, in which cells act independently and accrue a survival or proliferative advantage continuously with their post-thymic age. However, aged naive T cells may also be functionally impaired, and so the accumulation of older cells via ‘conditioning through experience’ may contribute to reduced immune responsiveness in the elderly. The body maintains large populations of naive T cells, a type of white blood cell that is able to respond specifically to pathogens. This arsenal is essential for our capacity to fight novel infections throughout our lifespan, and their numbers remain quite stable despite a gradual decline in the production of new naive T cells as we age. However, the mechanisms that underlie this stability are not well understood. In this study, we address this problem by testing a variety of potential mechanisms, each framed as a mathematical model, against multiple datasets obtained from experiments performed in mice. Our analysis supports a mechanism by which naïve T cells gradually increase their ability to survive the longer they reside in the circulation. Paradoxically, however, naïve T cells may also lose their ability to respond effectively to infections as they age. Together, these processes may drive the accumulation of older, functionally impaired T cells, potentially at the expense of younger and more immunologically potent cells, as we age.
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- Sanket Rane
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, UCL, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, UCL, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Min B. Spontaneous T Cell Proliferation: A Physiologic Process to Create and Maintain Homeostatic Balance and Diversity of the Immune System. Front Immunol 2018; 9:547. [PMID: 29616038 PMCID: PMC5868360 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Naive T lymphocytes undergo heterogeneous proliferative responses when introduced into lymphopenic hosts, referred to as “homeostatic proliferation” and “spontaneous proliferation.” Spontaneous proliferation is a unique process through which the immune system generates memory phenotype cells with increasing T cell receptors repertoire complexity. Here, the mechanisms that initiate and control spontaneous proliferation are discussed.
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- Booki Min
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Clark SM, Vaughn CN, Soroka JA, Li X, Tonelli LH. Neonatal adoptive transfer of lymphocytes rescues social behaviour during adolescence in immune-deficient mice. Eur J Neurosci 2018; 47:968-978. [PMID: 29430738 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Accumulating evidence has shown that lymphocytes modulate behaviour and cognition by direct interactions with the central nervous system. Studies have shown that reconstitution by adoptive transfer of lymphocytes from wild type into immune-deficient mice restores a number of neurobehavioural deficits observed in these models. Moreover, it has been shown that these effects are mostly mediated by T lymphocytes. Studies of adoptive transfer thus far have employed adult mice, but whether lymphocytes may also modulate behaviour during development remains unknown. In this study, neonate lymphocyte-deficient Rag2-/- mice were reconstituted within 48 hours after birth with lymphoid cells from transgenic donors expressing green fluorescent protein, allowing for their identification in various tissues in recipient mice while retaining all functional aspects. Adolescent Rag2-/- and reconstituted Rag2-/- along with C57BL/6J wild-type mice underwent a series of behavioural tests, including open field, social interaction and sucrose preference tests. At 12 weeks, they were evaluated in the Morris water maze (MWM). Reconstituted mice showed changes in almost all aspects of behaviour that were assessed, with a remarkable complete rescue of impaired social behaviour displayed by adolescent Rag2-/- mice. Consistent with previous reports in adult mice, neonatal reconstitution in Rag2-/- mice restored spatial memory in the MWM. The presence of donor lymphocytes in the brain of neonatally reconstituted Rag2-/- mice was confirmed at various developmental points. These findings provide evidence that lymphocytes colonize the brain during post-natal development and modulate behaviour across the lifespan supporting a role for adaptive immunity during brain maturation.
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- Sarah M Clark
- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 W. Baltimore Street, MSTF Building Room 934E, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.,Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 W. Baltimore Street, MSTF Building Room 934E, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 W. Baltimore Street, MSTF Building Room 934E, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 W. Baltimore Street, MSTF Building Room 934E, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 W. Baltimore Street, MSTF Building Room 934E, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.,Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Ellestad KK, Lin J, Boon L, Anderson CC. PD-1 Controls Tonic Signaling and Lymphopenia-Induced Proliferation of T Lymphocytes. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1289. [PMID: 29075267 PMCID: PMC5643416 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Recovery of the T lymphocyte compartment within a lymphopenic host by lymphopenia-induced proliferation (LIP) is regulated by inter- and intraclonal competition for limited resources, including homeostatic cytokines and peptide:MHC (pMHC) complexes with which the TCR can interact at least weakly to yield a tonic signal. Importantly, the process of LIP can synergize with other factors that promote T cell activation to drive inflammatory disease. While reconstitution of the lymphoid compartment of immune deficient Rag-/- mice by transfer of wild-type hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) does not generally result in an overt disease phenotype, transfer of HSC deficient in expression of the co-inhibitory molecule PD-1 results in severe systemic autoimmunity driven by newly generated T cells that emerge from the thymus into the periphery and undergo LIP. Importantly, autoimmunity does not appear to depend on a response to exogenous (i.e., gut flora-derived) antigens. PD-1 is well known to be upregulated during T cell activation in response to cognate antigens, but it is unclear whether PD-1 has a role in controlling LIP of T cells in the absence of cognate antigen, i.e., in response to tonic pMHC. We examined whether PD-1 controls LIP of newly generated T cells by controlling the response to tonic pMHC or the homeostatic cytokine IL-7. We found that PD-1-deficient T cells have a proliferative advantage over WT T cells during LIP and this effect is MHC-II dependent and independent of IL-7Rα signaling. Furthermore, our data suggest that signals through IL-7Rα can be dispensable for LIP and may instead be of increased importance for T cell survival in conditions of high competition for limited pMHC (e.g., post-LIP, in a lymphoreplete host). We hypothesize that autoimmunity post-PD-1-/- HSC transplant is the result of an overzealous T cell response to normally tonic self-pMHC precipitated by the synergy of LIP and PD-1 deficiency. Furthermore, potentiation of TCR signals in response to normally tonic self-pMHC may contribute to the success of PD-1 blockade in cancer immunotherapy.
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- Kristofor K Ellestad
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Alberta Transplant Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Population mechanics: A mathematical framework to study T cell homeostasis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:9511. [PMID: 28842645 PMCID: PMC5573381 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09949-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Unlike other cell types, T cells do not form spatially arranged tissues, but move independently throughout the body. Accordingly, the number of T cells in the organism does not depend on physical constraints imposed by the shape or size of specific organs. Instead, it is determined by competition for interleukins. From the perspective of classical population dynamics, competition for resources seems to be at odds with the observed high clone diversity, leading to the so-called diversity paradox. In this work we make use of population mechanics, a non-standard theoretical approach to T cell homeostasis that accounts for clone diversity as arising from competition for interleukins. The proposed models show that carrying capacities of T cell populations naturally emerge from the balance between interleukins production and consumption. These models also suggest remarkable functional differences in the maintenance of diversity in naïve and memory pools. In particular, the distribution of memory clones would be biased towards clones activated more recently, or responding to more aggressive pathogenic threats. In contrast, permanence of naïve T cell clones would be determined by their affinity for cognate antigens. From this viewpoint, positive and negative selection can be understood as mechanisms to maximize naïve T cell diversity.
