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Lecture 11 (6A) - Other T cell subsets Flashcards

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Peripheral tolerance

regulatory T cells (T-reg)

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regulatory T cells are able to prevent other T cells from generating an immune response to a particular antigen

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Regulatory T cells are able to

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prevent other T cells from generating an immune response to a particular antigen

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Naturally occurring CD4+ T-reg

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CD4+
CD25+
Foxp3+

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Inducible CD4+ T-reg

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Tr1
TH3
and anergic

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Other types of cells have regulatory activity

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NKT cells
γδ T cells
CD8+ T-reg

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Tolerance

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to keep the immune system from attacking itself

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Central tolerance

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make T and B cells, then scan for autoreactive and kill

• detect, response, kill it and it’s gone - final

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Peripheral tolerance

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few self reactive escape into body - regulatory T cells kill them
• may suppress response through life

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Regulatory T cells actively and dominantly

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suppress self-reactive T cells that exist in the normal periphery

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Autoimmune disease

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may develop as a consequence of altered balance between T-reg cells and self-reactive effector T cells

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CD25

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kills T-reg cells –> autoimmunity

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Regulatory T cells were discovered by

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Shimon Sakaguchi

• working on white mice

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White mouse thymectomized at day 1 or 2

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autoimmunity

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White mouse thymectomized at day 4 or later

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healthy mouse

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Autoimmunity can be described as a balance between

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regulatory T cells and effector T cells

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In the white mouse T-regs are made

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after day 4
• at birth lots of DN and DP but few actual CD4 cells
• at birth CD4 start to be produced, some are self-reactive
• this means they need regulatory T cells to ensure they don’t get autoimmunity
• T reg not made until day 4
• remove thymus before day 4 = make some self-reactive but no T-reg
• after day 4 some self-reactive but also some police cells (T-reg)

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CD4+ CD25+ cells are

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naturally occurring regulatory T cells

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Mouse without T cells or B cells

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• purified cells from a normal mouse
• gave the SCID mouse only CD4+ CD25- cells (effector)
–> gastritis (autoimmune disease)
-of course there were some autoreactive T cells in the mix but no regulatory T cells to protect them
• gave the SCID mouse CD4+ CD25- (effector) and
CD4+ CD25+ (reguatory) cells
–> no gastritis

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CD4+ CD25+

CD4+ CD25-

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CD4+ CD25 + == regulatory

CD4+ CD25 - == effector

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“Naturally occuring” regulatory T cells

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  • CD4+ CD25+ T-regs
  • have a TCRαβ that is thought to recognize self-antigens
  • express a gene called Foxp3 (master gene for T-regs)
  • Foxp3 turns on many genes that turn T cells into regulatory T cells (CRLA-4, GITR, CD25)
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CD4+ CD25+ T-regs express

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Foxp3 - the “master” gene for T-regs

• transcription factor

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Foxp3 turns on many genes that

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turn T cells into regulatory T cells
• CTLA-4
• GITR
• CD25

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IPEX syndrome (stands for)

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immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enterophthy, X-linked

• scurfy mouse naturally without Foxp3

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IPEX syndrome

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• human gut syndrome resulting in a mutation in Foxp3
• no Foxp3 = no T-reg 
• autoimmune disease strikes soon after birth
• x-linked - so mostly affects boys
• 90% of patients develop diabetes
(T cells attack pancreas)
• ~70% develop thyroiditis
• high mortality rate
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Naturally occurring T-regs develop in

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the thymus

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Naturally occurring nT-regs

affinity

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• no recognition of self-antigens = low affinity –> death
• moderate recognition of self antigens = medium affinity
– weaker 2/3 –> positive selection (CD4+ T cells)
– stronger 1/3 –> selection (CD4+ nT-reg cells)
• perfect recognition of self-antigens = high affinity
– weaker 1/3 –> selection (CD4+ nT-reg cells)
– stronger 2/3 –> negative selection

APPEAR TO RESPOND TO SELF ANTIGEN
• autoimmunity if causes inflammation and releases lots of cytokines
• recognizes self antigens and make cytokines that dampen immune response ***** - don’t make inflammatory responses
(high medium affinity and low high affinity)

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Foxp3+ T-regs also come from

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CD4+ T cells in the periphery

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Inducible iT-regs develop in

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the periphery - particularly in the gut
CD4+ Th0 cell –> CD4+ iT-reg cell
• induced by TGFβ and retinoic acid (abundant in gut)
• inhibited by IL6/IL21

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nT-regs vs iT-regs

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nT-regs (naturally-occurring)
• made in thymus
• transcription factor Foxp3
• protect from autoimmunity

iT-regs (inducible)
• develop in the periphery - esp the gut
• induced by TGFβ and retinoic acid (abundant in gut)
• protect from responses to environment you shouldn’t be making (eg allergies to food)

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IL6/IL21

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very pro-inflammatory
• IL6 made by damaged tissue
• inhibits iT-reg cell

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Lots of TGFβ and retinoic acid

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in the gut
• induce CD4+ Th0 cells to become iT-reg

  • in the gut we have lots of proteins we don’t want to make a response to
  • allow us to have regulation against environment when induced
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CD4+ iT reg

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  • develop in the periphery (esp the gut)
  • from CD4+ Th0 form CD4+ iT-reg if induced by TGFβ and retinoic acid (abundant in gut)
  • inhibited by IL6/IL21
  • make TGFβ and other suppressive molecules (with help of Foxp3)
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How do nT-reg cells work

