Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells and Fixed Immune Surveillance in Nonlymphoid Organs

Carbone, Francis R.

doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1500515

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“…Although lymphocytes are best characterized in the blood, lymphatic fluid, and lymphoid organs, interest in tissue-resident lymphocytes is currently emerging (33)(34)(35)(36)(37). Different lymphocyte populations have now been described in several nonlymphoid organs, where they can influence the local molecular milieu and modulate other resident cells (38)(39)(40)(41).…”

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Myocardial aging as a T-cell–mediated phenomenon

Ramos

Berg²,

Silva

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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In recent years, the myocardium has been rediscovered under the lenses of immunology, and lymphocytes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiomyopathies with different etiologies. Aging is an important risk factor for heart diseases, and it also has impact on the immune system. Thus, we sought to determine whether immunological activity would influence myocardial structure and function in elderly mice. Morphological, functional, and molecular analyses revealed that the age-related myocardial impairment occurs in parallel with shifts in the composition of tissueresident leukocytes and with an accumulation of activated CD4 + Foxp3 − (forkhead box P3) IFN-γ + T cells in the heart-draining lymph nodes. A comprehensive characterization of different aged immune-deficient mouse strains revealed that T cells significantly contribute to age-related myocardial inflammation and functional decline. Upon adoptive cell transfer, the T cells isolated from the mediastinal lymph node (med-LN) of aged animals exhibited increased cardiotropism, compared with cells purified from young donors or from other irrelevant sites. Nevertheless, these cells caused rather mild effects on cardiac functionality, indicating that myocardial aging might stem from a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic (immunological) factors. Taken together, the data herein presented indicate that heart-directed immune responses may spontaneously arise in the elderly, even in the absence of a clear tissue damage or concomitant infection. These observations might shed new light on the emerging role of T cells in myocardial diseases, which primarily affect the elderly population.T he myocardial cellular composition has been revisited in recent years, and leukocyte subsets residing in the healthy heart have been described (1-10). Cardiac-resident macrophages exhibiting an M2-like gene expression profile were found to be distributed in close association with the coronary vascular bed (3), and niches for dendritic cells (CD11c + MHC-II high CD80/86 low ) were found near the cardiac valves of the intact heart (1). It was also demonstrated that cardiac-resident MHCII + cells process and present myosin heavy chain-alpha-derived peptides under steady-state conditions (11, 12) and prime T cells ex vivo (1). However, whether lymphocytes can seed the intact myocardium and whether T-cell priming with myocardial antigens can occur in the absence of an infection or autoimmune myocarditis remain elusive.More recently, accumulating evidence indicated that noninfectious myocardial diseases are modulated by T cells. During the last couple of years, our group demonstrated that ischemic, sterile myocardial injuries can elicit lymphocyte activation directed against cardiac antigens (13-16). Our previous data, showing for the first time that CD4 + T cells reactive to cardiac components can foster the healing process that takes place after myocardial infarction, were corroborated by several other reports (13,15,(17)(18)(19)(20). However, these autoreactive T cells can also b...

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confidence: 99%

Myocardial aging as a T-cell–mediated phenomenon

Ramos

Berg²,

Silva

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

145

117

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“…A critical feature of T cells is to exert immunosurveillance so that reinfection is prevented (53)(54)(55)(56). When T cells are in a resting state, they proliferate only at a low rate to replenish their population (57,58).…”

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TLR-Mediated Innate Production of IFN-γ by CD8+ T Cells Is Independent of Glycolysis

Salerno

Guislain

Cansever

et al. 2016

The Journal of Immunology

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CD8+ T cells can respond to unrelated infections in an Ag-independent manner. This rapid innate-like immune response allows Ag-experienced T cells to alert other immune cell types to pathogenic intruders. In this study, we show that murine CD8+ T cells can sense TLR2 and TLR7 ligands, resulting in rapid production of IFN-γ but not of TNF-α and IL-2. Importantly, Ag-experienced T cells activated by TLR ligands produce sufficient IFN-γ to augment the activation of macrophages. In contrast to Ag-specific reactivation, TLR-dependent production of IFN-γ by CD8+ T cells relies exclusively on newly synthesized transcripts without inducing mRNA stability. Furthermore, transcription of IFN-γ upon TLR triggering depends on the activation of PI3K and serine-threonine kinase Akt, and protein synthesis relies on the activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin. We next investigated which energy source drives the TLR-induced production of IFN-γ. Although Ag-specific cytokine production requires a glycolytic switch for optimal cytokine release, glucose availability does not alter the rate of IFN-γ production upon TLR-mediated activation. Rather, mitochondrial respiration provides sufficient energy for TLR-induced IFN-γ production. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing that TLR-mediated bystander activation elicits a helper phenotype of CD8+ T cells. It induces a short boost of IFN-γ production that leads to a significant but limited activation of Ag-experienced CD8+ T cells. This activation suffices to prime macrophages but keeps T cell responses limited to unrelated infections.

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“…What types of T cell do monocytes imprint? Do monocytes imprint effector or long-term memory T cells, such as fixed tissue-resident or systemic central memory T cells 148 ? In the presence of microorganisms, are TNF-and NO-producing monocytes the same monocytes that acquire and present antigen in the draining lymph nodes, or do they remain in tissues?…”

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Monocyte differentiation and antigen-presenting functions

Jakubzick¹,

Randolph

Henson³

2017

Nat Rev Immunol

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Monocytes develop in the bone marrow and represent the primary type of mononuclear phagocyte found in the blood. They were long thought of as a source for tissue macrophages, but recent studies indicate more complex roles for monocytes, both within the circulation and after their migration into tissues and lymphoid organs. In this Review, we discuss the newer concepts underlying the maturation of emigrating monocytes into different classes of tissue macrophages, as well as their potential functions, as monocyte-derived cells, in the tissues. In addition, we consider the emerging roles for monocytes in adaptive immunity as antigen-presenting cells.

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Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells and Fixed Immune Surveillance in Nonlymphoid Organs

Cited by 118 publications

References 88 publications

Myocardial aging as a T-cell–mediated phenomenon

Myocardial aging as a T-cell–mediated phenomenon

TLR-Mediated Innate Production of IFN-γ by CD8+ T Cells Is Independent of Glycolysis

Monocyte differentiation and antigen-presenting functions

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