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Artalejo JR, Gómez-Corral A, López-García M, Molina-París C. Stochastic descriptors to study the fate and potential of naive T cell clonotypes in the periphery. J Math Biol 2017; 74:673-708. [PMID: 27350044 PMCID: PMC5258823 DOI: 10.1007/s00285-016-1020-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Revised: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The population of naive T cells in the periphery is best described by determining both its T cell receptor diversity, or number of clonotypes, and the sizes of its clonal subsets. In this paper, we make use of a previously introduced mathematical model of naive T cell homeostasis, to study the fate and potential of naive T cell clonotypes in the periphery. This is achieved by the introduction of several new stochastic descriptors for a given naive T cell clonotype, such as its maximum clonal size, the time to reach this maximum, the number of proliferation events required to reach this maximum, the rate of contraction of the clonotype during its way to extinction, as well as the time to a given number of proliferation events. Our results show that two fates can be identified for the dynamics of the clonotype: extinction in the short-term if the clonotype experiences too hostile a peripheral environment, or establishment in the periphery in the long-term. In this second case the probability mass function for the maximum clonal size is bimodal, with one mode near one and the other mode far away from it. Our model also indicates that the fate of a recent thymic emigrant (RTE) during its journey in the periphery has a clear stochastic component, where the probability of extinction cannot be neglected, even in a friendly but competitive environment. On the other hand, a greater deterministic behaviour can be expected in the potential size of the clonotype seeded by the RTE in the long-term, once it escapes extinction.
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- J R Artalejo
- Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Mathematics, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Mathematics, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas, CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM, Calle Nicolás Cabrera 13-15, Campus de Cantoblanco UAM, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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Askenasy N. Mechanisms of diabetic autoimmunity: I--the inductive interface between islets and the immune system at onset of inflammation. Immunol Res 2016; 64:360-8. [PMID: 26639356 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-015-8753-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The mechanisms of autoimmune reactivity onset in type 1 diabetes (T1D) remain elusive despite extensive experimentation and discussion. We reconsider several key aspects of the early stages of autoimmunity at four levels: islets, pancreatic lymph nodes, thymic function and peripheral immune homeostasis. Antigen presentation is the islets and has the capacity to provoke immune sensitization, either in the process of physiological neonatal β cell apoptosis or as a consequence of cytolytic activity of self-reactive thymocytes that escaped negative regulation. Diabetogenic effectors are efficiently expanded in both the islets and the lymph nodes under conditions of empty lymphoid niches during a period of time coinciding with a synchronized wave of β cell apoptosis surrounding weaning. A major drive of effector cell activation and expansion is inherent peripheral lymphopenia characteristic of neonates, though it remains unclear when is autoimmunity triggered in subjects displaying hyperglycemia in late adolescence. Our analysis suggests that T1D evolves through coordinated activity of multiple physiological mechanisms of stimulation within specific characteristics of the neonate immune system.
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- Nadir Askenasy
- The Leah and Edward M. Frankel Laboratory of Experimental Bone Marrow Transplantation, 14 Kaplan Street, 49202, Petach Tikva, Israel.
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Vrisekoop N, Artusa P, Monteiro JP, Mandl JN. Weakly self-reactive T-cell clones can homeostatically expand when present at low numbers. Eur J Immunol 2016; 47:68-73. [PMID: 27792294 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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T-cell division is central to maintaining a stable T-cell pool in adults. It also enables T-cell expansion in neonates, and after depletion by chemotherapy, bone marrow transplantation, or infection. The same signals required for T-cell survival in lymphoreplete settings, IL-7 and T-cell receptor (TCR) interactions with self-peptide MHC (pMHC), induce division when T-cell numbers are low. The strength of reactivity for self-pMHC has been shown to correlate with the capacity of T cells to undergo lymphopenia-induced proliferation (LIP), in that weakly self-reactive T cells are unable to divide, implying that T-cell reconstitution would significantly skew the TCR repertoire toward TCRs with greater self-reactivity and thus compromise T-cell diversity. Here, we show that while CD4+ T cells with low self-pMHC reactivity experience more intense competition, they are able to divide when present at low enough cell numbers. Thus, at physiological precursor frequencies CD4+ T cells with low self-pMHC reactivity are able to contribute to the reconstitution of the T-cell pool.
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- Nienke Vrisekoop
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Laboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Complex Traits Group, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Systems Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Complex Traits Group, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Song C, Nicholson JD, Clark SM, Li X, Keegan AD, Tonelli LH. Expansion of brain T cells in homeostatic conditions in lymphopenic Rag2(-/-) mice. Brain Behav Immun 2016; 57:161-172. [PMID: 27013354 PMCID: PMC5010944 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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The concept of the brain as an immune privileged organ is rapidly evolving in light of new findings outlining the sophisticated relationship between the central nervous and the immune systems. The role of T cells in brain development and function, as well as modulation of behavior has been demonstrated by an increasing number of studies. Moreover, recent studies have redefined the existence of a brain lymphatic system and the presence of T cells in specific brain structures, such as the meninges and choroid plexus. Nevertheless, much information is needed to further the understanding of brain T cells and their relationship with the central nervous system under non-inflammatory conditions. In the present study we employed the Rag2(-/-) mouse model of lymphocyte deficiency and reconstitution by adoptive transfer to study the temporal and anatomical expansion of T cells in the brain under homeostatic conditions. Lymphopenic Rag2(-/-) mice were reconstituted with 10 million lymphoid cells and studied at one, two and four weeks after transfer. Moreover, lymphoid cells and purified CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells from transgenic GFP expressing mice were used to define the neuroanatomical localization of transferred cells. T cell numbers were very low in the brain of reconstituted mice up to one week after transfer and significantly increased by 2weeks, reaching wild type values at 4weeks after transfer. CD4(+) T cells were the most abundant lymphocyte subtype found in the brain followed by CD8(+) T cells and lastly B cells. Furthermore, proliferation studies showed that CD4(+) T cells expand more rapidly than CD8(+) T cells. Lymphoid cells localize abundantly in meningeal structures, choroid plexus, and circumventricular organs. Lymphocytes were also found in vascular and perivascular spaces and in the brain parenchyma across several regions of the brain, in particular in structures rich in white matter content. These results provide proof of concept that the brain meningeal system, as well as vascular and perivascular spaces, are homing sites of lymphocytes and suggest the possibility of a brain specific T cell subtype.
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- Chang Song
- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD,Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD,Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD,Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD,Corresponding author: Leonardo H. Tonelli, PhD, 685 West Baltimore Street, MSTF Building Room 934 C, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, , Telephone: 410-706-2325
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Askenasy N. Mechanisms of autoimmunity in the non-obese diabetic mouse: effector/regulatory cell equilibrium during peak inflammation. Immunology 2016; 147:377-88. [PMID: 26749404 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Immune imbalance in autoimmune disorders such as type 1 diabetes may originate from aberrant activities of effector cells or dysfunction of suppressor cells. All possible defective mechanisms have been proposed for diabetes-prone species: (i) quantitative dominance of diabetogenic cells and decreased numbers of regulatory T cells, (ii) excessive aggression of effectors and defective function of suppressors, (iii) perturbed interaction between effector and suppressor cells, and (iv) variations in sensitivity to negative regulation. The experimental evidence available to date presents conflicting information on these mechanisms, with identification of perturbed equilibrium on the one hand and negation of critical role of each mechanism in propagation of diabetic autoimmunity on the other hand. In our analysis, there is no evidence that inherent abnormalities in numbers and function of effector and suppressor T cells are responsible for the immune imbalance responsible for propagation of type 1 diabetes as a chronic inflammatory process. Possibly, the experimental tools for investigation of these features of immune activity are still underdeveloped and lack sufficient resolution, in the presence of the extensive biological viability and functional versatility of effector and suppressor elements.
