Project description:The goal of this study was to better understand the development of resident memory T cells (Trm) and central memory T cells (Tcm). To do this, we performed single-cell RNAseq on antigen-activated OT-1 T cells at serial timepoints collection from both skin and lymph node across 2 months post-vaccination.
Project description:The ability to detect and isolate human CD8 TSP (Side population), Naïve, Effector memory (EM), Central memory (CM) cells allowed us to compare the global gene expression profiles of these cells. Human TSP cells comprise of distinct gene expression profile specifically enriched for genes overexpressed in TRM cells. RNA samples from CD8 TSP (Side population), Naïve, Effector memory (EM), Central memory (CM) cells were amplified, labeled, and hybridized on the Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 microarray chips. The data were analyzed with GeneSpring GX 12.5 (Agilent Technologies)
Project description:CD69+CD103+ tissue-resident memory T-cells (TRM) are increasingly recognised as important drivers of inflammation. To decipher their potential role in inflammatory arthritis, we applied single cell, high-dimensional profiling (CyTOF and scRNAseq) to T-cells isolated from the joint of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We identified three broad groups of synovial CD8+ TRM cells: cytotoxic and Treg-like TRM cells were present in the inflamed joints of patients with both PsA and RA, while CD161+CXCR6+ type 17-like TRM cells with a pro-inflammatory cytokine profile (IL-17A+TNFa+IFNg+) and a distinct transcriptomic signature and a polyclonal, but distinct TCR repertoire, were specifically enriched in the inflamed joints of patients with PsA. Type 17-like cells were also enriched in non-TRM CD8+ T-cells in PsA compared to RA. These findings add substantively to the accumulating evidence that the immunopathology of PsA and RA is different, with a particular role for type 17 cells in PsA.
Project description:A protein signature that could identify graft-versus-tumor (GVT) activity without graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), would allow for customized treatment plans following hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Using orthogonal three-dimensional intact-protein analysis system (IPAS)
coupled with protein tagging and novel systems biology pipeline, we identified a signature of 49 proteins that are significantly increased in the plasma of HCT patients who received donor lymphocyte injection for tumor relapse and develop GVT without GVHD.
Project description:Transcriptional regulation of diverse aspects of tissue-resident CD8 memory T cells (TRM) biology is nuanced and context-specific. Transcription factors (TF) that orchestrate TRM formation and maintenance are distinct between anatomic compartments, and predicting the roles of TF on TRM biology is challenging. Here, we applied the Taiji algorithm to map TF networks and identify Forkhead Box protein 01 (Foxo1) as differentially invested in intestinal TRM TF networks. Loss of Foxo1 in established TRM resulted in a survival advantage for small intestinal intraepithelial layer (siIEL) TRM compared with other intestinal compartments. SiIEL TRM were uniquely able to maintain expression of proliferative and anti-apoptotic cellular programs in the absence of Foxo1. This advantage was lost upon blockade of integrin αE (Itgae/CD103). These findings suggest that the TF networks maintaining siIEL TRM exhibit redundancy and highlight an underappreciated role of integrin signaling in TRM biology outside of tissue-retention.
Project description:CD8 tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells provide front-line protection at barrier tissues; however, mechanisms regulating TRM cell development are not completely understood. Priming dictates the migration of effector T cells to the tissue, while factors in the tissue induce in situ TRM cell differentiation. Whether priming also regulates in situ TRM cell differentiation uncoupled from migration is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that T cell priming in the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) regulates CD103+ TRM cell differentiation in the intestine. In contrast, T cells primed in the spleen were impaired in the ability to differentiate into CD103+ TRM cells after entry into the intestine. MLN priming initiated a CD103+ TRM cell gene signature and licensed rapid CD103+ TRM cell differentiation in response to factors in the intestine. Licensing was regulated by retinoic acid signaling and primarily driven by factors other than CCR9 expression and CCR9-mediated gut homing. Thus, the MLN is specialized to promote intestinal CD103+ CD8 TRM cell development by licensing in situ differentiation.
Project description:Tissue resident memory (Trm) represent a newly described memory T cell population. We have previously characterized a population of Trm that persists within the brain following acute virus infection. Although capable of providing marked protection against a subsequent local challenge, brain Trm do not undergo recall expansion following dissociation from the tissue. Furthermore, these Trm do not depend on the same survival factors as the circulating memory T cell pool as assessed either in vivo or in vitro. To gain greater insight into this population of cells we compared the gene-expression profiles of Trm isolated from the brain to circulating memory T cells isolated from the spleen following an acute virus infection. Trm displayed altered expression of genes involved in chemotaxis, expressed a distinct set of transcription factors and overexpressed several inhibitory receptors. Cumulatively, these data indicates that Trm are a distinct memory T cell population disconnected from the circulating memory T cell pool and displaying a unique molecular signature which likely results in optimal survival and function within their local environment. 13 samples were analyzed: 5 replicates of memory OT-I CD8+.CD103- T cells isolated from the spleen of mice on day 20 p.i. with VSV-OVA. 5 replicates of memory OT-I CD8+CD103+ T cells isolated from the brain of mice on day 20 p.i. with VSV-OVA; and 3 replicates of memory OT-I.CD8+ CD103- T cells isolated from the brain of mice on day 20 p.i. with VSV-OVA
Project description:The ability to detect and isolate human CD8 TSP (Side population), Naïve, Effector memory (EM), Central memory (CM) cells allowed us to compare the global gene expression profiles of these cells. Human TSP cells comprise of distinct gene expression profile specifically enriched for genes overexpressed in TRM cells.
Project description:During chronic infection memory T cells acquire a unique phenotype and become dependent on different survival signals than those needed for memory T cells generated during an acute infection. The distinction between the role of effector and memory T cells in an environment of persistent antigen remains unclear. Here, in the context of chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection we demonstrate that a population of CD8 T cells exhibiting a tissue resident memory (TRM) phenotype persists in the brain. We show that this population is distributed throughout the brain in both parenchymal and extraparenchymal spaces. Furthermore, this population is transcriptionally distinct and exhibits a transcriptional signature consistent with the TRM observed in acute viral infections.
Project description:Tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells (TRM) constitute a non-circulating memory T cell subset that provides early protection against re-infection. However, how TRM arise from antigen-triggered T cells has remained unclear. Exploiting the TRM-restricted expression of Hobit, we developed TRM reporter/deleter mice to study TRM differentiation. We found that Hobit was upregulated in a subset of LCMV-specific T cells located within peripheral tissues during the effector phase of the immune response. These Hobit+ effector T cells were identified as TRM precursors, given that their depletion substantially decreased TRM development, but not the formation of circulating memory T cells. Adoptive transfer experiments of Hobit+ effector T cells corroborated their biased contribution to the TRM lineage. Transcriptional profiling of Hobit+ effector T cells underlined the early establishment of TRM properties including downregulation of tissue exit receptors and upregulation of TRM-associated molecules. Importantly, we identified Eomes as a key factor instructing the early bifurcation of circulating and resident lineages. These findings establish that commitment of TRM occurs early in antigen-driven T cell differentiation and reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying this differentiation pathway.