Cited by 1,031T-cell and B-cell ImmunologyImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesWnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer

Wnt signaling arrests effector T cell differentiation and generates CD8+ memory stem cells

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Gattinoni, Luca, Zhong, Xiao-Song, Palmer, Douglas C, Ji, Yun, Hinrichs, Christian S, Yu, Zhiya, Wrzesinski, Claudia, Boni, Andrea +5 more·2009·Nature Medicine

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Self-renewing cell populations such as hematopoietic stem cells and memory B and T lymphocytes might be regulated by shared signaling pathways. The Wnt-beta-catenin pathway is an evolutionarily conserved pathway that promotes hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal and multipotency by limiting stem cell proliferation and differentiation, but its role in the generation and maintenance of memory T cells is unknown. We found that induction of Wnt-beta-catenin signaling by inhibitors of glycogen sythase kinase-3beta or the Wnt protein family member Wnt3a arrested CD8(+) T cell development into effector cells. By blocking T cell differentiation, Wnt signaling promoted the generation of CD44(low)CD62L(high)Sca-1(high)CD122(high)Bcl-2(high) self-renewing multipotent CD8(+) memory stem cells with proliferative and antitumor capacities exceeding those of central and effector memory T cell subsets. These findings reveal a key role for Wnt signaling in the maintenance of 'stemness' in mature memory CD8(+) T cells and have major implications for the design of new vaccination strategies and adoptive immunotherapies.

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  • In more recent mouse work, blocking T cell differentiation via Wnt signaling promoted generation of the memory stem cell population.

    “More recent mouse work has shown that by blocking T cell differentiation, Wnt signaling promoted the generation of this memory stem cell population [70].”
  • PD-1 may mark exhausted cells, Tim-3 and KLRG-1 may mark senescent cells, and mouse stem-like T cells may express Sca-1.

    “It is arguable but experimentally operative that PD-1 may be a marker for exhausted cells, Tim-3 and KLRG-1 may be markers for senescent cells, and mouse stem-like T cells may express Sca-1 [70].”

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Gattinoni, L., Zhong, X.-S., Palmer, D. C., Ji, Y., Hinrichs, C. S., Yu, Z., Wrzesinski, C., Boni, A., Cassard, L., Garvin, L. M., Paulos, C. M., Muranski, P., & Restifo, N. P.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
  • Gattinoni, Luca
  • Restifo, Nicholas P
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2009-06-14
Volume
15
Issue
7
Pages
808-813
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W2071548401
Cited by
1,031
References
40
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FWCI
19.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (Z01BC010763)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
Keywords
Wnt signaling, Wnt/β-catenin signaling, CD8+ T cells, effector T cell differentiation, naive T cells, glycogen synthase kinase-3β, Wnt3a, T cell self-renewal, antitumor immunity, adoptive immunotherapy, vaccination strategies
MeSH terms
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Immunologic Memory, Lymphocyte Activation, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Signal Transduction, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Hyaluronan Receptors, L-Selectin, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, Wnt Proteins, beta Catenin, Mice, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha, T Cell Transcription Factor 1

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