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- Nadir Askenasy
- The Leah and Edward M. Frankel Laboratory of Experimental Bone Marrow Transplantation, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Kamimura D, Atsumi T, Stofkova A, Nishikawa N, Ohki T, Suzuki H, Katsunuma K, Jiang JJ, Bando H, Meng J, Sabharwal L, Ogura H, Hirano T, Arima Y, Murakami M. Naïve T Cell Homeostasis Regulated by Stress Responses and TCR Signaling. Front Immunol 2016; 6:638. [PMID: 26734005 PMCID: PMC4681834 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The survival of naïve T cells is believed to require signals from TCR–pMHC interactions and cytokines such as IL-7. In contrast, signals that negatively impact naïve T cell survival are less understood. We conducted a forward genetic screening of mice and found a mutant mouse line with reduced number of naïve T cells (T-Red mice). T-Red mice have a point mutation in the Kdelr1 gene, and their naïve T cells show enhanced integrated stress response (ISR), which eventually induces their apoptosis. Therefore, naïve T cells require a KDEL receptor-mediated mechanism that efficiently relieves cellular stress for their survival in vivo. Interestingly, naïve T cells expressing TCR with higher affinity/avidity to self-antigens survive in T-Red mice, suggesting the possible link between TCR-mediated survival and ISR-induced apoptosis. In this article, we discuss the regulation of naïve T cell homeostasis, keeping special attention on the ISR and TCR signal.
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- Daisuke Kamimura
- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University , Sapporo , Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University , Sapporo , Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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Fluctuating fitness shapes the clone-size distribution of immune repertoires. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 113:274-9. [PMID: 26711994 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1512977112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The adaptive immune system relies on the diversity of receptors expressed on the surface of B- and T cells to protect the organism from a vast amount of pathogenic threats. The proliferation and degradation dynamics of different cell types (B cells, T cells, naive, memory) is governed by a variety of antigenic and environmental signals, yet the observed clone sizes follow a universal power-law distribution. Guided by this reproducibility we propose effective models of somatic evolution where cell fate depends on an effective fitness. This fitness is determined by growth factors acting either on clones of cells with the same receptor responding to specific antigens, or directly on single cells with no regard for clones. We identify fluctuations in the fitness acting specifically on clones as the essential ingredient leading to the observed distributions. Combining our models with experiments, we characterize the scale of fluctuations in antigenic environments and we provide tools to identify the relevant growth signals in different tissues and organisms. Our results generalize to any evolving population in a fluctuating environment.
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Nogueira JDS, Canto FBD, Nunes CFCG, Vianna PHO, Paiva LDS, Nóbrega A, Bellio M, Fucs R. Enhanced renewal of regulatory T cells in relation to CD4(+) conventional T lymphocytes in the peripheral compartment. Immunology 2015; 147:221-39. [PMID: 26572097 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Revised: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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CD4(+) Foxp3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells are necessary for the maintenance of self-tolerance and T-cell homeostasis. This population is kept at stable frequencies in secondary lymphoid organs for the majority of the lifetime, despite permanent thymic emigration or in the face of thymic involution. Continuous competition is expected to occur between recently thymus-emigrated and resident Treg cells (either natural or post-thymically induced). In the present work, we analysed the renewal dynamics of Treg cells compared with CD4(+) Foxp3- conventional T cells (Tconv), using protocols of single or successive T-cell transfers into syngeneic euthymic or lymphopenic (nu/nu or RAG2(-/-)) mice, respectively. Our results show a higher turnover for Treg cells in the peripheral compartment, compared with Tconv cells, when B cell-sufficient euthymic or nude hosts are studied. This increased renewal within the Treg pool, shown by the greater replacement of resident Treg cells by donor counterparts, correlates with augmented rates of proliferation and is not modified following temporary environmental perturbations induced by inflammatory state or microbiota alterations. Notably, the preferential substitution of Treg lymphocytes was not observed in RAG2(-/-) hosts. We showed that limited B-cell replenishment in the RAG2(-/-) hosts decisively contributed to the altered peripheral T-cell homeostasis. Accordingly, weekly transfers of B cells to RAG2(-/-) hosts rescued the preferential substitution of Treg lymphocytes. Our study discloses a new aspect of T-cell homeostasis that depends on the presence of B lymphocytes to regulate the relative incorporation of recently arrived Treg and Tconv cells in the peripheral compartment.
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- Jeane de Souza Nogueira
- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goés (IMPG), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goés (IMPG), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goés (IMPG), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goés (IMPG), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Imunobiologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goés (IMPG), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goés (IMPG), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Imunobiologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Lythe G, Callard RE, Hoare RL, Molina-París C. How many TCR clonotypes does a body maintain? J Theor Biol 2015; 389:214-24. [PMID: 26546971 PMCID: PMC4678146 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2015] [Revised: 09/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We consider the lifetime of a T cell clonotype, the set of T cells with the same T cell receptor, from its thymic origin to its extinction in a multiclonal repertoire. Using published estimates of total cell numbers and thymic production rates, we calculate the mean number of cells per TCR clonotype, and the total number of clonotypes, in mice and humans. When there is little peripheral division, as in a mouse, the number of cells per clonotype is small and governed by the number of cells with identical TCR that exit the thymus. In humans, peripheral division is important and a clonotype may survive for decades, during which it expands to comprise many cells. We therefore devise and analyse a computational model of homeostasis of a multiclonal population. Each T cell in the model competes for self pMHC stimuli, cells of any one clonotype only recognising a small fraction of the many subsets of stimuli. A constant mean total number of cells is maintained by a balance between cell division and death, and a stable number of clonotypes by a balance between thymic production of new clonotypes and extinction of existing ones. The number of distinct clonotypes in a human body may be smaller than the total number of naive T cells by only one order of magnitude. The number of T cells of one clonotype is an integer. The history of a clonotype starts with release from the thymus, and ends with extinction. Competition and cross-reactivity are included in a natural way. The average number of cells per clonotype, in a human body, is only of order 10.
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- Grant Lythe
- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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- Institute for Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Institute for Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Bremel RD, Homan EJ. Extensive T-Cell Epitope Repertoire Sharing among Human Proteome, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, and Pathogenic Bacteria: Implications for the Definition of Self. Front Immunol 2015; 6:538. [PMID: 26557118 PMCID: PMC4617169 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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T-cell receptor binding to MHC-bound peptides plays a key role in discrimination between self and non-self. Only a subset, typically a pentamer, of amino acids in a MHC-bound peptide form the motif exposed to the T-cell receptor. We categorize and compare the T-cell exposed amino acid motif repertoire of the total proteomes of two groups of bacteria, comprising pathogens and gastrointestinal microbiome organisms, with the human proteome and immunoglobulins. Given the maximum 205, or 3.2 million of such motifs that bind T-cell receptors, there is considerable overlap in motif usage. We show that the human proteome, exclusive of immunoglobulins, only comprises three quarters of the possible motifs, of which 65.3% are also present in both composite bacterial proteomes. Very few motifs are unique to the human proteome. Immunoglobulin variable regions carry a broad diversity of T-cell exposed motifs (TCEMs) that provides a stratified random sample of the motifs found in pathogens, microbiome, and the human proteome. Individual bacterial genera and species vary in the content of immunoglobulin and human proteome matched motifs that they carry. Mycobacteria and Burkholderia spp carry a particularly high content of such matched motifs. Some bacteria retain a unique motif signature and motif sharing pattern with the human proteome. The implication is that distinguishing self from non-self does not depend on individual TCEMs, but on a complex and dynamic overlay of signals wherein the same TCEM may play different roles in different organisms, and the frequency with which a particular TCEM appears influences its effect. The patterns observed provide clues to bacterial immune evasion and to strategies for intervention, including vaccine design. The breadth and distinct frequency patterns of the immunoglobulin-derived peptides suggest a role of immunoglobulins in maintaining a broadly responsive T-cell repertoire.
