Plasticity and lineage commitment of individual TH1 cells are determined by stable T-bet expression quantities.
Sci Adv
; 10(23): eadk2693, 2024 Jun 07.
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| ID: mdl-38838155
ABSTRACT
T helper 1 (TH1) cell identity is defined by the expression of the lineage-specifying transcription factor T-bet. Here, we examine the influence of T-bet expression heterogeneity on subset plasticity by leveraging cell sorting of distinct in vivo-differentiated TH1 cells based on their quantitative expression of T-bet and interferon-γ. Heterogeneous T-bet expression states were regulated by virus-induced type I interferons and were stably maintained even after secondary viral infection. Exposed to alternative differentiation signals, the sorted subpopulations exhibited graded levels of plasticity, particularly toward the TH2 lineage T-bet quantities were inversely correlated with the ability to express the TH2 lineage-specifying transcription factor GATA-3 and TH2 cytokines. Reprogramed TH1 cells acquired graded mixed TH1 + TH2 phenotypes with a hybrid epigenetic landscape. Continuous presence of T-bet in differentiated TH1 cells was essential to ensure TH1 cell stability. Thus, innate cytokine signals regulate TH1 cell plasticity via an individual cell-intrinsic rheostat to enable T cell subset adaptation to subsequent challenges.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cell Differentiation
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Th2 Cells
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Th1 Cells
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Cell Lineage
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T-Box Domain Proteins
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Cell Plasticity
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Sci Adv
Year:
2024
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany