Visualizing context-dependent calcium signaling in encephalitogenic T cells in vivo by two-photon microscopy.

ABSTRACT: In experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE), autoimmune T cells are activated in the periphery before they home to the CNS. On their way, the T cells pass through a series of different cellular milieus where they receive signals that instruct them to invade their target tissues. These signals involve interaction with the surrounding stroma cells, in the presence or absence of autoantigens. To portray the serial signaling events, we studied a T-cell-mediated model of EAE combining in vivo two-photon microscopy with two different activation reporters, the FRET-based calcium biosensor Twitch1 and fluorescent NFAT. In vitro activated T cells first settle in secondary (2°) lymphatic tissues (e.g., the spleen) where, in the absence of autoantigen, they establish transient contacts with stroma

SUBMITTER: Kyratsous NI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5547602 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature