CD39 Expression Identifies Terminally Exhausted CD8+ T Cells
Exhausted T cells express multiple co-inhibitory molecules that impair their function and limit immunity to chronic viral infection. Defining novel markers of exhaustion is important both for identifying and potentially reversing T cell exhaustion. Herein, we show that the ectonucleotidse CD39 is a...
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| Vydáno v: | PLoS pathogens Ročník 11; číslo 10; s. e1005177 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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United States
Public Library of Science
01.10.2015
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| ISSN: | 1553-7374, 1553-7366, 1553-7374 |
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| Shrnutí: | Exhausted T cells express multiple co-inhibitory molecules that impair their function and limit immunity to chronic viral infection. Defining novel markers of exhaustion is important both for identifying and potentially reversing T cell exhaustion. Herein, we show that the ectonucleotidse CD39 is a marker of exhausted CD8+ T cells. CD8+ T cells specific for HCV or HIV express high levels of CD39, but those specific for EBV and CMV do not. CD39 expressed by CD8+ T cells in chronic infection is enzymatically active, co-expressed with PD-1, marks cells with a transcriptional signature of T cell exhaustion and correlates with viral load in HIV and HCV. In the mouse model of chronic Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus infection, virus-specific CD8+ T cells contain a population of CD39high CD8+ T cells that is absent in functional memory cells elicited by acute infection. This CD39high CD8+ T cell population is enriched for cells with the phenotypic and functional profile of terminal exhaustion. These findings provide a new marker of T cell exhaustion, and implicate the purinergic pathway in the regulation of T cell exhaustion. |
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| Bibliografie: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Conceived and designed the experiments: PKG JG DW EJW GML PK AHS WNH. Performed the experiments: PKG JG DW KY KEP CC EA CL. Analyzed the data: PKG JG DW KY KEP EA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WGJ SCR GA PJRG. Wrote the paper: PKG JG DW PK AHS GML WNH. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. |
| ISSN: | 1553-7374 1553-7366 1553-7374 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005177 |