CD8+ T cells are pre-programmed for cytotoxic differentiation. However, a subset of effector CD8+ T cells (Tc17) produce IL-17 and fail to express cytotoxic genes. Here, we show that the transcription factors directing IL-17 production inhibit cytotoxicity despite persistent Runx3 expression. Cytotoxic gene repression did not require the transcription factor Thpok. We further show that STAT3 restrained cytotoxic gene expression in CD8+ T cells and that RORgt represses cytotoxic genes by inhibiting the functions but not the expression of the cytotoxic transcription factors T-bet and Eomesodermin. Thus, the transcriptional circuitry directing IL-17 expression inhibits cytotoxic functions.
A STAT3-dependent transcriptional circuitry inhibits cytotoxic gene expression in T cells.
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View SamplesCD8+ T cells are pre-programmed for cytotoxic differentiation. However, a subset of effector CD8+ T cells (Tc17) produce IL-17 and fail to express cytotoxic genes. Here, we show that the transcription factors directing IL-17 production inhibit cytotoxicity despite persistent Runx3 expression. Cytotoxic gene repression did not require the transcription factor Thpok. We further show that STAT3 restrained cytotoxic gene expression in CD8+ T cells and that RORgt represses cytotoxic genes by inhibiting the functions but not the expression of the cytotoxic transcription factors T-bet and Eomesodermin. Thus, the transcriptional circuitry directing IL-17 expression inhibits cytotoxic functions.
A STAT3-dependent transcriptional circuitry inhibits cytotoxic gene expression in T cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe biological functions of histone demethylases Jmjd3 and Utx remain poorly understood. We assessed such functions in developing T cells, using conditional (CD4-Cre-mediated) gene disruption, by inactivating Kdm6a and Kdm6b, respectively encoding Utx and Jmjd3, in immature CD4+CD8+ thymocytes. We compared microarray gene expression in mature (Va2hi CD24lo) mutant and wild-type CD4+CD8- thymocytes carrying the OT-II TCR transgene.
Histone H3 Lysine 27 demethylases Jmjd3 and Utx are required for T-cell differentiation.
Specimen part
View SamplesGene expression of memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells determined by RNAseq 30 days after LCMV Armstrong infection Overall design: 30 days post-infection with LCMV Arm spleen GP66:I-Ab+ T cells from Zbtb7bAD (CD4 Zbtb7bAD) or Tnfrsf4-Cre– (CD4 Ctrl) mice and of spleen GP33:H-2Db+ T cells from Tnfrsf4-Cre– animals (CD8 Ctrl) were sorted and gene expression was determined by RNAseq
The Emergence and Functional Fitness of Memory CD4<sup>+</sup> T Cells Require the Transcription Factor Thpok.
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View SamplesSingle-cell gene expression of effector and memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells from WT or Thppok-deficient animals was determined by sRNAseq after LCMV Armstrong infection Overall design: 7 and 30 days post-infection with LCMV Arm spleen T cells were sorted and gene expression was determined by scRNAseq
The Emergence and Functional Fitness of Memory CD4<sup>+</sup> T Cells Require the Transcription Factor Thpok.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesMicroRNAs (miRs) function primarily as post-transcriptional negative regulators of gene expression through binding to their mRNA targets. Reliable prediction of a miRs targets is a considerable bioinformatic challenge of great importance for inferring the miRs function. Sequence-based prediction algorithms have high false-positive rates, are not in agreement, and are not biological context specific. Here we introduce CoSMic (Context-Specific MicroRNA analysis), an algorithm that combines sequence-based prediction with miR and mRNA expression data. CoSMic differs from existing methodsit identifies miRs that play active roles in the specific biological system of interest and predicts with less false positives their functional targets. We applied CoSMic to search for miRs that regulate the migratory response of human mammary cells to epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulation. Several such miRs, whose putative targets were significantly enriched by migration processes were identified. We tested three of these miRs experimentally, and showed that they indeed affected the migratory phenotype; we also tested three negative controls. In comparison to other algorithms CoSMic indeed filters out false positives and allows improved identification of context-specific targets. CoSMic can greatly facilitate miR research in general and, in particular, advance our understanding of individual miRs function in a specific context.
Context-specific microRNA analysis: identification of functional microRNAs and their mRNA targets.
