Project description:We report the transcriptome analysis of epidermal CD8 tissue resident memory T (TRM) cells from healthy human skin. Specifically, epidermal CD8+CD103+CD49a+ and CD8+CD103+CD49- TRM cells from healthy human skin were sorted by FACS. Differential gene expression analysis revealed functional dichotomy of epidermal CD8+CD103+CD49a+ and CD8+CD103+CD49- TRM cells.
Project description:Human skin contains various populations of memory T cells in permanent residence and in transit. The most well characterized subset of resident memory T cell is the CD8+ CD103+ T cell. In order to investigate the remaining subsets, we isolated skin-tropic helper T cells, T regulatory cells, and CD8+ CD103- T cells from skin and from blood by fluorescence activated cell sorting. We extracted RNA and performed a microarray analysis to compare the transcriptional profile of these groups. We found that despite expressing the same marker for skin tropism, the T cells of skin origin were significantly different from those from blood.
Project description:CD49a marks highly cytotoxic epidermal tissue-resident memory (TRM)-cells, but their molecular circuitry and relationships to circulating populations are poorly defined. We demonstrate enrichment of RUNX family transcription factor binding motifs in human epidermal CD8+CD103+CD49a+ TRM-cells, paralleled by high RUNX2 and RUNX3 protein expression. Clonal overlap between epidermal CD8+CD103+CD49a+ TRM-cells and circulating memory CD8+CD45RA–CD62L+ T-cells identified a reservoir of circulating cells with potential to seed cytotoxic TRM-cells in new sites. Upon IL-15 and TGF-β stimulation, subsets of circulating CD8+CD45RA–CD62L+ T-cells acquired CD49a expression and cytotoxic transcriptional profiles in a RUNX2 and RUNX3 dependent manner. In contrast, knock-out of RUNX3, but not RUNX2, prevented CD103 expression. In melanoma, high RUNX2, but not RUNX3, transcription correlated with a cytotoxic CD8+CD103+CD49a+ TRM cell signature and overall patient survival. Together, our results indicate that combined RUNX2 and RUNX3 activity promotes the differentiation of cytotoxic CD8+CD103+CD49a+ TRM-cells, providing immunosurveillance of infected and malignant cells.
Project description:CD49a marks highly cytotoxic epidermal tissue-resident memory (TRM)-cells, but their molecular circuitry and relationships to circulating populations are poorly defined. We demonstrate enrichment of RUNX family transcription factor binding motifs in human epidermal CD8+CD103+CD49a+ TRM-cells, paralleled by high RUNX2 and RUNX3 protein expression. Clonal overlap between epidermal CD8+CD103+CD49a+ TRM-cells and circulating memory CD8+CD45RA–CD62L+ T-cells identified a reservoir of circulating cells with potential to seed cytotoxic TRM-cells in new sites. Upon IL-15 and TGF-β stimulation, subsets of circulating CD8+CD45RA–CD62L+ T-cells acquired CD49a expression and cytotoxic transcriptional profiles in a RUNX2 and RUNX3 dependent manner. In contrast, knock-out of RUNX3, but not RUNX2, prevented CD103 expression. In melanoma, high RUNX2, but not RUNX3, transcription correlated with a cytotoxic CD8+CD103+CD49a+ TRM cell signature and overall patient survival. Together, our results indicate that combined RUNX2 and RUNX3 activity promotes the differentiation of cytotoxic CD8+CD103+CD49a+ TRM-cells, providing immunosurveillance of infected and malignant cells.
