Landscape of Exhausted Virus-Specific CD8 T Cells in Chronic LCMV Infection.
CD8 T cells
chronic viral infection
phenotypic plasticity
singe cell RNA sequencing
tissue-specific phenotypes
Journal
Cell reports
ISSN: 2211-1247
Titre abrégé: Cell Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101573691
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 08 2020
25 08 2020
Historique:
received:
25
06
2019
revised:
31
01
2020
accepted:
05
08
2020
entrez:
27
8
2020
pubmed:
28
8
2020
medline:
3
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A hallmark of chronic infections is the presence of exhausted CD8 T cells, characterized by a distinct transcriptional program compared with functional effector or memory cells, co-expression of multiple inhibitory receptors, and impaired effector function, mainly driven by recurrent T cell receptor engagement. In the context of chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection in mice, most studies focused on studying splenic virus-specific CD8 T cells. Here, we provide a detailed characterization of exhausted CD8 T cells isolated from six different tissues during established LCMV infection, using single-cell RNA sequencing. Our data reveal that exhausted cells are heterogeneous, adopt organ-specific transcriptomic profiles, and can be divided into five main functional subpopulations: advanced exhaustion, effector-like, intermediate, proliferating, or memory-like. Adoptive transfer experiments showed that these phenotypes are plastic, suggesting that the tissue microenvironment has a major impact in shaping the phenotype and function of virus-specific CD8 T cells during chronic infection.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32846135
pii: S2211-1247(20)31063-9
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108078
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
108078Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Interests The authors declare no competing interests.