Human Gene Set: GSE6566_STRONG_VS_WEAK_DC_STIMULATED_CD4_TCELL_UP


Standard name GSE6566_STRONG_VS_WEAK_DC_STIMULATED_CD4_TCELL_UP
Systematic name M5665
Brief description Genes up-regulated in CD4 [GeneID=920] cells stimulated with strong dendritic cells (DC) versus CD4 [GeneID=920] T cells stimulated with weak DCs.
Full description or abstract The strength of T cell stimulation determines IL-7 responsiveness, recall potential and lineage commitment of primed human CD4+IL-7Rhi T cells. We analyzed how the strength of antigenic stimulation - as determined by dendritic cell (DC) number, DC maturation state and antigen concentration - controls in human CD4+ T cells IL-7R-alpha expression and responsiveness to IL-7, IL-15 and antigen. We found that T cells primed by different strengths of stimulation expressed IL-7R-alpha in different proportions and preferentially on cells that maintained expression of the central memory marker CCR7. However, while CCR7+IL-7Rhi cells generated at high strength of stimulation proliferated vigorously in response to IL-7 or IL-15, CCR7+IL-7Rhi cells generated at low strength of stimulation responded poorly. High cytokine responsiveness was associated with reduced PTEN expression and enhanced s6-kinase activation, consistent with efficient receptor coupling to downstream signalling pathways. Interestingly, while intermediate-stimulated CCR7+IL-7Rhi cells were non-polarized, self-renewed with IL-7 and expanded with antigen, high-stimulated cells generated Th1 effector cells with cytokines but showed impaired IL-2 production and survival with antigen. Gene expression analysis suggested that high-stimulated cells represented pre-Th1 cells with low recall potential and high metabolic state. Taken together these results demonstrate that IL-7 receptor expression and coupling are instructed in T cells by the strength of stimulation and suggest that memory subsets may derive from CCR7+IL-7Rhi precursors that received different strengths of stimulation.
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Source publication Pubmed 18081042   Authors: Lozza L,Rivino L,Guarda G,Jarrossay D,Rinaldi A,Bertoni F,Sallusto F,Lanzavecchia A,Geginat J
Exact source GSE6566_1724_200_UP
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