Project description:To understand differences between resting and activated memory CD8+ T cells, we compared the global gene expression of ex vivo isolated naive and spleen and BM memory cells to in vitro activated spleen and BM memory cells.
Project description:To understand differences between resting and activated memory CD8+ T cells, we compared the global gene expression of ex vivo isolated naive and spleen and BM memory cells to in vitro activated spleen and BM memory cells. Single cell suspension from the spleen and bones of aged C57BL/6 mice were prepared. Naive (CD44-CD127+) and memory (CD44+CD127+) CD8+CD3+ T cells were then cytometrically sorted. Sorted cells were either immediately processed for RNA preparation or were activated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 for 42-44 hours. Total RNA was extracted using the NucleoSpin RNA (Macherey-Nagel). The integrity and amount of isolated RNA was assessed for each sample using an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent, Waldbronn, Germany) and a NanoDrop ND-1000 spectrophotometer (NanoDrop Technologies, Wilmington, DE). Double-stranded complementary RNA was synthesized from 1 M-BM-5g total RNA using Message AmpII Biotin (Ambion, USA). Fifteen micrograms of fragmented cRNA of each sample were hybridized to MG_U430_2 GeneChips (Affymetrix) in triplicates. Hybridization was performed in a Hybridization Oven 640, and chips were washed and stained in the Fluidics Station 400 (both Affymetrix). Finally, the arrays were scanned with a GeneChip Scanner 3000 using the GCOS software, version 1.4, both Affymetrix. All relevant GCOS data of quality checked microarrays were analyzed with High Performance Chip Data Analysis (HPCDA, unpublished), using the BioRetis database (www.bioretis-analysis.de), as described and validated previously.
Project description:To udnderstand the tissue-resident features of antigen-specific memory T cells of the bone marrow and spleen, we performed RNA-Seq and compared expression levels of genes of resting LCMV.GP66-77 specific CD4 T cells isolated from bone marrow (BM) and spleen of LCMV.GP61-80 primed C57BL/6 mice.
Project description:To understand tissue resident features of memory CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes of the bone marrow and/or spleen according to expressing or not the tissue retention marker CD69, we performed whole transcriptome profiling of ex vivo antigen-specific CD69+ and CD69- memory CD4+ T cells isolated from bone marrow and spleen, and ex vivo CD69+ and CD69- memory CD8+ T cells isolated from bone marrow.
Project description:Recently, the bone marrow (BM) has been shown to play a key role in regulating the survival and function of memory T cells. However, the impact of aging on these processes has not yet been studied. We demonstrate that the number of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the BM is maintained during aging. However, the composition of the T cell pool in the aged BM is altered with a decline of naïve and an increase in effector-memory T cells. In contrast to the peripheral blood (PB), a highly activated CD8+CD28– T cell population, which lacks the late differentiation marker CD57, accumulates in the BM of elderly persons. IL-6 and IL-15, which are both increased in the aged BM, efficiently induce the activation, proliferation and differentiation of CD8+ T cell in vitro, highlighting a role of these cytokines in the age-dependent accumulation of highly activated CD8+CD28– T cells in the BM. Yet, these age-related changes do not impair the maintenance of a high number of polyfunctional memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the BM of elderly persons. In summary, aging leads to the accumulation of a highly activated CD8+CD28– T cell population in the BM, which is driven by the age-related increase of IL-6 and IL-15. Despite these changes, the aged BM is a rich source of polyfunctional memory T cells and may thus represent an important line of defense to fight recurrent infections in old age. A total of 4 samples (bone marrow mononuclear cells) were analyzed (2 young and 2 elderly persons)
Project description:CD4+ T lymphocytes are key to immunological memory, but little is known about the lifestyle of memory CD4+ T lymphocytes. We showed that in the memory phase of specific immune responses to antigens, most of the memory CD4+ T lymphocytes relocated into the bone marrow (BM) within 3-8 weeks after their generation, a process involving integrin a2. Antigen-specific memory CD4+ T lymphocytes expressed Ly-6C to a high degree, unlike most splenic CD44hiCD62L- CD4+ T lymphocytes. In adult mice, more than 80% of Ly-6Chi CD44hiCD62L- memory CD4+ T lymphocytes were in the BM. In the BM, they are located next to IL-7-expressing VCAM-1+ stroma cells, and were in a resting state. Upon challenge with antigen, they rapidly expressed cytokines and CD154 and induced the production of high-affinity antibodies, indicating their functional activity in vivo and marking them as professional memory T helper cells Experiment Overall Design: FACSAria sorted CD44highCD62L-CD25- CD4+ T cells of murine (C57BL/6 mice) bone marrow were compared to those of the spleen using Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Genome 430A 2.0 Array. After total RNA extraction, reverse transcription, cDNA extraction, the biotinylated cRNA was transcribed, fragmented, and 15 µg cRNA hybridized in triplicates for each of the two groups to the GeneChip arrays. Group of bone marrow chips: BMCD4T1, BMCD4T2, BMCD4T3, group of spleen chips: SCD4T1, SCD4T2, SCD4T3. Lists of differentially regulated genes were created using High Performance Chip Data Analysis (HPCDA) with Bioretis database (http://www.bioretis-analysis.de).
