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Transcriptional profile of Tim-3+ and Tim-3- CD8+ T cells from trigeminal ganglion 8 days post HSV-1 infection

ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to compare the transcriptional profile between different subpopulations of CD8+ T cells in the trigeminal ganglion 8 days post HSV-1 infection. Within the HSV-1 infected TG, essentially all of the CD8+ T cells are virus specific and by using a tetramer for the immunodominant epitope from glycoprotein B (gB), we can separate the CD8+ T cell response into two populations: the gB-CD8+ T cells and the Subdom-CD8+ T cells. These populations have different levels of functionality during viral latency and express different checkpoint molecules that may influence this. Past work has shown that expression of PD-1 is associated with impaired functionality in this model and we are currently investigating the role of Tim-3, as there is little overlap in expression between Tim-3 and PD-1 and Tim-3 appears to mark functional cells when assessed by flow cytometry. By sorting cells first by using tetramer to create two populations of CD8+ T cells and then further separating these populations using expression of Tim-3 and PD-1, we have isolated subpopulations to assess what genes are up and downregulated in Tim-3+ cells compared to Tim-3- cells in each population.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE137973 | GEO | 2019/09/26

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Exhaustion markers are expressed by T lymphocytes in Follicular Lymphoma (FL). Through these, TIM-3 has been recently identified as a poor pronostic factor when expressed by FL CD4+ T cells. Before this study, there was no molecular characterization of unstimulated CD8+ T cells, expressing - or not - TIM-3. We used microarrays to compare the global gene expression profile between CD8+TIM-3+ T cells and CD8+TIM-3- T cells freshly sorted from follicular lymphoma biopsies. Abstract from the associated publication: Up-regulation of T-cell immunoglobulin-3 (TIM-3) has been associated with negative regulation of the immune response in chronic infection and cancer, including lymphoma. Here, we investigated the possible correlation between TIM-3 expression by ex vivo cytotoxic T cells (CTL) from follicular lymphoma (FL) biopsies and their functional unresponsiveness that could limit the favorable impact of CTL on disease progression. We report a high percentage of CD8+TIM-3+ T cells in lymph nodes of FL patients. When compared to their CD8+TIM-3- counterparts, CD8+TIM-3+ T cells exhibited defective cytokine production following TCR engagement. Furthermore CD8+TIM-3+ T cells display ex vivo markers of lytic granule release and remain unresponsive to further TCR-induced activation of the lytic machinery. Although confocal microscopy showed that TIM-3 expression on CD8+ T cells correlated with minor alterations of immunological synapse, a selective reduction of ERK signaling in CD8+TIM-3+ T cells was observed by phospho-flow analysis. Finally, short relapse free survival despite rituximab(R)-chemotherapy was observed in patients with high content of TIM-3+ cells and a poor infiltrate of granzyme B+ T cells in FL lymph nodes. Together, our data indicate that, besides selective TCR early signaling defects, TIM-3 expression correlates with unresponsiveness of ex vivo CD8+ T cells in FL. They show that scores based on the combination of exhaustion and cytolytic markers in FL microenvironment might be instrumental to identify patients at early risk of relapses following R-chemotherapy.

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Transcriptional profile of Tim-3+ and Tim-3- CD8+ T cells from trigeminal ganglion 8 days post HSV-1 infection

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