Mechanisms of age-related decline in antigen-specific T cell proliferative response: IL-2 receptor expression and recombinant IL-2 induced proliferative response of purified tac-positive T cells

1986 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeru Negoro ◽  
Hideki Hara ◽  
Susumu Miyata ◽  
Osamu Saiki ◽  
Toshio Tanaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Proliferative Response ◽  
Receptor Expression ◽  
Cell Proliferative Response ◽  
Age Related

HIV protease inhibitors restore impaired T-cell proliferative response in vivo and in vitro: a viral-suppression–independent mechanism

Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 250-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Lu ◽  
Jean-Marie Andrieu
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Protease Inhibitors ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Proliferative Response ◽  
Hiv Protease ◽  
Nucleoside Analogues ◽  
Hiv Protease Inhibitors ◽  
Cell Proliferative Response

In 99 adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) who received highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) (including 2 nucleoside analogues and 1 or 2 protease inhibitors) for 1 year, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (including memory and naive subsets) increased similarly among patients with sustained plasma viral load decrease, transient decrease, or no decrease. A linear correlation was observed between the decrease in serum β2-microglobulin concentration (an independent surrogate marker of HIV disease) and the increase in peripheral blood T-cells (CD4+ and CD8+) counts. In vitro, HIV protease inhibitors indinavir and saquinavir (but not nucleoside analogues) enhanced the survival of patients' peripheral blood T cells at doses that are at least 30-fold lower than those required for achieving 90% viral inhibition in the same cultures. This enhanced T-cell survival (which is similar for CD4 and CD8 cells) was associated with a restoration of T-cell proliferative response to immune stimuli. However, neither TCR/CD3-ligation– nor Fas-ligation–triggered apoptosis was affected by either of the 2 protease inhibitors. A reduction in apoptosis observed after prolonged culture of patient T cells in the presence of the protease inhibitors could result from restored T-cell proliferation. These findings explain the discrepancies between virologic and immunologic responses that are increasingly reported in patients receiving HAART, and may provide insights into the pathogenesis of HIV infection.

HIV protease inhibitors restore impaired T-cell proliferative response in vivo and in vitro: a viral-suppression–independent mechanism

Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 250-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Lu ◽  
Jean-Marie Andrieu
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Protease Inhibitors ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Proliferative Response ◽  
Hiv Protease ◽  
Nucleoside Analogues ◽  
Hiv Protease Inhibitors ◽  
Cell Proliferative Response

Abstract In 99 adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) who received highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) (including 2 nucleoside analogues and 1 or 2 protease inhibitors) for 1 year, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (including memory and naive subsets) increased similarly among patients with sustained plasma viral load decrease, transient decrease, or no decrease. A linear correlation was observed between the decrease in serum β2-microglobulin concentration (an independent surrogate marker of HIV disease) and the increase in peripheral blood T-cells (CD4+ and CD8+) counts. In vitro, HIV protease inhibitors indinavir and saquinavir (but not nucleoside analogues) enhanced the survival of patients' peripheral blood T cells at doses that are at least 30-fold lower than those required for achieving 90% viral inhibition in the same cultures. This enhanced T-cell survival (which is similar for CD4 and CD8 cells) was associated with a restoration of T-cell proliferative response to immune stimuli. However, neither TCR/CD3-ligation– nor Fas-ligation–triggered apoptosis was affected by either of the 2 protease inhibitors. A reduction in apoptosis observed after prolonged culture of patient T cells in the presence of the protease inhibitors could result from restored T-cell proliferation. These findings explain the discrepancies between virologic and immunologic responses that are increasingly reported in patients receiving HAART, and may provide insights into the pathogenesis of HIV infection.

scholarly journals Targeting Interleukin-2-Inducible T-Cell Kinase (ITK) Differentiates GVL and GVHD in Allo-HSCT

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahinbanu Mammadli ◽  
Weishan Huang ◽  
Rebecca Harris ◽  
Aisha Sultana ◽  
Ying Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Receptor Expression ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem ◽  
Target Organs ◽  
Donor T Cells ◽  
Inducible T Cell Kinase

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a potentially curative procedure for many malignant diseases. Donor T cells prevent disease recurrence via graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect. Donor T cells also contribute to graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a debilitating and potentially fatal complication. Novel treatment strategies are needed which allow preservation of GVL effects without causing GVHD. Using murine models, we show that targeting IL-2-inducible T cell kinase (ITK) in donor T cells reduces GVHD while preserving GVL effects. Both CD8+ and CD4+ donor T cells from Itk-/- mice produce less inflammatory cytokines and show decrease migration to GVHD target organs such as the liver and small intestine, while maintaining GVL efficacy against primary B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Itk-/- T cells exhibit reduced expression of IRF4 and decreased JAK/STAT signaling activity but upregulating expression of Eomesodermin (Eomes) and preserve cytotoxicity, necessary for GVL effect. Transcriptome analysis indicates that ITK signaling controls chemokine receptor expression during alloactivation, which in turn affects the ability of donor T cells to migrate to GVHD target organs. Our data suggest that inhibiting ITK could be a therapeutic strategy to reduce GVHD while preserving the beneficial GVL effects following allo-HSCT treatment.

scholarly journals Upregulation of PD-1 expression on circulating CD8+ but not CD4+ T cells is associated with tuberculosis infection in health care workers

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cui-lin Shi ◽  
Jian-ping Zhang ◽  
Ping Xu ◽  
Jin Li ◽  
Jie Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Cd4 T Cells ◽  
Receptor Expression ◽  
Effector Memory ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Latent Tb ◽  
Latent Tb Infection

Abstract Background Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk for occupationally acquired Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis (TB) disease due to repeated exposure to workplace tubercle bacilli. To determine whether continual mycobacterial stimulation correlates with increased expression of inhibitory T cell receptors, here we compared PD-1 receptor expression on surfaces of circulating T cells between naïve (uninfected) HCWs and HCWs with latent TB infection (LTBI). Result Data collected from 133 medical workers who met study selection criteria were included in the final analysis. QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-​Tube (QFT-GIT) testing yielded positive results for 32 HCWs, for an overall LTBI rate of 24.1%. Multivariate analysis identified HCW length of service > 15 years as an independent risk factor for a positive QFT-GIT result. In addition, comparisons of blood T cell subgroup profiles between QFT- and QFT+ groups indicated QFT+ subjects possessed greater proportions of mature (TM), transitional memory (TTM) and effector memory (TEM) CD4+ T cell subgroups and lower proportions of naïve T cells (TN). Moreover, the QFT+ group percentage of CD8+ T cells with detectable surface PD-1 was significantly higher than the corresponding percentage for the QFT- group. Meanwhile, no statistical intergroup difference was observed in percentages of CD4+ T cells with detectible surface PD-1. Conclusions Our data demonstrated that upregulated PD-1 expression on circulating CD8+, but not CD4+ T cells, was associated with latent TB infection of HCWs. As compared to other hospitals, occupational TB infection risk in our hospital was substantially mitigated by implementation of multitiered infection control measures.

scholarly journals Potential Antiinflammatory Role of Insulin via the Preferential Polarization of Effector T Cells toward a T Helper 2 Phenotype

Endocrinology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 148 (1) ◽  
pp. 346-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Viardot ◽  
Shane T. Grey ◽  
Fabienne Mackay ◽  
Donald Chisholm
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
T Cell Differentiation ◽  
Receptor Expression ◽  
T Helper ◽  
Type Response ◽  
Helper Type

Hyperglycemia in critical illness is a common complication and a strong independent risk factor for morbidity and death. Intensive insulin therapy decreases this risk by up to 50%. It is unclear to what extent this benefit is due to reversal of glucotoxicity or to a direct effect of insulin, because antiinflammatory effects of insulin have already been described, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. The insulin receptor is expressed on resting neutrophils, monocytes, and B cells, but is not detectable on T cells. However, significant up-regulation of insulin receptor expression is observed on activated T cells, which suggests an important role during T cell activation. Exogenous insulin in vitro induced a shift in T cell differentiation toward a T helper type 2 (Th2)-type response, decreasing the T helper type 1 to Th2 ratio by 36%. This result correlated with a corresponding change in cytokine secretion, with the interferon-γ to IL-4 ratio being decreased by 33%. These changes were associated with increased Th2-promoting ERK phosphorylation in the presence of insulin. Thus, we demonstrate for the first time that insulin treatment influences T cell differentiation promoting a shift toward a Th2-type response. This effect of insulin in changing T cell polarization may contribute to its antiinflammatory role not only in sepsis, but also in chronic inflammation associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

scholarly journals Heightened self-reactivity associated with selective survival, but not expansion, of naïve virus-specific CD8+ T cells in aged mice

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (5) ◽  
pp. 1333-1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylie M. Quinn ◽  
Sophie G. Zaloumis ◽  
Tania Cukalac ◽  
Wan-Ting Kan ◽  
Xavier Y. X. Sng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte ◽  
Clonal Diversity ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Advanced Age ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Self Recognition ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

In advanced age, decreased CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses to novel pathogens and cancer is paralleled by a decline in the number and function of naïve CTL precursors (CTLp). Although the age-related fall in CD8+ T-cell numbers is well established, neither the underlying mechanisms nor the extent of variation for different epitope specificities have been defined. Furthermore, naïve CD8+ T cells expressing high levels of CD44 accumulate with age, but it is unknown whether this accumulation reflects their preferential survival or an age-dependent driver of CD8+ T-cell proliferation. Here, we track the number and phenotype of four influenza A virus (IAV)-specific CTLp populations in naïve C57BL/6 (B6) mice during aging, and compare T-cell receptor (TCR) clonal diversity for the CD44hi and CD44lo subsets of one such population. We show differential onset of decline for several IAV-specific CD8+ T-cell populations with advanced age that parallel age-associated changes in the B6 immunodominance hierarchy, suggestive of distinct impacts of aging on different epitope-specific populations. Despite finding no evidence of clonal expansions in an aged, epitope-specific TCR repertoire, nonrandom alterations in TCR usage were observed, along with elevated CD5 and CD8 coreceptor expression. Collectively, these data demonstrate that naïve CD8+ T cells expressing markers of heightened self-recognition are selectively retained, but not clonally expanded, during aging.

MOG extracellular domain (p1–125) triggers elevated frequency of CXCR3+ CD4+ Th1 cells in the CNS of mice and induces greater incidence of severe EAE

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 1312-1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyothi T Mony ◽  
Reza Khorooshi ◽  
Trevor Owens
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Cd4 T Cells ◽  
Cd8 T Cell ◽  
Interferon Γ ◽  
T Cell Response ◽  
Receptor Expression ◽  
Myelin Proteins ◽  
Mhc Ii

Background: Myelin-specific T cells are implicated in multiple sclerosis (MS) and drive experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). EAE is commonly induced with short peptides, whereas in MS, whole myelin proteins are available for immune response. We asked whether immunization with the immunoglobulin-like domain of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOGIgd, residues 1–125) might induce distinct CD4+ T-cell response and/or a stronger CD8+ T-cell response, compared to the 21 amino acid immunodominant MHC II-associating peptide (p35–55). Objectives: Compare both EAE and T-cell responses in C57BL/6 mice immunized with MOGIgd and MOG p35–55. Methods: Cytokine production, and chemokine receptor expression by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the mouse central nervous system (CNS), were analyzed by flow cytometry. Results: MOGIgd triggered progression to more severe EAE than MOG p35–55, despite similar time of onset and overall incidence. EAE in MOGIgd-immunized mice was characterized by an increased percentage of CXCR3+ interferon-γ-producing CD4+ T cells in CNS. The CD8+ T-cell response to both immunogens was similar. Conclusions: Increased incidence of severe disease following MOGIgd immunization, accompanied by an increased percentage of CD4+ T cells in the CNS expressing CXCR3 and producing interferon-γ, identifies a pathogenic role for interferon-γ that is not seen when disease is induced with a single Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) II-associating epitope.

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