Uneven Distributions of Naïve and Memory T Cells in the CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Populations Derived from a Single Stem Cell in an Atomic Bomb Survivor: Implications for the Origins of the Memory T-Cell Pools in Adulthood

2002 ◽  
Vol 157 (5) ◽  
pp. 493-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoichiro Kusunoki ◽  
Yuko Hirai ◽  
Masayuki Hakoda ◽  
Seishi Kyoizumi
2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 571-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiki Takamura

Abstract Antigen-driven activation of CD8+ T cells results in the development of a robust anti-pathogen response and ultimately leads to the establishment of long-lived memory T cells. During the primary response, CD8+ T cells interact multiple times with cognate antigen on distinct types of antigen-presenting cells. The timing, location and context of these antigen encounters significantly impact the differentiation programs initiated in the cells. Moderate re-activation in the periphery promotes the establishment of the tissue-resident memory T cells that serve as sentinels at the portal of pathogen entry. Under some circumstances, moderate re-activation of T cells in the periphery can result in the excessive expansion and accumulation of circulatory memory T cells, a process called memory inflation. In contrast, excessive re-activation stimuli generally impede conventional T-cell differentiation programs and can result in T-cell exhaustion. However, these conditions can also elicit a small population of exhausted T cells with a memory-like signature and self-renewal capability that are capable of responding to immunotherapy, and restoration of functional activity. Although it is clear that antigen re-encounter during the primary immune response has a significant impact on memory T-cell development, we still do not understand the molecular details that drive these fate decisions. Here, we review our understanding of how antigen encounters and re-activation events impact the array of memory CD8+ T-cell subsets subsequently generated. Identification of the molecular programs that drive memory T-cell generation will advance the development of new vaccine strategies that elicit high-quality CD8+ T-cell memory.


