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Accession Number:
AD1069890
Title:
Molecular and Metabolic Regulation of Cell Death in CD8+ T Cell Subsets
Corporate Author:
UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA United States
Report Date:
2016-04-04
Abstract:
Cellular CD8 T cell immunity is responsible for fighting intracellular pathogens and generating a long lasting memory pool for improved control of subsequent infections. During primary and secondary T cell responses, activated effector T cells rapidly proliferate to control an invading pathogen. However, T cell expansion must be constrained and counterbalanced through programmed cell death to cull excess cells and prevent unintended collateral damage to the host. Two major pathways of programmed cell death eliminate activated effector T cells restimulation induced cell death RICD and cytokine withdrawal induced cell death CWID. The primary focus of this work was to define new molecular and metabolic determinants of differential apoptosis sensitivity via comparative analysis of primary human CD8 T cells. First, we identify a critical role for diacylglycerol kinase alpha DGK alpha in modulating TCR signaling in SAP-deficient T cells, which we previously showed are resistant to RICD. Loss of the adaptor protein SAP causes X-linked lymphoproliferative disease XLP-1. Without SAP, we found that hyperactive DGK alpha depleted the key second messenger diacylglycerol, attenuating the TCR signal below the threshold required to induce expression of specific pro-apoptotic molecules of the nuclear-orphaned receptor family. Importantly, we showed that pharmacological inhibition of DGK alpha restored RICD sensitivity in primary XLP-1 patient T cells. This work offers a new therapeutic approach for reversing acute, often lethal CD8 T cell accumulation. Second, we describe here a direct influence for glycolytic metabolism on RICD sensitivity of CD8 effector T cells. Specifically, acute glucose availability and active glycolysis promoted de novo expression of Fas-ligand after TCR restimulation. For the first time, these data indicate an explicit role for metabolic reprogramming in licensing RICD in activated effector T cells.
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Pages:
0244
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;
File Size:
50.83MB