Project description:Tissue resident memory T cells (TRM) provide superior protection against infection localised to extra-lymphoid compartments in the body. Here we show that CD103+CD8+ TRM cells develop in skin from killer cell lectin-like receptor (KLR)G1-negative precursors that selectively infiltrate the epithelial layer. In the skin, a combination of chemokine-guided epithelial entry, local interleukin (IL)-15 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β signalling is required for formation and survival of these long-lived memory cells. Importantly, TRM differentiation results in the gradual acquisition of a unique transcriptional profile that differs from that expressed by memory cells in the circulation and other types of skin-resident intra-epithelial T cells, such as the dendritic epidermal T cells (DETC). We provide a comprehensive molecular and developmental framework for the local differentiation of a distinct type of peripheral memory T cell that contributes to an important first-line of immune defence in barrier tissues such as skin and mucosa. 24 samples were analyzed: 3 replicates of memory gB-T CD8+. CD103+ T cells isolated from the skin of C57/BL6 mice on day 30 p.i. with HSV KOS. 3 replicates of memory P14 CD8+ T cells isolated from gut of mice on day 60 p.i. with LCMV Armstrong. 3 replicates of memory gB-T CD8+ T cells from the lung of mice on day 30 p.i. with influenza WSN. 3 replicates of memory CD62L high CD8+ T cells from the spleen of mice on day 30 p.i. with HSV KOS. 3 replicates of memory CD62L low CD8+ T cells from the spleen of mice of day 30 p.i. with HSV KOS. 3 replicates of γδ-DETC isolated from the skin of C57/BL6 mice on day 30 p.i. with HSV KOS. 3 replicates of αβ-DETC from naive TCRδ-/- mice; and 3 replicates of naive gB-T CD8+ T cells from the spleen of naive gB-T transgenic mice.
Project description:We investigated the transcriptomic landscape of human CD8 tissue-resident T cells (Trm) derived from the ileum to study the differences in compartment (epithelium and lamina propria), CD103+ and CD103- Trm and inflammation-induced changes (active Crohn's disease vs healthy controls).
Project description:Initially identified as a functional marker for resident-memory (Trm) CD8+ T cells, CD103 (encoded by ITGAE gene) has broad roles in immunity and diseases. Elucidating the function and regulation of CD103 is thus of importance. This study revealed that the CD103 expression by CD8 T cells under steady state contributes to the clearance of acute viral infection. More importantly, it discovered TGF-SKI-Smad4 a critical signaling axis in restricting CD103 expression in CD8+ T cells for their function. Mechanistically, by ChIP-Seq and ChIP analysis, SKI associated with Smad4 was found to directly and epigenetically suppress CD103 transcription. This study therefore reveals a novel TGF-SKI-Smad4 pathway to specifically enable CD103 expression in CD8+ T cells for protective immunity.
Project description:The aim of the experiment was to investigate the clonal relationship between CD8+ T cell subsets of donor matched blood with epidermal CD8+ T cells. Abdominal skin (n=8) was separated into dermis and epidermis, followed by epidermal skin and PBMC isolation. Single CD8+ T cells (n=6) and CD3+ T cells (n=2) were FACS sorted, processed with the 5’ 10x Genomics workflow and sequenced at NGI Sweden.
Project description:We show that Ly49+CD122+ CD8+ Treg have a distinct expression profie compared to conventional Foxp3+ CD4+ Treg and CD49 lo CD122+ CD8 effector like cells. RNA was extracted from sorted cells and sent for sequencing
Project description:Tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells provide key adaptive immune responses in infection, cancer, and autoimmunity. However transcriptional heterogeneity of human intestinal TRM cells remains undefined. Here, we investigated transcriptional and functional heterogeneity of human TRM cells through study of donor-derived intestinal TRM cells from intestinal transplant recipients. Single-cell transcriptional profiling identified two distinct transcriptional states of CD8+ TRM cells, delineated by ITGAE and ITGB2 expression. We defined a transcriptional signature discriminating these two CD8+ populations, including differential expression of cytotoxicity- and residency-associated genes. Flow cytometry of recipient-derived cells infiltrating the graft and lymphocytes from healthy gut confirmed the two CD8+ TRM phenotypes. CD103+ CD8+ TRM cells produced IL-2, and demonstrated greater polyfunctional cytokine production, while β2-integrin+ CD69+ CD103- TRM cells had higher granzyme expression. Phenotypic and functional analysis of intestinal CD4+ T cells identified many parallels, including a distinct β2-integrin+ population. Together, these results describe the transcriptional, phenotypic, and functional heterogeneity of human intestinal CD4+ and CD8+ TRM cells.