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eg in the lymph node
• DC presenting MHC-II + self antigen
- presenting self-antigen = don’t want effector response
• the effector (CD4+) T cell may be stimulated by it and make IL2, divide
• regulatory T cell also recognizes self-antigen, comes in
– like self-antigens that give signals
–LOVE IL2
• in the presence of IL2 the Treg regulates, dampens the response
• the T-reg can turn off the DC or the T cell directly

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Ways the nT-reg cell inhibits the DC or CD4+ effector cell

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Cell-cell contact
• CD39
• CD73
• LAG-3

Possible role for
• CTLA4 **
• GITR

Possible role for
• granzymes/perforin

Soluble factors
• IL-10
• IL-35
• Galectin-1

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CTLA4

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  • expressed by Treg
  • without it = autoimmunity
  • similar to CD28 in that it binds B7
  • B7 is on DC, needed for T cell responses to start
  • CTLA4 costimulatory when binds B7 - but most of it is inside the T-reg (95%)
  • the turnover onto the surface is massive - always cycling onto the surface then going back inside the Treg cell
  • while on the surface, comes in while grabbing B7 off the DC and taking it into the cell
  • the DC then has no B7 so can’t activate naive T cells any more
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Inducible regulatory T cells

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  • Tr1 cells

* TH3 cells

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Tr1 Cells make

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  • IL-10

* TGFβ

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TH3 Cells make

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Conditions that generate Tr1 cells

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• T cell priming in the presence of immature dendritic cells
(APC that lack full costimulatory activity)
• T cell priming in the presence of IL-10
• T cell priming in the presence of vitamin D3 analogues or steroids

THEY DO NOT EXPRESS FOXP3

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Tr1 cells don’t

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DO NOT EXPRESS FOXP3

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Generation of an effector T cell

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fully activated APC

signal 1 = MHC + antigen to TCR
signal 2 = costimulatory
• CD40 on APC + CD40L on T cell
• B7.1 and B7.2 on APC + CD28 on T cell
signal 3 = IL-2 - signal to divide repeatedly
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Generation of a Tr1 T cell

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partially activated APC

signal 1 = MHC + antigen to tCR
signal 2 = costimulatory molecules (low)
• T cell has CD40L but APC has low CD40
• T cell has CD28 but APC has low B7.1 and B7.2

• sometimes would switch off, but if vitamin D3 and steroids get Tr1 cell

(from dead cell so don’t want immune response because have live cells with those proteins)

APC releases cytokines IL-10, vitamin D3, steroids
(necessary)

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Mode of action of Tr1 cells

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makes IL-10 and TGFβ
• broadly immunosuppressive cytokines
• inhibit IL-2 secretion = block T cell proliferation
• inhibit cytokine secretion by effector cells (Th1 or Th2 cells)
• inhibit APC function - downregulate MHC-II and costimulatory molecules

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Induced Tr1 cells

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dendritic cell in lymph nodes displays
MHC-II + peptide
• CD4+ CD25- effector T cell recognizes peptide
• Tr1 cell inhibits effector response by recognizing the same antigen, then produces IL-10 and TGFβ

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Regulatory T cells - TH3 cells

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  • secrete high levels of TGFβ
  • secrete little/no IL-10
  • induced following oral tolerance induction
  • suppress T cell proliferation/cytokine production
46
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TH3 cells oral administration of autoantigens

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feed food to cells, and they make Foxp3 and a population of cells without Foxp3 but make lots of TGFβ
• make mice resistant to induction of autoimmune disease by feeding them antigen
• mash up protein, feed that antigen to the mouse in food
• if you then try to induce autoimmunity by immunizing, can’t be done because made regulatory cells in gut –> can’t then induce selfreactive response

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A healthy individual

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effector T cells
and
regulatory T cells
are balanced

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Infection

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effector T cells are more than regulatory T cells –> resolution of infection

49
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In the absence of infection

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make more effector T cells than regulatory T cells

–> autoimmunity

50
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cancer

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make more regulatory T cells than effector T cells

  • -> poor prognosis
  • stops immune cells from killing tumours
51
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NKT cells

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• are T cells - have αβ TCR
• often have an invariant TCR (all have similar TCR)
• they have many features of NK cells
• they recognize glycolipids presented by CD1
(CD1 looks like MHC-I, not proteins)
• numbers of NKT cells vary substantially between people

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Subsets of NKT cells

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  • Type I NKT cells (CD1d restricted)
  • Type II NKT cells (Cd1d-restricted)
  • other NKT cells (CD1a, b, c restricted - human)

all recognize lipids (esp glycolipid) - not proteins

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Positive selection is on

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DP cells in the thymic cortex

by cortical epithelial cells

54
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Negative selection is on

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mature T cells in the thymic medulla

by thymic dendritic cells and medullary epithelial cells

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NKT cells are made in

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the thymus

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NKT cells are derived from

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DP cells selected on CD1/lipids presented by other DP cells

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NKT cells are derived from DP cells

selected on CD1/lipids presented by other DP cells

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DP cell going to become NKT has NKT receptor that recognizes lipid + CD1
• DP cells don’t use epithelial cells to present peptides (like how it’s checked for self-reactivity)
• NKT cells look at other DP cells
• if it sees another DP cell with CD1 and lipids being presented, there’s a DP-DP interaction
• if the DP-DP occurs, there’s a SLAM:SLAM interaction
• signals to the receiving cell to become NKT

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What is the function of NKT cells

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• receives IL-25
• then releases cytokines
• function is tissue-dependent
• function is rapid - in tissues - no priming required
• function can be pro-inflammatory or regulatory, and is cytokine-driven
• NKT cells are implicated in/modulate many disease states
- autoimmunity
- cancer
- infection
- transplant rejection

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