Cell line
View Samplesp53 is a pivotal tumor suppressor and a major barrier against cancer. We now report that silencing of the Hippo pathway tumor suppressors LATS1 and LATS2 in non-transformed mammary epithelial cells reduces p53 phosphorylation and increases its association with the p52 NF-?B subunit. Moreover, it partly shifts p53’s conformation and transcriptional output towards a state resembling cancer-associated p53 mutants, and endow p53 with the ability to promote cell migration. Notably, LATS1 and LATS2 are frequently downregulated in breast cancer; we propose that such downregulation might benefit cancer by converting p53 from a tumor suppressor into a tumor facilitator. Overall design: MCF10A cells transfected with siRNA against LATS1/2 alone, p53 alone or LATS1/2 and p53 together. Two independent MCF10A batches provided biological replicates
Down-regulation of LATS kinases alters p53 to promote cell migration.
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View SamplesDuring host-pathogen encounters, the complex interactions between different immune cell-types can determine the outcome of infection. Advances in single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) allow to probe this complexity of immunity, and afforded the basis for deconvolution algorithms that infer cell-type compositions from bulk RNA-seq measurements. However, immune activation, an important aspect of immune surveillance, is not represented in current algorithms. Here, using scRNA-seq of human peripheral blood cells infected with Salmonella, we developed a novel deconvolution algorithm to infer dynamic immune states from bulk measurements. We applied our dynamic deconvolution algorithm both to cohorts of healthy individuals challenged ex vivo with Salmonella and to cohorts of tuberculosis patients during different stages of disease. We revealed cell-type specific immune responses associated not only with ex vivo infection phenotype but also with clinical disease stage. We propose that our approach provides a predictive power to identify risk for disease, and can be applied to comprehensively study human infection outcome. Overall design: PBMCs were isolated from 8 individuals bearing or not TLR10 polymorphism and were infected ex vivo with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. RNA was extracted before infection, 4 hours post infection and 8 hours post infection.
Predicting bacterial infection outcomes using single cell RNA-sequencing analysis of human immune cells.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesDuring host-pathogen encounters, the complex interactions between different immune cell-types can determine the outcome of infection. Advances in single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) allow to probe this complexity of immunity, and afforded the basis for deconvolution algorithms that infer cell-type compositions from bulk RNA-seq measurements. However, immune activation, an important aspect of immune surveillance, is not represented in current algorithms. Here, using scRNA-seq of human peripheral blood cells infected with Salmonella, we developed a novel deconvolution algorithm to infer dynamic immune states from bulk measurements. We applied our dynamic deconvolution algorithm both to cohorts of healthy individuals challenged ex vivo with Salmonella and to cohorts of tuberculosis patients during different stages of disease. We revealed cell-type specific immune responses associated not only with ex vivo infection phenotype but also with clinical disease stage. We propose that our approach provides a predictive power to identify risk for disease, and can be applied to comprehensively study human infection outcome. Overall design: Whole-blood (WB) cells and PBMCs were isolated from 4 healthy individuals and were infected ex vivo with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium or with PBS as control. RNA was extracted 4 hours later.
Predicting bacterial infection outcomes using single cell RNA-sequencing analysis of human immune cells.
Specimen part, Disease stage, Subject
View SamplesDuring host-pathogen encounters, the complex interactions between different immune cell-types can determine the outcome of infection. Advances in single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) allow to probe this complexity of immunity, and afforded the basis for deconvolution algorithms that infer cell-type compositions from bulk RNA-seq measurements. However, immune activation, an important aspect of immune surveillance, is not represented in current algorithms. Here, using scRNA-seq of human peripheral blood cells infected with Salmonella, we developed a novel deconvolution algorithm to infer dynamic immune states from bulk measurements. We applied our dynamic deconvolution algorithm both to cohorts of healthy individuals challenged ex vivo with Salmonella and to cohorts of tuberculosis patients during different stages of disease. We revealed cell-type specific immune responses associated not only with ex vivo infection phenotype but also with clinical disease stage. We propose that our approach provides a predictive power to identify risk for disease, and can be applied to comprehensively study human infection outcome. Overall design: PBMCs were isolated from a healthy individual and were infected ex vivo with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium or with PBS as control. Monocytes and NKT cells were sorted from naïve and infected PBMCs. RNA was extracted 4 hours post infection.
Predicting bacterial infection outcomes using single cell RNA-sequencing analysis of human immune cells.
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