Tissue-Resident Memory-Like CD8+ T Cells Exhibit Heterogeneous Characteristics in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion

Tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells are well known to play critical roles in peripheral tissues during virus infection and tumor immunology. Our previous studies indicated that CD69+CD4+ and CD69+CD8+ T cells in tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) were antigen-specific memory T cells. However, the p...

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Main Authors: Sifei Yu, Suihua Lao, Binyan Yang, Changyou Wu
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Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Immunology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6643808
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description Tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells are well known to play critical roles in peripheral tissues during virus infection and tumor immunology. Our previous studies indicated that CD69+CD4+ and CD69+CD8+ T cells in tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) were antigen-specific memory T cells. However, the phenotypical and functional characteristics of CD8+ TRM cells in tuberculosis remain unknown. We found that CD103+CD8+ T cells were the predominant subset of CD103+ lymphocytes in TPE; both CD103 and CD69 expressed on memory CD8+ T cells from TPE were significantly increased compared with those from paired peripheral blood. Phenotypically, CD103+CD69+ and CD103+CD69-CD8+ T cells expressed higher levels of CD45RO than CD103-CD69+CD8+ T cells did; CD103+CD69-CD8+ T cells highly expressed CD27, CD127, and CD62L and some chemokine receptors. We further compared the functional differences among the four distinct CD45RO+CD8+ T subsets identified by CD103 and CD69 expression. In consist with our published results, CD69+CD8+ T cells, but not CD103+CD8+, produced high levels of IFN-γ after treatment with BCG in the presence of BFA. Nevertheless, CD103-CD69+ and CD103+CD69+ memory CD8+ T cells expressed higher levels of Granzyme B, while CD103+CD69- memory CD8+ T cells were characterized as a possibly immunosuppressive subset by highly expressing CTLA-4, CD25, and FoxP3. Furthermore, TGF-β extremely increased CD103 expression but not CD69 in vitro. Together, CD103+CD8+ T cells form the predominant subset of CD103+ lymphocytes in TPE; CD103 and CD69 expression defines distinct CD8+ TRM-like subsets exhibiting phenotypical and functional heterogeneity. Our findings provide an important theoretical basis to optimize and evaluate new tuberculosis vaccines.
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spelling doaj-art-cfff5de9ecf64e14be6a0c1aac0d146c2025-08-20T03:19:46ZengWileyJournal of Immunology Research2314-88612314-71562021-01-01202110.1155/2021/66438086643808Tissue-Resident Memory-Like CD8+ T Cells Exhibit Heterogeneous Characteristics in Tuberculous Pleural EffusionSifei Yu0Suihua Lao1Binyan Yang2Changyou Wu3Institute of Immunology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou 510080, ChinaChest Hospital of Guangzhou, 62 Hengzhigang Road, Guangzhou 510095, ChinaInstitute of Immunology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou 510080, ChinaInstitute of Immunology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou 510080, ChinaTissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells are well known to play critical roles in peripheral tissues during virus infection and tumor immunology. Our previous studies indicated that CD69+CD4+ and CD69+CD8+ T cells in tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) were antigen-specific memory T cells. However, the phenotypical and functional characteristics of CD8+ TRM cells in tuberculosis remain unknown. We found that CD103+CD8+ T cells were the predominant subset of CD103+ lymphocytes in TPE; both CD103 and CD69 expressed on memory CD8+ T cells from TPE were significantly increased compared with those from paired peripheral blood. Phenotypically, CD103+CD69+ and CD103+CD69-CD8+ T cells expressed higher levels of CD45RO than CD103-CD69+CD8+ T cells did; CD103+CD69-CD8+ T cells highly expressed CD27, CD127, and CD62L and some chemokine receptors. We further compared the functional differences among the four distinct CD45RO+CD8+ T subsets identified by CD103 and CD69 expression. In consist with our published results, CD69+CD8+ T cells, but not CD103+CD8+, produced high levels of IFN-γ after treatment with BCG in the presence of BFA. Nevertheless, CD103-CD69+ and CD103+CD69+ memory CD8+ T cells expressed higher levels of Granzyme B, while CD103+CD69- memory CD8+ T cells were characterized as a possibly immunosuppressive subset by highly expressing CTLA-4, CD25, and FoxP3. Furthermore, TGF-β extremely increased CD103 expression but not CD69 in vitro. Together, CD103+CD8+ T cells form the predominant subset of CD103+ lymphocytes in TPE; CD103 and CD69 expression defines distinct CD8+ TRM-like subsets exhibiting phenotypical and functional heterogeneity. Our findings provide an important theoretical basis to optimize and evaluate new tuberculosis vaccines.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6643808
spellingShingle Sifei Yu
Suihua Lao
Binyan Yang
Changyou Wu
Tissue-Resident Memory-Like CD8+ T Cells Exhibit Heterogeneous Characteristics in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion
Journal of Immunology Research
title Tissue-Resident Memory-Like CD8+ T Cells Exhibit Heterogeneous Characteristics in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion
title_full Tissue-Resident Memory-Like CD8+ T Cells Exhibit Heterogeneous Characteristics in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion
title_fullStr Tissue-Resident Memory-Like CD8+ T Cells Exhibit Heterogeneous Characteristics in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion
title_full_unstemmed Tissue-Resident Memory-Like CD8+ T Cells Exhibit Heterogeneous Characteristics in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion
title_short Tissue-Resident Memory-Like CD8+ T Cells Exhibit Heterogeneous Characteristics in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion
title_sort tissue resident memory like cd8 t cells exhibit heterogeneous characteristics in tuberculous pleural effusion
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6643808
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