Project description:We investigated transcriptional changes in CD4CD8aa and CD4 intraepthelial lymphocytes. TCRαβ thymocytes differentiate to either CD8αβ cytotoxic T lymphocytes or CD4 T helper cells. This functional dichotomy is controlled by key transcription factors, including the T helper master regulator, ThPOK, which suppresses the cytolytic-program in MHC class II restricted CD4 thymocytes. ThPOK continues to repress CD8-lineage genes in mature CD4 T cells, even as they differentiate to T helper effector subsets. Surprisingly, we show here that the T helper-fate is not fixed and that mature antigen-stimulated CD4 T cells can switch off Thpok expression and reactivate CD8-lineage genes. This unexpected plasticity results in the post-thymic termination of the T helper program and the functional differentiation of distinct MHC class II restricted CD4 cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
Project description:We investigated transcriptional changes in CD4CD8aa and CD4 intraepthelial lymphocytes. TCRαβ thymocytes differentiate to either CD8αβ cytotoxic T lymphocytes or CD4 T helper cells. This functional dichotomy is controlled by key transcription factors, including the T helper master regulator, ThPOK, which suppresses the cytolytic-program in MHC class II restricted CD4 thymocytes. ThPOK continues to repress CD8-lineage genes in mature CD4 T cells, even as they differentiate to T helper effector subsets. Surprisingly, we show here that the T helper-fate is not fixed and that mature antigen-stimulated CD4 T cells can switch off Thpok expression and reactivate CD8-lineage genes. This unexpected plasticity results in the post-thymic termination of the T helper program and the functional differentiation of distinct MHC class II restricted CD4 cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Intraepithelial_CD4_CD8a neg vs CD8a pos. Two sample set of CD4CD8aa and CD4 intraepthelial lymphocytes (IEL) from small intestine of RAG knockout mice ( 8 weeks after transfer of naive CD4 cells, adoptive tranfer model of colitis), were prepared via cell sorting, and RNA was prepared by TRIZol (Invitrogen, USA) . Data were analyzed in GeneSpring GX10. For microarray analysis, RNA was labeled and hybridized to GeneChip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 arrays according to the Affymetrix protocols. Data were analyzed in GeneSpring GX10.
Project description:We show here that the T helper-fate is not fixed and that mature antigen-stimulated CD4 T cells can switch off Thpok expression and reactivate CD8- lineage genes. This unexpected plasticity results in the post-thymic termination of the T helper- program and the functional differentiation of distinct MHC class II restricted CD4 cytotoxic T lymphocytes
Project description:We show here that the T helper-fate is not fixed and that mature antigen-stimulated CD4 T cells can switch off Thpok expression and reactivate CD8- lineage genes. This unexpected plasticity results in the post-thymic termination of the T helper- program and the functional differentiation of distinct MHC class II restricted CD4 cytotoxic T lymphocytes Small intestine CD4 intraepithelial T lymphocytes from ThPOK-GFP reposter mice were isolated and sorted (FACS Aria) based on ThPOK and CD8aa expression. Cell were isolated either from non-experimental ThPOK-GFP reporter mice (WT) or after transfering CD4 naive T cells from ThPOK-GFP reporter mice to RAG-/-recipient animals (TR) as an experimental colitis model. Experimet was done in duplicate.
Project description:Mouse thymocytes can be classified into four major subsets based on expression of CD4 and CD8 co-receptors. CD4-CD8- (double negative, DN) cells become CD4+CD8+ (double positive, DP) cells following productive T cell receptor (TCR) beta chain rearrangement. A small proportion of DP cells are selected through interaction of clonal TCRalpha/beta and MHC self peptide complex expressed on thymic stromal cells. DP cell expressing MHC class I-restricted TCR become CD4-CD8+ cells, which will finally differentiate into cytotoxic T cells, while MHC class II restricted selection generates CD4+CD8- helper lineage T cells. We used microarrays to identify genes important for thymocyte differentiation and lineage determination by profiling gene expression in different thymocyte subsets.