Project description:Transcriptional profiling to examine differences resulting from priming of virus-specific CD8 T cells in draining lymph node and in bone marrow, following intradermal injection of modified virus Ankara (MVA)-HIV gag. Transcriptional profiling of mouse pentamer H2kD-AMQMLKETI (HIV-gagP24) CD8 T cells from draining lymph nodes(LN) and bone marrow (BM ) 5 days following intradermal injection of MVA-HIV gag, and compared to naive (CD62L Hi CD44 int) CD8+ T cells from lymph node of naive mice (NTc).
Project description:Transcriptional profiling to examine differences resulting from priming of virus-specific CD8 T cells in draining lymph node and in bone marrow, following intradermal injection of modified virus Ankara (MVA)-HIV gag. Transcriptional profiling of mouse pentamer H2kD-AMQMLKETI (HIV-gagP24) CD8 T cells from draining lymph nodes(LN) and bone marrow (BM ) 5 days following intradermal injection of MVA-HIV gag, and compared to naive (CD62L Hi CD44 int) CD8+ T cells from lymph node of naive mice (NTc). Three-condition experiment, BM, LN and NTc. Experimental replicates: 5 BM, 5 LN, 5 NTc, RNA pooled from 3 independant experiments of 5 mice each.
Project description:Recently, the bone marrow (BM) has been shown to play a key role in regulating the survival and function of memory T cells. However, the impact of aging on these processes has not yet been studied. We demonstrate that the number of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the BM is maintained during aging. However, the composition of the T cell pool in the aged BM is altered with a decline of naïve and an increase in effector-memory T cells. In contrast to the peripheral blood (PB), a highly activated CD8+CD28– T cell population, which lacks the late differentiation marker CD57, accumulates in the BM of elderly persons. IL-6 and IL-15, which are both increased in the aged BM, efficiently induce the activation, proliferation and differentiation of CD8+ T cell in vitro, highlighting a role of these cytokines in the age-dependent accumulation of highly activated CD8+CD28– T cells in the BM. Yet, these age-related changes do not impair the maintenance of a high number of polyfunctional memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the BM of elderly persons. In summary, aging leads to the accumulation of a highly activated CD8+CD28– T cell population in the BM, which is driven by the age-related increase of IL-6 and IL-15. Despite these changes, the aged BM is a rich source of polyfunctional memory T cells and may thus represent an important line of defense to fight recurrent infections in old age.
Project description:CD8 T cells normally differentiate from resting naïve T cells into function effector and then memory CD8 T cells following acute infections. During chronic viral infections, however, virus-specific CD8 T cells often become exhausted. We used microarrays to examine the gene expression differences between naive, effector, memory and exhausted virus-specific CD8 T cells following lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection. Experiment Overall Design: Three or four independent samples were sorted by flow cytometry for each cell type (naive, effector, memory and exhausted) virus-specific CD8 T cells. RNA was extracted and hybridized to Affymetrix microarrays.