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Askenasy N. Less Is More: The Detrimental Consequences of Immunosuppressive Therapy in the Treatment of Type-1 Diabetes. Int Rev Immunol 2015; 34:523-37. [DOI: 10.3109/08830185.2015.1010723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Memory T cells are usually considered to be a feature of a successful immune response against a foreign antigen, and such cells can mediate potent immunity. However, in mice, alternative pathways have been described, through which naïve T cells can acquire the characteristics and functions of memory T cells without encountering specific foreign antigen or the typical signals required for conventional T cell differentiation. Such cells reflect a response to the internal rather the external environment, and hence such cells are called innate memory T cells. In this review, we describe how innate memory subsets were identified, the signals that induce their generation and their functional properties and potential role in the normal immune response. The existence of innate memory T cells in mice raises questions about whether parallel populations exist in humans, and we discuss the evidence for such populations during human T cell development and differentiation.
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- Stephen C Jameson
- Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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- Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Bremel RD, Homan EJ. Frequency Patterns of T-Cell Exposed Amino Acid Motifs in Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Peptides Presented by MHCs. Front Immunol 2014; 5:541. [PMID: 25389426 PMCID: PMC4211557 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Immunoglobulins are highly diverse protein sequences that are processed and presented to T-cells by B-cells and other antigen presenting cells. We examined a large dataset of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable regions (IGHV) to assess the diversity of T-cell exposed motifs (TCEMs). TCEM comprise those amino acids in a MHC-bound peptide, which face outwards, surrounded by the MHC histotope, and which engage the T-cell receptor. Within IGHV there is a distinct pattern of predicted MHC class II binding and a very high frequency of re-use of the TCEMs. The re-use frequency indicates that only a limited number of different cognate T-cells are required to engage many different clonal B-cells. The amino acids in each outward-facing TCEM are intercalated with the amino acids of inward-facing MHC groove-exposed motifs (GEM). Different GEM may have differing, allele-specific, MHC binding affinities. The intercalation of TCEM and GEM in a peptide allows for a vast combinatorial repertoire of epitopes, each eliciting a different response. Outcome of T-cell receptor binding is determined by overall signal strength, which is a function of the number of responding T-cells and the duration of engagement. Hence, the frequency of TCEM re-use appears to be an important determinant of whether a T-cell response is stimulatory or suppressive. The frequency distribution of TCEMs implies that somatic hypermutation is followed by T-cell clonal expansion that develops along repeated pathways. The observations of TCEM and GEM derived from immunoglobulins suggest a relatively simple, yet powerful, mechanism to correlate T-cell polyspecificity, through re-use of TCEMs, with a very high degree of specificity achieved by combination with a diversity of GEMs. The frequency profile of TCEMs also points to an economical mechanism for maintaining T-cell memory, recall, and self-discrimination based on an endogenously generated profile of motifs.
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Kaminitz A, Mizrahi K, Ash S, Ben-Nun A, Askenasy N. Stable activity of diabetogenic cells with age in NOD mice: dynamics of reconstitution and adoptive diabetes transfer in immunocompromised mice. Immunology 2014; 142:465-73. [PMID: 24601987 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2013] [Revised: 02/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse is a prevalent disease model of type 1 diabetes. Immune aberrations that cause and propagate autoimmune insulitis in these mice are being continually debated, with evidence supporting both dominance of effector cells and insufficiency of suppressor mechanisms. In this study we assessed the behaviour of NOD lymphocytes under extreme expansion conditions using adoptive transfer into immunocompromised NOD.SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency) mice. CD4(+) CD25(+) T cells do not cause islet inflammation, whereas splenocytes and CD4(+) CD25(-) T cells induce pancreatic inflammation and hyperglycaemia in 80-100% of the NOD.SCID recipients. Adoptively transferred effector T cells migrate to the lymphoid organs and pancreas, proliferate, are activated in the target organ in situ and initiate inflammatory insulitis. Reconstitution of all components of the CD4(+) subset emphasizes the plastic capacity of different cell types to adopt effector and suppressor phenotypes. Furthermore, similar immune profiles of diabetic and euglycaemic NOD.SCID recipients demonstrate dissociation between fractional expression of CD25 and FoxP3 and the severity of insulitis. There were no evident and consistent differences in diabetogenic activity and immune reconstituting activity of T cells from pre-diabetic (11 weeks) and new onset diabetic NOD females. Similarities in immune phenotypes and variable distribution of effector and suppressor subsets in various stages of inflammation commend caution in interpretation of quantitative and qualitative aberrations as markers of disease severity in adoptive transfer experiments.
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- Ayelet Kaminitz
- Frankel Laboratory, Centre for Stem Cell Research, Schneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel; Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Zhou J, He W, Luo G, Wu J. Mixed lymphocyte reaction induced by multiple alloantigens and the role for IL-10 in proliferation inhibition. BURNS & TRAUMA 2014; 2:24-28. [PMID: 27574643 PMCID: PMC4994508 DOI: 10.4103/2321-3868.126088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Revised: 12/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The frequency of T cells that can respond to alloantigens is unusually high. It remains unclear how T cells would respond when stimulated by multiple major histocompatibility complex (MHC) disparate alloantigens in the same cultures. In this report, we examined potential interactions of T cell clones that were stimulated simultaneously by two sets of complete MHC disparate alloantigens using mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). In this assay, we observed that proliferation of B6 lymphocytes (H-2b) stimulated by both BALB/c (H-2d) and C3H (H-2k) allogeneic cells was not increased but rather reduced as compared to B6 cells stimulated with either BALB/c or C3H allogeneic cells. Interestingly, interleukin (IL)-10 expressions at both protein level and mRNA level was significantly increased in cultures stimulated with the two MHC alloantigens, while IL-2, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 production did not show any differences. In addition, Foxp3 mRNA expression was comparable amongst all groups. In conclusion, we observed an inhibitory effect in T cell proliferation in response to multiple MHC mismatched alloantigens in MLR, and this effect might be associated with the upregulation of IL-10 expression.
