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Assembly of a spatial circuit of T-bet-expressing lymphocytes is required for antiviral humoral immunity

ABSTRACT: Effective antiviral immunity requires generation of T and B lymphocytes expressing transcription factor T-bet, a regulator of type 1 inflammatory responses. Using T-bet expression as an endogenous marker for cells participating in a type 1 response, we report coordinated interactions of T-bet-expressing T and B lymphocytes based on their dynamic co-localization at T cell zone and B follicle boundary (T-B boundary) and germinal centers (GC) within the draining lymph node during lung influenza infection. We demonstrate that the assembly of this circuit takes place in distinct anatomical niches, guided by CXCR3, which enables positioning of TH1 cells at the T-B boundary. The encounter of B and TH1 cells at T-B boundary enables IFN produced by the latter to induce IgG2c class switching. Within GCs, T-bet+ TFH cells represent a specialized stable sub-lineage required for GC growth, but dispensable for IgG2c class switching. Our studies show that during respiratory viral infection, T-bet-expressing T and B lymphocytes form a circuit assembled in a spatio-temporally controlled manner that acts as a functional unit enabling a robust and coherent humoral response tailored for optimal antiviral immunity.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE173605 | GEO | 2021/04/30

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:This a model from the article: Sequential polarization and imprinting of type 1 T helper lymphocytes by interferon-gamma and interleukin-12. Schulz EG, Mariani L, Radbruch A, Höfer T. Immunity.2009;30(5):666-8. 19409816, Abstract: Differentiation of naive T lymphocytes into type I T helper (Th1) cells requires interferon-gamma and interleukin-12. It is puzzling that interferon-gamma induces the Th1 transcription factor T-bet, whereas interleukin-12 mediates Th1 cell lineage differentiation. We use mathematical modeling to analyze the expression kinetics of T-bet, interferon-gamma, and the IL-12 receptor beta2 chain (IL-12Rbeta2) during Th1 cell differentiation, in the presence or absence of interleukin-12 or interferon-gamma signaling. We show that interferon-gamma induced initial T-bet expression, whereas IL-12Rbeta2 was repressed by T cell receptor (TCR) signaling. The termination of TCR signaling permitted upregulation of IL-12Rbeta2 by T-bet and interleukin-12 signaling that maintained T-bet expression. This late expression of T-bet, accompanied by the upregulation of the transcription factors Runx3 and Hlx, was required to imprint the Th cell for interferon-gamma re-expression. Thus initial polarization and subsequent imprinting of Th1 cells are mediated by interlinked, sequentially acting positive feedback loops of TCR-interferon-gamma-Stat1-T-bet and interleukin-12-Stat4-T-bet signaling. The original model was created by: Edda G. Schulz schulz@drfz.de Theoretical Biophysics, Institute of Biology, Humboldt Universität, Invalidenstrasse 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany. This model originates from BioModels Database: A Database of Annotated Published Models. It is copyright (c) 2005-2009 The BioModels Team.For more information see the terms of use.To cite BioModels Database, please use Le Novère N., Bornstein B., Broicher A., Courtot M., Donizelli M., Dharuri H., Li L., Sauro H., Schilstra M., Shapiro B., Snoep J.L., Hucka M. (2006) BioModels Database: A Free, Centralized Database of Curated, Published, Quantitative Kinetic Models of Biochemical and Cellular Systems Nucleic Acids Res., 34: D689-D691.

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