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J Immunol. 2019 Jun 21. pii: ji1801431. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801431. [Epub ahead of print]
Early T-BET Expression Ensures an Appropriate CD8+ Lineage-Specific Transcriptional Landscape after Influenza A Virus Infection.
Prier JE1, Li J1,2, Gearing LJ3, Olshansky M2, Sng XYX4, Hertzog PJ3, Turner SJ5,2.
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Abstract
Virus infection triggers large-scale changes in the phenotype and function of naive CD8+ T cells, resulting in the generation of effector and memory T cells that are then critical for immune clearance. The T-BOX family of transcription factors (TFs) are known to play a key role in T cell differentiation, with mice deficient for the TF T-BET (encoded by Tbx21) unable to generate optimal virus-specific effector responses. Although the importance of T-BET in directing optimal virus-specific T cell responses is accepted, the precise timing and molecular mechanism of action remains unclear. Using a mouse model of influenza A virus infection, we demonstrate that although T-BET is not required for early CD8+ T cell activation and cellular division, it is essential for early acquisition of virus-specific CD8+ T cell function and sustained differentiation and expansion. Whole transcriptome analysis at this early time point showed that Tbx21 deficiency resulted in global dysregulation in early programming events with inappropriate lineage-specific signatures apparent with alterations in the potential TF binding landscape. Assessment of histone posttranslational modifications within the Ifng locus demonstrated that Tbx21 -/- CD8+ T cells were unable to activate "poised" enhancer elements compared with wild-type CD8+ T cells, correlating with diminished Ifng transcription. In all, these data support a model whereby T-BET serves to promote appropriate chromatin remodeling at specific gene loci that underpins appropriate CD8+ T cell lineage-specific commitment and differentiation.
Copyright ? 2019 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.
PMID: 31227580 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801431
Early T-BET Expression Ensures an Appropriate CD8+ Lineage-Specific Transcriptional Landscape after Influenza A Virus Infection.
Prier JE1, Li J1,2, Gearing LJ3, Olshansky M2, Sng XYX4, Hertzog PJ3, Turner SJ5,2.
Author information
Abstract
Virus infection triggers large-scale changes in the phenotype and function of naive CD8+ T cells, resulting in the generation of effector and memory T cells that are then critical for immune clearance. The T-BOX family of transcription factors (TFs) are known to play a key role in T cell differentiation, with mice deficient for the TF T-BET (encoded by Tbx21) unable to generate optimal virus-specific effector responses. Although the importance of T-BET in directing optimal virus-specific T cell responses is accepted, the precise timing and molecular mechanism of action remains unclear. Using a mouse model of influenza A virus infection, we demonstrate that although T-BET is not required for early CD8+ T cell activation and cellular division, it is essential for early acquisition of virus-specific CD8+ T cell function and sustained differentiation and expansion. Whole transcriptome analysis at this early time point showed that Tbx21 deficiency resulted in global dysregulation in early programming events with inappropriate lineage-specific signatures apparent with alterations in the potential TF binding landscape. Assessment of histone posttranslational modifications within the Ifng locus demonstrated that Tbx21 -/- CD8+ T cells were unable to activate "poised" enhancer elements compared with wild-type CD8+ T cells, correlating with diminished Ifng transcription. In all, these data support a model whereby T-BET serves to promote appropriate chromatin remodeling at specific gene loci that underpins appropriate CD8+ T cell lineage-specific commitment and differentiation.
Copyright ? 2019 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.
PMID: 31227580 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801431