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- Junyi Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, the Third Military Medical University, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Proteomics of Diseases, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, the Third Military Medical University, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Proteomics of Diseases, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, the Third Military Medical University, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Proteomics of Diseases, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, the Third Military Medical University, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Proteomics of Diseases, Chongqing, China
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Singh NJ, Bando JK, Schwartz RH. Subsets of nonclonal neighboring CD4+ T cells specifically regulate the frequency of individual antigen-reactive T cells. Immunity 2012; 37:735-46. [PMID: 23021952 PMCID: PMC3478444 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Revised: 05/26/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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After an immune response, the expanded population of antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells contract to steady state levels. We have found that the contraction is neither cell-autonomous nor mediated by competition for generic trophic factors, but regulated by relatively rare subsets of neighboring CD4(+) T cells not necessarily of a conventional regulatory T cell lineage. These regulators, referred to as deletors, specifically limit the frequency of particular antigen-specific T cells even though they are not reactive to the same agonist as their targets. Instead, an isolated deletor could outcompete the target for recognition of a shared, nonstimulatory endogenous peptide-MHC ligand. This mechanism was sufficient to prevent even agonist-driven autoimmune disease in a lymphopenic environment. Such a targeted regulation of homeostasis within narrow colonies of T cells with related TCR specificities for subthreshold ligands might help to prevent the loss of unrelated TCRs during multiple responses, preserving the valuable diversity of the repertoire.
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- Nevil J Singh
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Sarin R, Abraham C. CD18 is required for optimal lymphopenia-induced proliferation of mouse T cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2012; 303:G851-60. [PMID: 22821945 PMCID: PMC3469592 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00520.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Lymphocyte numbers are tightly regulated; with acute lymphopenia, T cell numbers are reestablished through lymphopenia-induced proliferation. In contrast to the costimulation requirements of antigen-driven proliferation, a number of costimulatory molecules are not required for lymphopenia-induced proliferation. However, the requirement for major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-T cell receptor (TCR) interactions and the enhanced lymphopenia-induced proliferation in T cells with higher TCR affinity argue for a role for surface molecules that contribute to efficient MHC-TCR interactions, in particular adhesion molecules. CD18 is an integrin that contributes to the activation of peripheral and intestinal T cells through adhesive and costimulatory mechanisms. We found that CD18 is required for optimal polyclonal and monoclonal CD4+ T cell lymphopenia-induced proliferation in recombination-activating gene 1-deficient (RAG-1-/-) mice; this requirement persisted over time. Uniquely, the dependency on CD18 in CD4+ T cells is in the rapid proliferation in RAG-1-/- recipients and in the slow homeostatic proliferation in irradiated Balb/c recipients. Consistent with the proposed role for intestinal microbiota in lymphopenia-induced rapid proliferation in RAG-/- mice, we observed a significant reduction in rapid proliferation upon treatment of mice with antibiotics; however, the dependency on CD18 for optimal lymphopenia-induced proliferation persisted. Moreover, the dependency for CD18 is maintained over a wide range of numbers of initially transferred T cells, including a low number of initially transferred T cells, when the drive for proliferation is very strong and proliferation is more rapid. Overall, these data argue for an essential and broad role for CD18 in lymphopenia-induced proliferation.
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- Ritu Sarin
- Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Newrzela S, Al-Ghaili N, Heinrich T, Petkova M, Hartmann S, Rengstl B, Kumar A, Jäck HM, Gerdes S, Roeder I, Hansmann ML, von Laer D. T-cell receptor diversity prevents T-cell lymphoma development. Leukemia 2012; 26:2499-507. [PMID: 22643706 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2012.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Mature T-cell lymphomas (MTCLs) have an extremely poor prognosis and are much less frequent than immature T-cell leukemias. This suggests that malignant outgrowth of mature T lymphocytes is well controlled. Indeed, in a previous study we found that mature T cells are resistant to transformation with known T-cell oncogenes. Here, however, we observed that T-cell receptor (TCR) mono-/oligoclonal mature T cells from TCR transgenic (tg) mice (OT-I, P14) expressing the oncogenes NPM/ALK or ΔTrkA readily developed MTCLs in T-cell-deficient recipients. Analysis of cell surface markers largely ruled out that TCR tg lymphomas were derived from T-cell precursors. Furthermore, cotransplanted non-modified TCR polyclonal T cells suppressed malignant outgrowth of oncogene expressing TCR tg T lymphocytes. A dominant role of an anti-leukemic immune response or Tregs in the control of MTCLs seems unlikely as naïve T cells derived from oncogene expressing stem cells, which should be tolerant to leukemic antigens, as well as purified CD4 and CD8 were resistant to transformation. However, our results are in line with a model in which homeostatic mechanisms that stabilize the diversity of the normal T-cell repertoire, for example, clonal competition, also control the outgrowth of potentially malignant T-cell clones. This study introduces a new innate mechanism of lymphoma control.
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- S Newrzela
- Senckenberg Institute of Pathology, Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Improving TCR Gene Therapy for Treatment of Haematological Malignancies. Adv Hematol 2012; 2012:404081. [PMID: 22319532 PMCID: PMC3272793 DOI: 10.1155/2012/404081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Adoptive immunotherapy using TCR gene modified T cells may allow separation of beneficial Graft versus tumour responses from harmful GvHD. Improvements to this include methods to generate high avidity or high affinity TCR, improvements in vector design and reduction in mispairing. Following adoptive transfer, TCR transduced T cells must be able to survive and persist in vivo to give most effective antitumour responses. Central memory or naive T cells have both been shown to be more effective than effector cells at expanding and persisting in vivo. Lymphodepletion may enhance persistence of transferred T cell populations. TCR gene transfer can be used to redirect CD4 helper T cells, and these could be used in combination with CD8+ tumour specific T cells to provide help for the antitumour response. Antigen specific T regulatory T cells can also be generated by TCR gene transfer and could be used to suppress unwanted alloresponses.
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Norton MT, Fortner KA, Oppenheimer KH, Bonney EA. Evidence that CD8 T-cell homeostasis and function remain intact during murine pregnancy. Immunology 2011; 131:426-37. [PMID: 20553337 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03316.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Evolving models of immune tolerance have challenged the view that the response of the maternal immune system to environmental or fetal antigens must be suppressed or deviated. CD8 T cells play a central role in the immune response to viruses and intracellular pathogens so the maintenance of both the number and function of these cells is critical to protect both the mother and fetus. We show that the numbers of maternal CD8 T cells in both the spleen and the uterine draining lymph nodes are transiently increased at mid-gestation and this correlates with enhanced CD8 T-cell proliferation and an increased relative expression of both pro-survival and pro-apoptotic molecules. In transgenic mice bearing T-cell antigen receptors specific for the male HY or allo-antigens, the transgenic CD8 T cells retain the ability to proliferate and function during pregnancy. Moreover, anti-HY T-cell receptor transgenic mice have normal numbers of male pups despite the presence of CD8 T cells at the maternal-fetal interface. These data suggest that pregnancy is a dynamic state in which CD8 T-cell turnover is increased while the function and ending size of the CD8 T-cell compartment are maintained.
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- Michelle T Norton
- University of Vermont College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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Fortner KA, Lees RK, MacDonald HR, Budd RC. Fas (CD95/APO-1) limits the expansion of T lymphocytes in an environment of limited T-cell antigen receptor/MHC contacts. Int Immunol 2011; 23:75-88. [PMID: 21266499 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxq466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Fas-deficient mice (Fas(lpr/lpr)) and humans have profoundly dysregulated T lymphocyte homeostasis, which manifests as an accumulation of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells as well as an unusual population of CD4(-)CD8(-)TCRαβ(+) T cells. To date, no unifying model has explained both the increased T-cell numbers and the origin of the CD4(-)CD8(-)TCRαβ(+) T cells. As Fas(lpr/lpr) mice raised in a germ-free environment still manifest lymphadenopathy, we considered that this process is primarily driven by recurrent low-avidity TCR signaling in response to self-peptide/MHC as occurs during homeostatic proliferation. In these studies, we developed two independent systems to decrease the number of self-peptide/MHC contacts. First, expression of MHC class I was reduced in OT-I TCR transgenic mice. Although OT-I Fas(lpr/lpr) mice did not develop lymphadenopathy characteristic of Fas(lpr/lpr) mice, in the absence of MHC class I, OT-I Fas(lpr/lpr) T cells accumulated as both CD8(+) and CD4(-)CD8(-) T cells. In the second system, re-expression of β(2)m limited to thymic cortical epithelial cells of Fas(lpr/lpr) β(2)m-deficient mice yielded a model in which polyclonal CD8(+) thymocytes entered a peripheral environment devoid of MHC class I. These mice accumulated significantly greater numbers of CD4(-)CD8(-)TCRαβ(+) T cells than conventional Fas(lpr/lpr) mice. Thus, Fas shapes the peripheral T-cell repertoire by regulating the survival of a subset of T cells proliferating in response to limited self-peptide/MHC contacts.
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- Karen A Fortner
- Immunobiology Program, Department of Medicine, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405-0068, USA.
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Whitmire JK. Induction and function of virus-specific CD4+ T cell responses. Virology 2011; 411:216-28. [PMID: 21236461 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2010] [Accepted: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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CD4+ T cells - often referred to as T-helper cells - play a central role in immune defense and pathogenesis. Virus infections and vaccines stimulate and expand populations of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells in mice and in man. These virus-specific CD4+ T cells are extremely important in antiviral protection: deficiencies in CD4+ T cells are associated with virus reactivation, generalized susceptibility to opportunistic infections, and poor vaccine efficacy. As described below, CD4+ T cells influence effector and memory CD8+ T cell responses, humoral immunity, and the antimicrobial activity of macrophages and are involved in recruiting cells to sites of infection. This review summarizes a few key points about the dynamics of the CD4+ T cell response to virus infection, the positive role of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the differentiation of virus-specific CD4+ T cells, and new areas of investigation to improve vaccines against virus infection.
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- Jason K Whitmire
- Carolina Vaccine Institute, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Fortner KA, Bouillet P, Strasser A, Budd RC. Apoptosis regulators Fas and Bim synergistically control T-lymphocyte homeostatic proliferation. Eur J Immunol 2010; 40:3043-53. [PMID: 21061436 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2010] [Revised: 06/22/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The size of the peripheral T-lymphocyte compartment is governed by complex homeostatic mechanisms that balance T-cell proliferation and death. Proliferation and survival signals are mediated in part by recurrent self-peptide/MHC-TCR interactions and signaling by the common γ chain-containing cytokine receptors, including those for IL-7 and IL-15. We have previously shown that the death receptor Fas (CD95/APO-1) regulates apoptosis in response to repeated TCR stimulation, whereas the Bcl-2 homology domain 3-only protein Bim mediates cytokine withdrawal-induced apoptosis. We therefore reasoned that these two molecules might cooperate in the regulation of homeostatic proliferation. In this study, we observe that the combined loss of Fas and Bim synergistically enhances the accumulation of T cells in lymphopenic host mice, and this is particularly pronounced for the unusual CD4(-) CD8(-) TCRαβ(+) T cells that are characteristic of Fas-deficient (Fas(lpr/lpr) ) mice. Our findings demonstrate that these CD4(-) CD8(-) TCRαβ(+) T cells arise from homeostatic proliferation of CD8(+) T cells. These studies also underscore the profound rate of baseline T-cell proliferation that likely occurs in wild-type mice even in the absence of foreign antigen, and the consequent need for its coordinated regulation by multiple death-signaling pathways.
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- Karen A Fortner
- Vermont Center for Immunology and Infectious Disease, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405-0068, USA.
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Askenasy EM, Askenasy N, Askenasy JJ. Does lymphopenia preclude restoration of immune homeostasis? The particular case of type 1 diabetes. Autoimmun Rev 2010; 9:687-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2010.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Immunosuppressive therapy exacerbates autoimmunity in NOD mice and diminishes the protective activity of regulatory T cells. J Autoimmun 2010; 35:145-52. [PMID: 20638242 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2010.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2010] [Accepted: 06/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Mounting evidence indicates that immunosuppressive therapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation are relatively inefficient approaches to treat autoimmune diabetes. In this study we assessed the impact of immunosuppression on inflammatory insulitis in NOD mice, and the effect of radiation on immunomodulation mediated by adoptive transfer of various cell subsets. Sublethal radiation of NOD females at the age of 14 weeks (onset of hyperglycemia) delayed the onset of hyperglycemia, however two thirds of the mice became diabetic. Adoptive transfer of splenocytes into irradiated NON and NOD mice precipitated disease onset despite increased contents of CD25(+)FoxP3(+) T cells in the pancreas and regional lymphatics. Similar phenotypic changes were observed when CD25(+) T cells were infused after radiation, which also delayed disease onset without affecting its incidence. Importantly, irradiation increased the susceptibility to diabetes in NOD and NON mice (71-84%) as compared to immunomodulation with splenocytes and CD25(+) T cells in naïve recipients (44-50%). Although irradiation had significant and durable influence on pancreatic infiltrates and the fractions of functional CD25(+)FoxP3(+) Treg cells were elevated by adoptive cell transfer, this approach conferred no protection from disease progression. Irradiation was ineffective both in debulking of pathogenic clones and in restoring immune homeostasis, and the consequent homeostatic expansion evolves as an unfavorable factor in attempts to restore self-tolerance and might even provoke uncontrolled proliferation of pathogenic clones. The obstacles imposed by immunosuppression on abrogation of autoimmune insulitis require replacement of non-specific immunosuppressive therapy by selective immunomodulation that does not cause lymphopenia.
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Stirk ER, Lythe G, van den Berg HA, Molina-París C. Stochastic competitive exclusion in the maintenance of the naïve T cell repertoire. J Theor Biol 2010; 265:396-410. [PMID: 20471403 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2009] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Recognition of antigens by the adaptive immune system relies on a highly diverse T cell receptor repertoire. The mechanism that maintains this diversity is based on competition for survival stimuli; these stimuli depend upon weak recognition of self-antigens by the T cell antigen receptor. We study the dynamics of diversity maintenance as a stochastic competition process between a pair of T cell clonotypes that are similar in terms of the self-antigens they recognise. We formulate a bivariate continuous-time Markov process for the numbers of T cells belonging to the two clonotypes. We prove that the ultimate fate of both clonotypes is extinction and provide a bound on mean extinction times. We focus on the case where the two clonotypes exhibit negligible competition with other T cell clonotypes in the repertoire, since this case provides an upper bound on the mean extinction times. As the two clonotypes become more similar in terms of the self-antigens they recognise, one clonotype quickly becomes extinct in a process resembling classical competitive exclusion. We study the limiting probability distribution for the bivariate process, conditioned on non-extinction of both clonotypes. Finally, we derive deterministic equations for the number of cells belonging to each clonotype as well as a linear Fokker-Planck equation for the fluctuations about the deterministic stable steady state.
