Project description:We determined the global expression profile of DNAM-1+ and DNAM-1- NK cell purified by flow cytometry from 6 different groups of C57BL/6 WT mice. Natural killer (NK) cells comprise a heterogeneous population of cells important for pathogen defense and cancer surveillance. However, the functional significance of this diversity is not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate through transcriptional profiling and functional studies that the activating receptor DNAM-1 (CD226) identifies two distinct NK cell functional subsets: DNAM-1+ and DNAM-1- NK cells. DNAM-1+ NK cells have enhanced Interleukin 15 signaling, proliferate vigorously and produce high levels of inflammatory cytokines. By contrast, DNAM-1- NK cells that differentiate from DNAM-1+ NK cells, have greater expression of NK cell receptor related genes and are higher producers of chemokines. Together our findings highlight the existence of two distinct effector programs in innate lymphocytes controlled through DNAM-1 expression. NK1.1+NKp46+CD3- DNAM-1+ and DNAM-1- NK cell were purified by flow cytometry from 6 different groups of C57BL/6 WT mice and total RNA were extracted
Project description:We determined the global expression profile of DNAM-1+ and DNAM-1- NK cell purified by flow cytometry from 6 different groups of C57BL/6 WT mice. Natural killer (NK) cells comprise a heterogeneous population of cells important for pathogen defense and cancer surveillance. However, the functional significance of this diversity is not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate through transcriptional profiling and functional studies that the activating receptor DNAM-1 (CD226) identifies two distinct NK cell functional subsets: DNAM-1+ and DNAM-1- NK cells. DNAM-1+ NK cells have enhanced Interleukin 15 signaling, proliferate vigorously and produce high levels of inflammatory cytokines. By contrast, DNAM-1- NK cells that differentiate from DNAM-1+ NK cells, have greater expression of NK cell receptor related genes and are higher producers of chemokines. Together our findings highlight the existence of two distinct effector programs in innate lymphocytes controlled through DNAM-1 expression.
Project description:To further characterize the global gene expression profiles of ITNKs, we conducted RNA-sequencing analysis of T cells, ITNKs (CD3+NKp46+) and NK cells (CD3-CD56+) (both the CB and the PBMC origins with > 90% purity) from the CB and PBMC . Principal component analysis (PCA) and unsupervised hierarchical cluster analysis revealed that ITNKs had transcriptomic features of both T cells and NK cells
Project description:NK cells recruitment into the skin in response to an NK cell activating ligand (m157) and absence of MHC class I expression (B2m knockout) alters the transcriptional profile of the cells compared with circulating NK cells. In this experiment, we compared the gene expression profile of conventional NK cells in circulation with those entering the skin post-transplant as well as with tissue-resident NK cells.
Project description:More insights into the character differences between ChAT+ and ChAT- NK cells were obtained based on the gene-expression patterns. A clear delineation between ChAT+ NK cells and ChAT- NK cells was observed, with a total of 300 genes over-expressed and 941 genes under-expressed significantly in the ChAT+ subset. It will provide evidences for further investigation into their functional characters
Project description:Thirty to 60% of CD56dimCD16bright NK cells in healthy adults express CD57, which is not expressed on immature CD56bright NK cells or fetal and newborn NK cells. We hypothesized that CD57+ NK cells within the CD56dim mature NK cell subset are highly mature and might be terminally differentiated. We used microarrays to assess the transcriptional differences between CD57+ and CD57neg NK cells within the CD56dim mature NK subset.