Blood ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 126 (23) ◽  
pp. 624-624
Author(s):  
Brandon M. Triplett ◽  
Bradley Muller ◽  
Guolian Kang ◽  
Shane J Cross ◽  
Joseph Moen ◽  
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Abstract Background. T-cell depletion is often used to reduce graft-vs-host disease in haploidentical donor hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). However, the absence of adoptively transferred T-cells may increase graft failure, relapse, and infection. Novel methods have been developed to more selectively deplete naïve T cells and preserve memory T cells. Depletion of CD45RA+ cells can provide robust early recovery of diverse memory T-cell populations in haploidentical donor transplantation, and may provide increased immunity against viral infections. Likewise, the provision of additional donor NK cells may reduce viral complications. Patients and Methods. Sixty-seven patients received initial allogeneic HCT on 3 consecutive IRB approved haploidentical donor HCT trials at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital from 2005 to 2015. CD3-depletion was used in 41 recipients, and CD45RA-depletion was used in 26. All patients received similar preparative doses of fludarabine, thiotepa, and melphalan. Patients with CD3-depleted grafts received OKT3 (n=20) or Campath (n=21), and all 41 received rituximab on Day 0 as EBV prophylaxis. Patients with CD45RA-depleted grafts (n=26) did not receive antibody therapy, but instead received total lymphoid irradiation and a dose of cyclophosphamide added to the preparative backbone. Donor NK cells were given Day +6. Peripheral blood was tested for CMV, EBV, and adenovirus using quantitative PCR at least weekly until day +100, and then as indicated. The first 180 days post-HCT were evaluated. Fisher's exact test was used to compare two proportions. Results. Patients with CD3-depletion received a median 0.04 (range: 0.01 - 0.15) x 106 CD3+ cells/kg, and patients with CD45RA-depletion received a median 80.07 (range: 16.08 - 528.52) x 106 CD3+ cells/kg. CMV reactivation occurred in 23 of 41 patients (56.1%) with CD3-depletion and 5 of 26 patients (19.2%) with CD45RA-depletion (p=0.005). Differences occurred predominantly in those CMV seropositive recipients who received grafts from CMV seropositive donors, as CMV was detected in 22 of 24 (91.7%) +/+ patients with CD3-depletion and 4 of 11 (36.4%) +/+ patients with CD45RA-depletion (p=0.001). Of the 23 patients with CMV after CD3-depletion, the peak viral load was a median 4.49 log10 copies/mL blood (range: <2.7 - 6.87). Of the 5 patients with CMV after CD45RA-depletion, the peak viral load was a median 3.81 log10 copies/mL blood (range: <2.7 - 4.38). Of the 23 patients that experienced CMV following CD3-depleted HCT, 18 (78.3%) received antiviral therapy, 8 (34.8%) received donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI) for treatment. Of the 5 patients that reactivated CMV following CD45RA-depleted HCT, 4 (80%) received antiviral therapy, none received DLI for treatment. EBV was detected in 7 of 41 (17.1%) patients with CD3-depletion and 5 of 26 patients (19.2%) with CD45RA-depletion (p=1). Of the 7 patients with EBV in the CD3-depletion group, 3 received rituximab, and 1 received rituximab, chemotherapy, and DLI. Overall 4 of 41 patients (9.8%) with CD3-depletion received EBV-directed therapy, compared to 0 of 26 patients with CD45RA-depletion (p=0.15). Adenovirus viremia was detected in 11 of 41 patients (26.8%) with CD3-depletion and 1 of 26 patients (3.8%) with CD45RA-depletion (p=0.02). Of the 11 patients with CD3-depletion, the median peak viral load was 3.14 log10 copies/mL DNA (range: 2.03 - 4.11). The patient with adenovirus following CD45RA-depleted transplant had a peak viral load that was below the threshold of quantification (2 log10 copies/mL DNA). Of the 11 patients with adenovirus after CD3-depletion, 9 (81.8%) were given cidofovir, 4 (36.4%) were given DLI for treatment. The patient with adenovirus after CD45RA-depletion received cidofovir. Conclusion. CD45RA-depletion has been shown to effectively deplete naïve T cells while providing substantial memory T-cell populations in the early post-HCT period. The significant reduction in CMV and adenovirus detection in the blood of patients with CD45RA-depletion suggests that adoptive transfer of memory T cells provides protection against these viruses in the early post-HCT period. The incidence of EBV was not significantly different - indicating that in vivo B-cell depletion by rituximab in CD3-depletion recipients and use of CD45RA-depletion may have similar efficacy in minimizing EBV reactivation. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


2004 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 6390-6400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alun C. Kirby ◽  
Malin Sundquist ◽  
Mary Jo Wick

ABSTRACT The location and functional properties of antigen-specific memory T-cell populations in lymphoid and nonlymphoid compartments following DNA immunization or infection with Salmonella were investigated. Epitope-specific CD8+-T-cell expansion and retention during the memory phase were analyzed for DNA-immunized mice by use of a 5-h peptide restimulation assay. These data revealed that epitope-specific gamma interferon (IFN-γ)-positive CD8+ T cells occur at higher frequencies in the spleen, liver, and blood than in draining or peripheral lymph nodes during the expansion phase. Moreover, this distribution is maintained into long-term memory. The location and function of both CD4+ and CD8+ Salmonella-specific memory T cells in mice who were given a single dose of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was also quantitated by an ex vivo restimulation with bacterial lysate to detect the total Salmonella-specific memory pool. Mice immunized up to 6 months previously with S. enterica serovar Typhimurium had bacterium-specific CD4+ T cells that were capable of producing IFN-γ or tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) at each site analyzed. Similar findings were observed for CD8+ T cells that were capable of producing IFN-γ, while a much lower frequency and more restricted distribution were associated with TNF-α-producing CD8+ T cells. This study is the first to assess the frequencies, locations, and functions of both CD4+ and CD8+ memory T-cell populations in the same Salmonella-infected individuals and demonstrates the organ-specific functional compartmentalization of memory T cells after Salmonella infection.


mBio ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Perdomo ◽  
Ulrike Zedler ◽  
Anja A. Kühl ◽  
Laura Lozza ◽  
Philippe Saikali ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the only licensed vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), yet its moderate efficacy against pulmonary TB calls for improved vaccination strategies. Mucosal BCG vaccination generates superior protection against TB in animal models; however, the mechanisms of protection remain elusive. Tissue-resident memory T (T RM ) cells have been implicated in protective immune responses against viral infections, but the role of T RM cells following mycobacterial infection is unknown. Using a mouse model of TB, we compared protection and lung cellular infiltrates of parenteral and mucosal BCG vaccination. Adoptive transfer and gene expression analyses of lung airway cells were performed to determine the protective capacities and phenotypes of different memory T cell subsets. In comparison to subcutaneous vaccination, intratracheal and intranasal BCG vaccination generated T effector memory and T RM cells in the lung, as defined by surface marker phenotype. Adoptive mucosal transfer of these airway-resident memory T cells into naive mice mediated protection against TB. Whereas airway-resident memory CD4 + T cells displayed a mixture of effector and regulatory phenotype, airway-resident memory CD8 + T cells displayed prototypical T RM features. Our data demonstrate a key role for mucosal vaccination-induced airway-resident T cells in the host defense against pulmonary TB. These results have direct implications for the design of refined vaccination strategies. IMPORTANCE BCG remains the only licensed vaccine against TB. Parenterally administered BCG has variable efficacy against pulmonary TB, and thus, improved prevention strategies and a more refined understanding of correlates of vaccine protection are required. Induction of memory T cells has been shown to be essential for protective TB vaccines. Mimicking the natural infection route by mucosal vaccination has been known to generate superior protection against TB in animal models; however, the mechanisms of protection have remained elusive. Here we performed an in-depth analysis to dissect the immunological mechanisms associated with superior mucosal protection in the mouse model of TB. We found that mucosal, and not subcutaneous, BCG vaccination generates lung-resident memory T cell populations that confer protection against pulmonary TB. We establish a comprehensive phenotypic characterization of these populations, providing a framework for future vaccine development.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Weitering ◽  
Janine E. Melsen ◽  
Monique M. van Ostaijen-ten Dam ◽  
Corry M. R. Weemaes ◽  
Marco W. Schilham ◽  
...  

Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT) is a rare inherited disorder characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia, chromosomal instability, cancer susceptibility and immunodeficiency. AT is caused by mutations in the ATM gene, which is involved in multiple processes linked to DNA double strand break repair. Immunologically, ATM mutations lead to hampered V(D)J recombination and consequently reduced numbers of naive B and T cells. In addition, class switch recombination is disturbed resulting in antibody deficiency causing common, mostly sinopulmonary, bacterial infections. Yet, AT patients in general have no clinical T cell associated infections and numbers of memory T cells are usually normal. In this study we investigated the naive and memory T cell compartment in five patients with classical AT and compared them with five healthy controls using a 24-color antibody panel and spectral flow cytometry. Multidimensional analysis of CD4 and CD8 TCRαβ+ cells revealed that early naive T cell populations, i.e. CD4+CD31+ recent thymic emigrants and CD8+CCR7++CD45RA++ T cells, were strongly reduced in AT patients. However, we identified normal numbers of stem cell memory T cells expressing CD95, which are antigen-experienced T cells that can persist for decades because of their self-renewal capacity. We hypothesize that the presence of stem cell memory T cells explains why AT patients have an intact memory T cell compartment. In line with this novel finding, memory T cells of AT patients were normal in number and expressed chemokine receptors, activating and inhibitory receptors in comparable percentages as controls. Comparing memory T cell phenotypes by Boolean gating revealed similar diversity indices in AT compared to controls. We conclude that AT patients have a fully developed memory T cell compartment despite strongly reduced naive T cells. This could be explained by the presence of normal numbers of stem cell memory T cells in the naive T cell compartment, which support the maintenance of the memory T cells. The identification of stem cell memory T cells via our spectral flow cytometric approach is highly relevant for better understanding of T cell immunity in AT. Moreover, it provides possibilities for further research on this recently identified T cell population in other inborn errors of immunity.


