scholarly journals Protective low avidity anti-tumour CD8+ T cells are selectively attenuated by regulatory T cells

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Sugiyarto ◽  
D. Prossor ◽  
O. Dadas ◽  
T. Elliott ◽  
E. James

AbstractRegulatory T cells (Treg) play a major role in the suppression of protective anti-tumour T cell responses. In the CT26 BALB/c murine model of colorectal carcinoma, Tregs differentially suppress responses to two characterised CD8+ T epitopes, AH1 and GSW11, which results in an absence of detectable IFN-γ producing GSW11- specific T cells in the spleen and lymph nodes of tumour challenged mice. Activation of GSW11-specific T cells correlates with protection against tumour growth. Here we show that GSW11-specific T cells are in fact induced in Treg-replete, CT26-bearing mice, where they make up the majority of tumour infiltrating CD8+ lymphocytes, but exhibit a dysfunctional ‘exhausted’ phenotype. This dysfunctional phenotype is induced early in the anti-tumour response in draining lymph nodes, spleens and tumours and is significantly more pronounced in GSW11-specific T cells compared to other tumour-specific T cell responses. Depletion of Tregs prior to tumour challenge significantly reduces the induction of exhaustion in GSW11-specific T cells and correlates with altered T cell receptor (TcR) usage. Moreover, the avidity of GSW11- specific TcRs that expanded in the absence of Tregs was significantly lower compared to TcRs of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) populations that were diminished in protective anti-tumour responses. This indicates that Tregs suppress the induction of protective anti-tumour T cell responses and may signify that the induction of low avidity T cells, while being more susceptible to exhaustion are the most efficacious in tumour rejection.

Author(s):  
G Sugiyarto ◽  
D Prossor ◽  
O Dadas ◽  
E D Arcia-Anaya ◽  
T Elliott ◽  
...  

Abstract Regulatory T cells (Treg) play a major role in the suppression of protective anti-tumour T cell responses. In the CT26 BALB/c murine model of colorectal carcinoma, Tregs differentially suppress responses to two characterised CD8+ T epitopes, AH1 and GSW11, which results in an absence of detectable IFN-γ producing GSW11-specific T cells in the spleen and lymph nodes of tumour challenged mice. Activation of GSW11-specific T cells correlates with protection against tumour progression. Here we show that GSW11-specific T cells are in fact induced in Treg-replete, CT26-bearing mice, where they make up the majority of tumour infiltrating CD8+ lymphocytes, but exhibit an ‘exhausted’ phenotype. This dysfunctional phenotype is induced early in the anti-tumour response in tumours. Depletion of Tregs prior to tumour challenge correlates with an altered T cell receptor (TcR) repertoire. Moreover, the avidity of GSW11-specific TcRs that expanded in the absence of Tregs was significantly lower compared to TcRs of CD8+populations that were diminished in protective anti-tumour responses. This indicates that Tregs suppress the induction of protective anti-tumour T cell responses and may signify that low avidity T cells play an important role in this protection.


Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
pp. 1497-1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winfried Barchet ◽  
Jeffrey D. Price ◽  
Marina Cella ◽  
Marco Colonna ◽  
Sandra K. MacMillan ◽  
...  

Concurrent activation of the T-cell receptor (TCR) and complement regulator CD46 on human CD4+ T lymphocytes induces Tr1-like regulatory T cells that suppress through IL-10 secretion bystander T-cell proliferation. Here we show that, despite their IL-10 production, CD46-induced T-regulatory T cells (Tregs) do not suppress the activation/maturation of dendritic cells (DCs). DC maturation by complement/CD46-induced Tregs is mediated through simultaneous secretion of GM-CSF and soluble CD40L, factors favoring DC differentiation and reversing inhibitory effects of IL-10. Thus, CD46-induced Tregs produce a distinct cytokine profile that inhibits T-cell responses but leaves DC activation unimpaired. Such “DC-sparing” Tregs could be desirable at host/environment interfaces such as the gastrointestinal tract where their specific cytokine profile provides a mechanism that ensures unresponsiveness to commensal bacteria while maintaining reactivity to invading pathogens.


2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (11) ◽  
pp. 5618-5630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald S. Veazey ◽  
Paula M. Acierno ◽  
Kimberly J. McEvers ◽  
Susanne H. C. Baumeister ◽  
Gabriel J. Foster ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Previously we have shown that CD8+ T cells are critical for containment of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) viremia and that rapid and profound depletion of CD4+ T cells occurs in the intestinal tract of acutely infected macaques. To determine the impact of SIV-specific CD8+ T-cell responses on the magnitude of the CD4+ T-cell depletion, we investigated the effect of CD8+ lymphocyte depletion during primary SIV infection on CD4+ T-cell subsets and function in peripheral blood, lymph nodes, and intestinal tissues. In peripheral blood, CD8+ lymphocyte-depletion changed the dynamics of CD4+ T-cell loss, resulting in a more pronounced loss 2 weeks after infection, followed by a temporal rebound approximately 2 months after infection, when absolute numbers of CD4+ T cells were restored to baseline levels. These CD4+ T cells showed a markedly skewed phenotype, however, as there were decreased levels of memory cells in CD8+ lymphocyte-depleted macaques compared to controls. In intestinal tissues and lymph nodes, we observed a significantly higher loss of CCR5+ CD45RA− CD4+ T cells in CD8+ lymphocyte-depleted macaques than in controls, suggesting that these SIV-targeted CD4+ T cells were eliminated more efficiently in CD8+ lymphocyte-depleted animals. Also, CD8+ lymphocyte depletion significantly affected the ability to generate SIV Gag-specific CD4+ T-cell responses and neutralizing antibodies. These results reemphasize that SIV-specific CD8+ T-cell responses are absolutely critical to initiate at least partial control of SIV infection.


