胸腺上皮细胞需要脂质激酶 Vps34 来进行 CD4 而非 CD8 T 细胞的选择。

Thymic epithelial cells require lipid kinase Vps34 for CD4 but not CD8 T cell selection.

机构信息

Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.

Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.

出版信息

J Exp Med. 2022 Oct 3;219(10). doi: 10.1084/jem.20212554. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Abstract

The generation of a functional, self-tolerant T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire depends on interactions between developing thymocytes and antigen-presenting thymic epithelial cells (TECs). Cortical TECs (cTECs) rely on unique antigen-processing machinery to generate self-peptides specialized for T cell positive selection. In our current study, we focus on the lipid kinase Vps34, which has been implicated in autophagy and endocytic vesicle trafficking. We show that loss of Vps34 in TECs causes profound defects in the positive selection of the CD4 T cell lineage but not the CD8 T cell lineage. Utilizing TCR sequencing, we show that T cell selection in conditional mutants causes altered repertoire properties including reduced clonal sharing. cTECs from mutant mice display an increased abundance of invariant chain intermediates bound to surface MHC class II molecules, indicating altered antigen processing. Collectively, these studies identify lipid kinase Vps34 as an important contributor to the repertoire of selecting ligands processed and presented by TECs to developing CD4 T cells.

摘要

功能性自身耐受 T 细胞受体 (TCR) 库的产生依赖于胸腺细胞与抗原呈递胸腺上皮细胞 (TEC) 之间的相互作用。皮质 TEC(cTEC) 依赖于独特的抗原加工机制来产生专门用于 T 细胞阳性选择的自身肽。在我们目前的研究中,我们专注于脂质激酶 Vps34,它已被牵连到自噬和内吞小泡运输中。我们发现 TEC 中 Vps34 的缺失会导致 CD4 T 细胞谱系而非 CD8 T 细胞谱系的阳性选择出现严重缺陷。利用 TCR 测序,我们发现条件性突变小鼠中的 T 细胞选择会导致库特征发生改变,包括克隆共享减少。突变小鼠的 cTEC 显示表面 MHC II 分子结合的不变链中间体的丰度增加,表明抗原加工发生改变。总之,这些研究表明脂质激酶 Vps34 是 TEC 加工和呈递给发育中的 CD4 T 细胞的选择配体库的重要贡献者。

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