Viruses ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1490
Author(s):  
Victoria Matyushenko ◽  
Irina Isakova-Sivak ◽  
Igor Kudryavtsev ◽  
Arina Goshina ◽  
Anna Chistyakova ◽  
...  

Background: New coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, a causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been circulating among humans since November 2019. Multiple studies have assessed the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of virus-specific immunity in COVID-19 convalescents, however, some aspects of the development of memory T-cell responses after natural SARS-CoV-2 infection remain uncovered. Methods: In most of published studies T-cell immunity to the new coronavirus is assessed using peptides corresponding to SARS-CoV-1 or SARS-CoV-2 T-cell epitopes, or with peptide pools covering various parts of the viral proteins. Here, we determined the level of CD4+ and CD8+ memory T-cell responses in COVID-19 convalescents by stimulating PBMCs collected 1 to 6 months after recovery with sucrose gradient-purified live SARS-CoV-2. IFNγ production by the central and effector memory helper and cytotoxic T cells was assessed by intracellular cytokine staining assay and flow cytometry. Results: Stimulation of PBMCs with live SARS-CoV-2 revealed IFNγ-producing T-helper effector memory cells with CD4+CD45RA−CCR7− phenotype, which persisted in circulation for up to 6 month after COVID-19. In contrast, SARS-CoV-2-specific IFNγ-secreting cytotoxic effector memory T cells were found at significant levels only shortly after the disease, but rapidly decreased over time. Conclusion: The stimulation of immune cells with live SARS-CoV-2 revealed a rapid decline in the pool of effector memory CD8+, but not CD4+, T cells after recovery from COVID-19. These data provide additional information on the development and persistence of cellular immune responses after natural infection, and can inform further development of T cell-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.


Cell Reports ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-79.e4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren E. Holz ◽  
Julia E. Prier ◽  
David Freestone ◽  
Thiago M. Steiner ◽  
Kieran English ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-François Daudelin ◽  
Mélissa Mathieu ◽  
Salix Boulet ◽  
Nathalie Labrecque

Following activation, naïve CD8+T cells will differentiate into effectors that differ in their ability to survive: some will persist as memory cells while the majority will die by apoptosis. Signals given by antigen-presenting cells (APCs) at the time of priming modulate this differential outcome. We have recently shown that, in opposition to dendritic cell (DC), CD40-activated B-(CD40-B) cell vaccination fails to efficiently produce CD8+memory T cells. Understanding why CD40-B-cell vaccination does not lead to the generation of functional long-lived memory cells is essential to define the signals that should be provided to naïve T cells by APCs. Here we show that CD40-B cells produce very low amount of IL-6 when compared to DCs. However, supplementation with IL-6 during CD40-B-cell vaccination did not improve memory generation. Furthermore, IL-6-deficient DCs maintained the capacity to promote the formation of functional CD8+effectors and memory cells. Our results suggest that in APC vaccination models, IL-6 provided by the APCs is dispensable for proper CD8+T-cell memory generation.


2010 ◽  
Vol 207 (6) ◽  
pp. 1235-1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Gerlach ◽  
Jeroen W.J. van Heijst ◽  
Erwin Swart ◽  
Daoud Sie ◽  
Nicola Armstrong ◽  
...  

The mechanism by which the immune system produces effector and memory T cells is largely unclear. To allow a large-scale assessment of the development of single naive T cells into different subsets, we have developed a technology that introduces unique genetic tags (barcodes) into naive T cells. By comparing the barcodes present in antigen-specific effector and memory T cell populations in systemic and local infection models, at different anatomical sites, and for TCR–pMHC interactions of different avidities, we demonstrate that under all conditions tested, individual naive T cells yield both effector and memory CD8+ T cell progeny. This indicates that effector and memory fate decisions are not determined by the nature of the priming antigen-presenting cell or the time of T cell priming. Instead, for both low and high avidity T cells, individual naive T cells have multiple fates and can differentiate into effector and memory T cell subsets.


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