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Heterogenous Populations of Tissue-Resident CD8<sup>+</sup> T Cells Are Generated in Response to Infection and Malignancy.

Immunity · 2020 · Vol. 52 (5) · pp. 808-824.e7

Abstract

Tissue-resident memory CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells (Trm) provide host protection through continuous surveillance of non-lymphoid tissues. Using single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) and genetic reporter mice, we identified discrete lineages of intestinal antigen-specific CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells, including a Blimp1<sup>hi</sup>Id3<sup>lo</sup> tissue-resident effector cell population most prominent in the early phase of acute viral and bacterial infections and a molecularly distinct Blimp1<sup>lo</sup>Id3<sup>hi</sup> tissue-resident memory population that subsequently accumulated at later infection time points. These Trm populations exhibited distinct cytokine production, secondary memory potential, and transcriptional programs including differential roles for transcriptional regulators Blimp1, T-bet, Id2, and Id3 in supporting and maintaining intestinal Trm. Extending our analysis to malignant tissue, we also identified discrete populations of effector-like and memory-like CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell populations with tissue-resident gene-expression signatures that shared features of terminally exhausted and progenitor-exhausted T cells, respectively. Our findings provide insight into the development and functional heterogeneity of Trm cells, which has implications for enhancing vaccination and immunotherapy approaches.

Publication Types

["Journal Article", "Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural"]

Keywords

MeSH Terms

["Animals", "CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes", "Cells, Cultured", "Immunologic Memory", "Immunotherapy", "Inhibitor of Differentiation Protein 2", "Inhibitor of Differentiation Proteins", "Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis", "Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus", "Mice, Inbred C57BL", "Mice, Knockout", "Mice, Transgenic", "Neoplasms", "Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1"]

Funding

P30 CA023100 NCI NIH HHS (United States)
P30 DK063491 NIDDK NIH HHS (United States)
P01 AI132122 NIAID NIH HHS (United States)
R37 AI067545 NIAID NIH HHS (United States)
K99 CA234430 NCI NIH HHS (United States)

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