Project description:Mouse thymocytes can be classified into four major subsets based on expression of CD4 and CD8 co-receptors. CD4-CD8- (double negative, DN) cells become CD4+CD8+ (double positive, DP) cells following productive T cell receptor (TCR) beta chain rearrangement. A small proportion of DP cells are selected through interaction of clonal TCRalpha/beta and MHC self peptide complex expressed on thymic stromal cells. DP cell expressing MHC class I-restricted TCR become CD4-CD8+ cells, which will finally differentiate into cytotoxic T cells, while MHC class II restricted selection generates CD4+CD8- helper lineage T cells. We used microarrays to identify genes important for thymocyte differentiation and lineage determination by profiling gene expression in different thymocyte subsets. Mouse thymocytes were divided into four subsets based on CD4, CD8a, and TCRb expression and purified by flw cytometry. FACS purified DN (CD4-CD8a-TCRb-), DP (CD4+CD8a+), CD4SP (CD4+CD8a-TCRbhi) and CD8SP (CD4-CD8a+TCRbhi) populations were lysed in Trizol, and provided to the Genomics Core Facility of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) for quality control, quantification, reverse transcription, labeling and hybridization to MOE430A 2.0 microarray chips (Affymetrix). Arrays were scanned per the manufacturer’s specifications for the Affymetrix MOE430v2 chip.
Project description:This mathematical model describes interactions between glioma tumors and the immune system that may occur following direct intra-tumoral administration of ex-vivo activated alloreactive cytotoxic-T-lymphocytes (aCTLs) as part of adoptive immunotherapy. The model includes descriptions of aCTL, neoplastic cells, MHC class I and II molecules, TGF-beta and IFN-gamma.
Project description:We compared gene expression profiling between CD4+ helper T cells and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells CD4+ helper T cells vs CD8+ cytotoxic T cells
Project description:Most naturally occurring major histocompatibility class I restricted T cell receptors (TCRs) that target over-expressed tumor-associated self-antigens (TAAs) are of low avidity due to selection and tolerance in the host and are CD8 co-receptor dependent. Adoptive T cell transfer with TCR-engineered T cells thus rely on the function of CD8+ T cells and do not exploit beneficial CD4+ T cell functions. Hence, we developed a novel strategy that combines expression of a TAA-specific low-avidity TCR with the CD8ab co-receptor and explored the properties of purified transgenic CD8+ and CD4+ T cells separately, in vitro and in vivo. We found that CD8ab co-transfer enhanced TCR+ CD8+ T cell function by increasing their serial tumor killing capacity, indicating that limited availability of endogenous CD8 co-receptors impedes full deployment of their functional potential. Engineered CD4+ T cells were efficiently reprogrammed into hybrid multifunctional cytotoxic and helper T cells at the single-cell level: they recognized and killed cells expressing the cognate class I restricted tumor antigen, became serial killers, produced mostly TH1 and preserved some TH2 cytokines, and showed superior anti-tumor function in vivo in a leukemia xenograft model. CD8ab co-transfer restored the TCR-pMHC interaction in CD4+ T cells and enhanced early TCR signaling events. Single-cell RNA-seq profiling suggests that co-transferred CD4+ T cells acquired a cytotoxic gene expression program and at the same time retained CD4 lineage specific features. In conclusion, we present a novel approach that allows us to (1) enhance the function of TCR-transgenic CD8+ T cells and (2) to manufacture class I pMHC targeted hybrid cytotoxic and helper T cells with both CD8+ and CD4+ T cell functions readily available at the single-cell level.
Project description:T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling by MHC class-I and -II induces thymocytes to acquire cytotoxic and helper fates via induction of Runx3 or and ThPOK transcription factors, respectively. The mechanisms by The mechanisms by which TCR signaling is translated into transcriptional programs for each cell fate remain elusive. It remains elusivewhich how TCR signaling is translated into transcriptional programs for each cell fate remain elusive. We show that a genome organizer, SATB1, activates genes for lineage-specifying factors, including ThPOK, Runx3, CD4, CD8 and Treg factor Foxp3, and Treg factor Foxp3, and CD4, and /CD8, in post-selection thymocytes. Indeed, SATBatb1-deficient thymocytes are partially redirected into inappropriate T lineages after both MHC class-I and -II mediated selection, and fail to generate Treg subset. Despite its essential role in initiating regulatory regions activity in TCR signaled thymocytes. SATBatb1 is becomes dispensable for maintaining ThPOK in CD4+ T cells. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that SATBatb1 shapes the primary T-cell pool by initially directing lineage-specific transcriptional programs in the thymus.