T cell UTX promotes Tfh-mediated clearance of persistent virus infection

ABSTRACT: Epigenetic changes, including histone methylation, control T cell differentiation and memory formation, though the enzymes that mediate these processes are not clear. We show that UTX, a histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27) demethylase, promotes the generation of T follicular helper (Tfh) cells, a CD4+ T cell subset essential for B cell antibody generation and clearance of chronic viral infections. Mice with T cell specific UTX deletion (UTX TKO mice) had fewer Tfh cells, showed defective germinal center formation, lacked virus-specific IgG production, and were unable to resolve chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection. In UTX TKO T cells, decreased expression of IL-6R±, and other Tfh-related loci, was associated with increased H3K27 methylation. Additionally, Turner Syndrome subjects,

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Joshua Starmer 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-64969 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress