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Genome-wide analysis identifies NR4A1 as a key mediator of T cell dysfunction
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T cells become dysfunctional when they encounter self antigens or are exposed to chronic infection or to the tumour microenvironment 1. The function of T cells is tightly regulated by a combinational co-stimulatory signal, and dominance of negative co-stimulation results in T cell dysfunction 2. However, the molecular mechanisms that underlie this dysfunction remain unclear. Here, using an in vitro T cell tolerance induction system in mice, we characterize genome-wide epigenetic and gene expression features in tolerant T cells, and show that they are distinct from effector and regulatory T cells. Notably, the transcription factor NR4A1 is stably expressed at high levels in tolerant T cells. Overexpression of NR4A1 inhibits effector T cell differentiation, whereas deletion of NR4A1 overcomes T cell tolerance and exaggerates effector function, as well as enhancing immunity against tumour and chronic virus. Mechanistically, NR4A1 is preferentially recruited to binding sites of the transcription factor AP-1, where it represses effector-gene expression by inhibiting AP-1 function. NR4A1 binding also promotes acetylation of histone 3 at lysine 27 (H3K27ac), leading to activation of tolerance-related genes. This study thus identifies NR4A1 as a key general regulator in the induction of T cell dysfunction, and a potential target for tumour immunotherapy.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Liu, X., Wang, Y., Lu, H., Li, J., Yan, X., Xiao, M., Hao, J., Alekseev, A., Khong, H., Chen, T., Huang, R., Wu, J., Zhao, Q., Wu, Q., Xu, S., Wang, X., Jin, W., Yu, S., Wang, Y., Wei, L., Wang, A., Zhong, B., Ni, L., Liu, X., Nurieva, R., Ye, L., Tian, Q., Bian, X.-W., & Dong, C.
- Affiliations
- Army Medical University (CN)
- Institute for Systems Biology (US)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, Xindong
- Liu, Xiaolong
- Bian, Xiu-Wu
- Dong, Chen
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2019-02-27
- Volume
- 567
- Issue
- 7749
- Pages
- 525-529
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC6507425
- OpenAlex
- W2916738215
- Cited by
- 533
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 70 · 2025: 98 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 76 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 63 · 2020: 60 · 2019: 26
- FWCI
- 20.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL143520)
- National Cancer Institute (R03CA219760, P30CA016672)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R56AI125269, R21AI120012)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Keywords
- Nur77, T cell tolerance, T cell dysfunction, AP-1, H3K27 acetylation, histone acetylation, transcriptional repression, effector T cell differentiation, regulatory T cells, cancer immunotherapy, chronic viral infection, tumour immunity, epigenetic regulation
- MeSH terms
- Acetylation, Animals, Arenaviridae Infections, Colitis, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Histones, Immune Tolerance, Immunotherapy, Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neoplasms, T-Lymphocytes, Transcription, Genetic, Genome, Transcription Factor AP-1, Epigenesis, Genetic, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1
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