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Induction and transcriptional regulation of the co-inhibitory gene module in T cells

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Chihara, Norio, Madi, Asaf, Kondo, Takaaki, Zhang, Huiyuan, Acharya, Nandini, Singer, Meromit, Nyman, Jackson, Marjanovic, Nemanja D. +13 more·2018·Nature

Abstract

The expression of co-inhibitory receptors, such as CTLA-4 and PD-1, on effector T cells is a key mechanism for ensuring immune homeostasis. Dysregulated expression of co-inhibitory receptors on CD4+ T cells promotes autoimmunity, whereas sustained overexpression on CD8+ T cells promotes T cell dysfunction or exhaustion, leading to impaired ability to clear chronic viral infections and diseases such as cancer 1,2. Here, using RNA and protein expression profiling at single-cell resolution in mouse cells, we identify a module of co-inhibitory receptors that includes not only several known co-inhibitory receptors (PD-1, TIM-3, LAG-3 and TIGIT) but also many new surface receptors. We functionally validated two new co-inhibitory receptors, activated protein C receptor (PROCR) and podoplanin (PDPN). The module of co-inhibitory receptors is co-expressed in both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and is part of a larger co-inhibitory gene program that is shared by non-responsive T cells in several physiological contexts and is driven by the immunoregulatory cytokine IL-27. Computational analysis identified the transcription factors PRDM1 and c-MAF as cooperative regulators of the co-inhibitory module, and this was validated experimentally. This molecular circuit underlies the co-expression of co-inhibitory receptors in T cells and identifies regulators of T cell function with the potential to control autoimmunity and tumour immunity.

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Chihara, N., Madi, A., Kondo, T., Zhang, H., Acharya, N., Singer, M., Nyman, J., Marjanovic, N. D., Kowalczyk, M. S., Wang, C., Kurtulus, S., Law, T., Etminan, Y., Nevin, J., Buckley, C. D., Burkett, P. R., Buenrostro, J. D., Rozenblatt-Rosen, O., Anderson, A. C., Regev, A., & Kuchroo, V. K.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Anderson, Ana C.
  • Regev, Aviv
  • Kuchroo, Vijay K.
Venue
Nature
Published
2018-06
Volume
558
Issue
7710
Pages
454-459
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2808421749
Cited by
438
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 49 · 2024: 59 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 46 · 2018: 16
FWCI
20.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • American Cancer Society
  • Melanoma Research Alliance
  • Broad Institute
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0617-10128)
  • National Institutes of Health (5rm1hg006193-10)
  • Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18K15453)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (RM1‐HG006193)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA187975)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (K08AI123516, P01AI073748, P01AI056299, P01AI039671)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS045937)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
Keywords
co-inhibitory receptors, T cell exhaustion, CTLA-4, PD-1, TIM-3, LAG-3, TIGIT, protein C receptor, podoplanin, IL-27, Blimp-1, c-Maf, transcriptional regulation, CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, autoimmunity, tumour immunity, single-cell expression profiling
MeSH terms
Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1, Animals, Female, Immune Tolerance, Male, Melanoma, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Receptors, Cell Surface, Transcription, Genetic, Reproducibility of Results, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating, Mice, Knockout, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-maf, Mice, Gene Regulatory Networks, Interleukin-27

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