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- Emily R Stirk
- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Molecular mimics can induce a nonautoaggressive repertoire that preempts induction of autoimmunity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:2550-5. [PMID: 20133742 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914508107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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To determine the role that competition plays in a molecular mimic's capacity to induce autoimmunity, we studied the ability of naïve encephalitogenic T cells to expand in response to agonist altered peptide ligands (APLs), some capable of stimulating both self-directed and exclusively APL-specific T cells. Our results show that although the APLs capable of stimulating exclusively APL-specific T cells are able to expand encephalitogenic T cells in vitro, the encephalitogenic repertoire is effectively outcompeted in vivo when the APL is used as the priming immunogen. Competition as a mechanism was supported by: (i) the demonstration of a population of exclusively APL-specific T cells, (ii) an experiment in which an encephalitogenic T cell population was successfully outcompeted by adoptively transferred naïve T cells, and (iii) demonstrating that the elimination of competing T cells bestowed an APL with the ability to expand naïve encephalitogenic T cells in vivo. In total, these experiments support the existence of a reasonably broad T cell repertoire responsive to a molecular mimic (e.g., a microbial agent), of which the exclusively mimic-specific component tends to focus the immune response on the invading pathogen, whereas the rare cross-reactive, potentially autoreactive T cells are often preempted from becoming involved.
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Naive T cell homeostasis: from awareness of space to a sense of place. Nat Rev Immunol 2009; 9:823-32. [PMID: 19935802 DOI: 10.1038/nri2657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The peripheral naive T cell pool is fairly stable in number, diversity and functional competence in the absence of vigorous immune responses. However, this apparent tranquility is not an intrinsic property of T cells but involves continuous tuning of the T cell pool composition by homeostatic signals. In the past decade, studies have revealed that naive T cells rely on combinatorial signals from self-peptide-MHC complexes and interleukin-7 for their physical and functional maintenance. Competition for these factors dictates T cell 'space'. In addition, recent studies show that these and other homeostatic factors are offered to T cells on stromal cell networks, which also serve to guide T cell trafficking in secondary lymphoid organs. Such findings suggest the importance of 'place' in the perception and integration of homeostatic cues for the maintenance and functional tuning of the naive T cell pool.
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Ravkov EV, Williams MA. The magnitude of CD4+ T cell recall responses is controlled by the duration of the secondary stimulus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:2382-9. [PMID: 19605694 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The parameters controlling the generation of robust CD4(+) T cell recall responses remain poorly defined. In this study, we compare recall responses by CD4(+) and CD8(+) memory T cells following rechallenge. Homologous rechallenge of mice immune to either lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus or Listeria monocytogenes results in robust CD8(+) T cell recall responses but poor boosting of CD4(+) T cell recall responses in the same host. In contrast, heterologous rechallenge with a pathogen sharing only a CD4(+) T cell epitope results in robust boosting of CD4(+) T cell recall responses. The disparity in CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell recall responses cannot be attributed to competition for growth factors or APCs, as robust CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell recall responses can be simultaneously induced following rechallenge with peptide-pulsed dendritic cells. Instead, CD4(+) T cell recall responses are dependent on the duration of the secondary challenge. Increasing the rechallenge dose results in more potent boosting of CD4(+) T cell recall responses and artificially limiting the duration of secondary infection following heterologous rechallenge adversely impacts the magnitude of CD4(+) T cell, but not CD8(+) T cell, recall responses. These findings suggest that rapid pathogen clearance by secondary CTL following homologous rechallenge prevents optimal boosting of CD4(+) T cell responses and therefore have important practical implications in the design of vaccination and boosting strategies aimed at promoting CD4(+) T cell-mediated protection.
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- Eugene V Ravkov
- Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Leitão C, Freitas AA, Garcia S. The role of TCR specificity and clonal competition during reconstruction of the peripheral T cell pool. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:5232-9. [PMID: 19380769 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0804071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Survival of peripheral CD8(+) T cells requires TCR interactions with peptide-MHC complexes (p-MHC). In the adult mouse, in the presence of homeostatic mechanisms that strictly control T cell numbers, it is likely that diverse T cell clones may compete for shared patterns of p-MHC. In the present study, we investigate whether the recognition of p-MHC overlaps between different T cell populations and what role does this process plays in the establishment of the peripheral T cell pools. Using an experimental strategy that follows the fate of adoptively transferred polyclonal T cells into RAG(0/0) or different TCR transgenic RAG(0/0) hosts, we demonstrate that T cells bearing different TCR specificities share identical TCR-specific requirements for survival and lymphopenia driven proliferation (LDP). This interclonal competition applies to both naive and activated/memory T cells and is partially determined by the clone size of the established/resident T cells. However, clonal competition with activated/memory resident T cells impacts differently on the fate of newly produced bone-marrow-derived T cells or adoptively transferred peripheral T cells. Overall, our findings indicate that p-MHC define multiple diverse resource niches that can be shared by T cells from different compartments.
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- Catarina Leitão
- Lymphocyte Population Biology Unit, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Ciupe SM, Devlin BH, Markert ML, Kepler TB. The dynamics of T-cell receptor repertoire diversity following thymus transplantation for DiGeorge anomaly. PLoS Comput Biol 2009; 5:e1000396. [PMID: 19521511 PMCID: PMC2690399 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Accepted: 04/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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T cell populations are regulated both by signals specific to the T-cell receptor (TCR) and by signals and resources, such as cytokines and space, that act independently of TCR specificity. Although it has been demonstrated that disruption of either of these pathways has a profound effect on T-cell development, we do not yet have an understanding of the dynamical interactions of these pathways in their joint shaping of the T cell repertoire. Complete DiGeorge Anomaly is a developmental abnormality that results in the failure of the thymus to develop, absence of T cells, and profound immune deficiency. After receiving thymic tissue grafts, patients suffering from DiGeorge anomaly develop T cells derived from their own precursors but matured in the donor tissue. We followed three DiGeorge patients after thymus transplantation to utilize the remarkable opportunity these subjects provide to elucidate human T-cell developmental regulation. Our goal is the determination of the respective roles of TCR-specific vs. TCR-nonspecific regulatory signals in the growth of these emerging T-cell populations. During the course of the study, we measured peripheral blood T-cell concentrations, TCRbeta V gene-segment usage and CDR3-length spectratypes over two years or more for each of the subjects. We find, through statistical analysis based on a novel stochastic population-dynamic T-cell model, that the carrying capacity corresponding to TCR-specific resources is approximately 1000-fold larger than that of TCR-nonspecific resources, implying that the size of the peripheral T-cell pool at steady state is determined almost entirely by TCR-nonspecific mechanisms. Nevertheless, the diversity of the TCR repertoire depends crucially on TCR-specific regulation. The estimated strength of this TCR-specific regulation is sufficient to ensure rapid establishment of TCR repertoire diversity in the early phase of T cell population growth, and to maintain TCR repertoire diversity in the face of substantial clonal expansion-induced perturbation from the steady state.