Allergy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alba Angelina ◽  
Mario Pérez‐Diego ◽  
Angel Maldonado ◽  
Beate Rückert ◽  
Mübeccel Akdis ◽  
...  

mBio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaozhou Zhang ◽  
Timothy C. Borbet ◽  
Angela Fallegger ◽  
Matthew F. Wipperman ◽  
Martin J. Blaser ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Antibiotic exposure early in life and other practices impacting the vertical transmission and ordered assembly of a diverse and balanced gut microbiota are associated with a higher risk of immunological and metabolic disorders such as asthma and allergy, autoimmunity, obesity, and susceptibility to opportunistic infections. In this study, we used a model of perinatal exposure to the broad-spectrum antibiotic ampicillin to examine how the acquisition of a dysbiotic microbiota affects neonatal immune system development. We found that the resultant dysbiosis imprints in a manner that is irreversible after weaning, leading to specific and selective alteration of the colonic CD4+ T-cell compartment. In contrast, colonic granulocyte and myeloid lineages and other mucosal T-cell compartments are unaffected. Among colonic CD4+ T cells, we observed the most pronounced effects on neuropilin-negative, RORγt- and Foxp3-positive regulatory T cells, which are largely absent in antibiotic-exposed mice even as they reach adulthood. Immunomagnetically isolated dendritic cells from antibiotic-exposed mice fail to support the generation of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) from naive T cells ex vivo. The perinatally acquired dysbiotic microbiota predisposes to dysregulated effector T-cell responses to Citrobacter rodentium or ovalbumin challenge. The transfer of the antibiotic-impacted, but not healthy, fecal microbiota into germfree recipients recapitulates the selective loss of colonic neuropilin-negative, RORγt- and Foxp3-positive Tregs. The combined data indicate that the early-life acquisition of a dysbiotic microbiota has detrimental effects on the diversity and microbial community composition of offspring that persist into adulthood and predisposes to inappropriate T-cell responses that are linked to compromised immune tolerance. IMPORTANCE The assembly of microbial communities that populate all mucosal surfaces of the human body begins right after birth. This process is prone to disruption as newborns and young infants are increasingly exposed to antibiotics, both deliberately for therapeutic purposes, and as a consequence of transmaternal exposure. We show here using a model of ampicillin administration to lactating dams during their newborn offspring’s early life that such exposures have consequences that persist into adulthood. Offspring acquire their mother’s antibiotic-impacted microbiota, which compromises their ability to generate a colonic pool of CD4+ T cells, particularly of colonic regulatory T cells. This Treg deficiency cannot be corrected by cohousing with normal mice later and is recapitulated by reconstitution of germfree mice with microbiota harvested from antibiotic-exposed donors. As a consequence of their dysbiosis, and possibly of their Treg deficiency, antibiotic-impacted offspring generate dysregulated Th1 responses to bacterial challenge infection and develop more severe symptoms of ovalbumin-induced anaphylaxis.


eLife ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandria C Wells ◽  
Keith A Daniels ◽  
Constance C Angelou ◽  
Eric Fagerberg ◽  
Amy S Burnside ◽  
...  

The differentiation of naive CD8 T cells into effector cytotoxic T lymphocytes upon antigen stimulation is necessary for successful antiviral, and antitumor immune responses. Here, using a mouse model, we describe a dual role for the let-7 microRNAs in the regulation of CD8 T cell responses, where maintenance of the naive phenotype in CD8 T cells requires high levels of let-7 expression, while generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes depends upon T cell receptor-mediated let-7 downregulation. Decrease of let-7 expression in activated T cells enhances clonal expansion and the acquisition of effector function through derepression of the let-7 targets, including Myc and Eomesodermin. Ultimately, we have identified a novel let-7-mediated mechanism, which acts as a molecular brake controlling the magnitude of CD8 T cell responses.


2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (51) ◽  
pp. E10956-E10964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Chancellor ◽  
Anna S. Tocheva ◽  
Chris Cave-Ayland ◽  
Liku Tezera ◽  
Andrew White ◽  
...  

Tuberculosis (TB), caused byMycobacterium tuberculosis, remains a major human pandemic. Germline-encoded mycolyl lipid-reactive (GEM) T cells are donor-unrestricted and recognize CD1b-presented mycobacterial mycolates. However, the molecular requirements governing mycolate antigenicity for the GEM T cell receptor (TCR) remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate CD1b expression in TB granulomas and reveal a central role for meromycolate chains in influencing GEM-TCR activity. Meromycolate fine structure influences T cell responses in TB-exposed individuals, and meromycolate alterations modulate functional responses by GEM-TCRs. Computational simulations suggest that meromycolate chain dynamics regulate mycolate head group movement, thereby modulating GEM-TCR activity. Our findings have significant implications for the design of future vaccines that target GEM T cells.


2010 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
I. G. Harper ◽  
K. Saeb-Parsy ◽  
C. J. Callaghan ◽  
R. Motallebzadeh ◽  
E. M. Bolton ◽  
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