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Project description:The transcription factor Tcf1 ensures the development and cytotoxic function of NK cells by limiting the expression of Granzymes
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Project description:The transcription factor Tcf1 ensures the development and cytotoxic function of NK cells by limiting the expression of Granzymes [Affymetrix]
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Project description:The transcription factor Tcf1 plays an essential role for the development of NK cells, however, its precise role for NK cell development, maturation and function is poorly understood. Here we show that distinct domains of Tcf1 direct bone marrow progenitors towards the NK cell lineage and mediate lineage commitment and NK cell expansion, and that Tcf1 downregulation is required for terminal NK cell maturation. Impaired NK cell development in the absence of Tcf1 is explained by increased cell death due to excessive expression of Granzyme family proteins, which results in NK cell self-destruction. In addition, excessive Granzyme B expression leads to target cell induced NK cell death and consequently reduced target cell killing by NK cells lacking Tcf1. Mechanistically, Tcf1 prevents excessive Granzyme B expression by binding to a newly identified enhancer element upstream of the Granzyme B locus. These data identify an unexpected requirement to limit the expression of cytotoxic effector molecules for lymphocyte development.
2017-08-23 | GSE92710 | GEO
Project description:The transcription factor Tcf1 plays an essential role for the development of NK cells, however, its precise role for NK cell development, maturation and function is poorly understood. Here we show that distinct domains of Tcf1 direct bone marrow progenitors towards the NK cell lineage and mediate lineage commitment and NK cell expansion, and that Tcf1 downregulation is required for terminal NK cell maturation. Impaired NK cell development in the absence of Tcf1 is explained by increased cell death due to excessive expression of Granzyme family proteins, which results in NK cell self-destruction. In addition, excessive Granzyme B expression leads to target cell induced NK cell death and consequently reduced target cell killing by NK cells lacking Tcf1. Mechanistically, Tcf1 prevents excessive Granzyme B expression by binding to a newly identified enhancer element upstream of the Granzyme B locus. These data identify an unexpected requirement to limit the expression of cytotoxic effector molecules for lymphocyte development.
2017-08-23 | GSE92709 | GEO
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Project description:Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphoid cells that play a critical role in the direct immune defense against tumor cells and pathogens, and additionally have important immune regulatory functions by cytokine secretion. Whereas NK cell biology has been extensively studied in mouse models, transcriptional control of human NK cell differentiation is poorly understood. In this study, we generated ETS1-deficient human embryonic stem cell (hESC) clones using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology. In a complementary approach, we generated ETS1 loss-of-function cord blood hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) by retroviral transduction of the dominant-negative ETS1 p27 isoform. We show that the transcription factor ETS1 is required for human NK cell differentiation. Transcriptome and ChIP analysis reveal that ETS1 directly regulates expression of several NK cell-linked transcription factors. Also, expression of genes involved in cytokine secretion and cytotoxic activity is ETS1-dependent, whereby these effector functions are decreased in residual NK cells developing from ETS1 loss-of-function cord blood hematopoietic stem cells. Our data show that ETS1 is a critical regulator of human NK cell development and function, and provide important insights in the underlying molecular mechanisms.
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