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- Stanca M. Ciupe
- Center for Computational Immunology, Department of Biostatistics and
Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United
States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North
Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North
Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North
Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Computational Immunology, Department of Biostatistics and
Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United
States of America
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North
Carolina, United States of America
- * E-mail:
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Intraclonal competition limits the fate determination of regulatory T cells in the thymus. Nat Immunol 2009; 10:610-7. [PMID: 19430476 PMCID: PMC2756247 DOI: 10.1038/ni.1739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 04/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Because the deletion of self-reactive T cells is incomplete, thymic development of natural Foxp3+CD4+ regulatory T (Treg) cells is required for preventing autoimmunity. However, the role of T cell receptor (TCR) specificity in thymic Treg cell development remains controversial. To address this issue, we generated a transgenic line expressing a naturally occurring Treg cell-derived TCR. Surprisingly, efficient thymic Treg cell development occurred only when the antigen-specific Treg cell precursors were present at low clonal frequency (<1%) within a normal thymus. Using retroviral vectors and bone marrow chimeras, we observed similar behavior with two other Treg cell-derived TCRs. These data demonstrate that thymic Treg cell development is a TCR-instructive process involving a niche which can be saturable at much lower clonal frequencies than the niche for positive selection.
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Jubala CM, Lamerato-Kozicki AR, Borakove M, Lang J, Gardner LA, Coffey D, Helm KM, Schaack J, Baier M, Cutter GR, Bellgrau D, Modiano JF. MHC-dependent desensitization of intrinsic anti-self reactivity. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2009; 58:171-85. [PMID: 18523772 PMCID: PMC2585149 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-008-0535-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2008] [Accepted: 05/12/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The survival of naive T cells is compromised in the absence of molecules encoded by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) while antigen-experienced T cells survive. We hypothesized that survival pressures in an in vivo, MHC-deficient environment would permit enrichment of less frequent antigen-experienced autoreactive cells at the expense of the majority of antigen naive T cells. To test this hypothesis, we generated MHC class I- and class II-deficient mice in NOD and C57Bl/6 (B6) backgrounds, and examined the capacity of adoptively transferred autoimmune-prone NOD T cells, or non-autoimmune prone naive B6 T cells, respectively, to reject transplanted wild-type pancreatic islets or transplantable tumors in the MHC-deficient mice. In the MHC-deficient environment, CD4 T cells acquired self-hostile properties (islet rejection and tumor invasion) that were independent from their genetic propensity for autoreactivity, while CD8 T cells required appropriate prior exposure to antigen in order to survive and function (reject tumor) in this environment; however, disengagement of Tob1, a negative regulator of proliferation, led to a reverse phenotype with regard to persistence of CD4 and CD8 T cells in the MHC-deficient environment. Our data suggest that self-peptide/MHC interactions have dual roles to facilitate survival and restrain autoreactivity, thus acting as integral components of an intrinsic network of negative regulation that maintains tolerance.
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- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO USA
- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
- Present Address: Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA
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- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
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- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
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- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
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- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO USA
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- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL USA
- Present Address: Clinical & Regulatory Affairs/Biometrics Department Biostatistician, Novartis Pharma GmbH, Roonstrasse 25, 90429 Nuernberg, Germany
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL USA
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- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO USA
- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
- Integrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson St. K503, Denver, CO 80206 USA
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- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO USA
- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO USA
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences and Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, 455 VMC MMC6194, 1365 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108 USA
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Unsinger J, Kazama H, McDonough JS, Hotchkiss RS, Ferguson TA. Differential lymphopenia-induced homeostatic proliferation for CD4+ and CD8+ T cells following septic injury. J Leukoc Biol 2008; 85:382-90. [PMID: 19088177 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0808491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Sepsis is a severe, life-threatening infection and a leading cause of death in hospitals. A hallmark of sepsis is the profound apoptosis-induced depletion of lymphocytes generating a lymphopenic environment. As lymphopenia can induce nonantigen-driven homeostatic proliferation (HP), we examined this process during sepsis. CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells, which were depleted within 24 h of sepsis induction, remained at significantly reduced levels until Day 21 when normal numbers were detected. When HP was examined, naïve CD8(+) T cells proliferated between Day 7 and Day 21 post-cecal ligation and puncture, developing into memory cells with relatively few cells expressing an activation phenotype. Conversely, naïve CD4(+) T cells did not undergo HP, but proportionally higher numbers expressed activation markers. Adoptive transfer studies revealed that T cells from mice that had recovered from sepsis were not protective when transferred to naïve mice undergoing sepsis. In addition, the TCR repertoire was not skewed toward any specific Vbeta type but resembled the repertoire found in normal mice, suggesting that T cells were not primed to antigens resulting from the infection. Interestingly, depletion of endogenous CD8(+) but not CD4(+) T cells restored the ability of naive CD4(+) T cells to undergo HP, increasing the number of CD4(+) T cells with memory but not activation markers. We conclude that homeostatic control in the postseptic environment permits recovery of the T cell repertoire to normal levels without generating antigen-specific memory or aberrant T cell specificities. Restoration of homeostatic control mechanisms might be a rational therapy for this disorder.
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- Jacqueline Unsinger
- Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Agenès F, Dangy JP, Kirberg J. T cell receptor contact to restricting MHC molecules is a prerequisite for peripheral interclonal T cell competition. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 205:2735-43. [PMID: 19015305 PMCID: PMC2585836 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20070467] [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] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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T cell survival and homeostatic proliferation in the periphery requires T cell receptor (TCR) binding to restricting major histocompatability complex (MHC)-encoded molecules, as well as the availability of certain lymphokines. However, the exact mechanisms by which these signals interrelate and contribute to homeostasis are not understood. By performing T cell transfers into TCR transgenic hosts we detected a hierarchical order of homeostatic proliferation for T cells differing in MHC restriction, such that OT1 cells (K(b) restricted) proliferated in P14 (D(b)-restricted TCR) recipients, but not vice versa. Using K(b) mutant mice, we demonstrated that proliferation of OT1 cells in P14 recipients, as well as the ability of host OT1 cells to hinder the proliferation of donor P14 cells, were dependent on OT1-TCR binding to K(b) molecules. However, interclonal T cell competition was not mediated simply by competition for physical access to the MHC-bearing cell. This was shown in parabiotic pairs of OT1 and K(b) mutant mice in which P14 cells failed to proliferate, even though the OT1 cells could not interact with half of the APCs in the system. Thus, we conclude that the interaction between the TCR and restricting MHC molecule influences the ability to compete for trophic resources not bound to the stimulating APC. This mechanism allows a local competitiveness that extends beyond a T cell's specificity.
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- Fabien Agenès
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U548, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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It is now apparent that naïve peripheral T cells are a dynamic population where active processes prevent inappropriate activation while supporting survival. The process of thymic education makes naïve peripheral T cells dependent on interactions with self-MHC for survival. However, as these signals can potentially result in inappropriate activation, various non-redundant, intrinsic negative regulatory molecules including Tob, Nfatc2, and Smad3 actively enforce T cell quiescence. Interactions among these pathways are only now coming to light and may include positive or negative crosstalk. In the case of positive crosstalk, self-MHC initiated signals and intrinsic negative regulatory factors may cooperate to dampen T cell activation and sustain peripheral tolerance in a binary fashion (on-off). In the case of negative crosstalk, self-MHC signals may promote survival through partial activation while intrinsic negative regulatory factors act as rheostats to restrain cell cycle entry and prevent T cells from crossing a threshold that would break tolerance.
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- Jaime F Modiano
- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
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