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T cell affinity regulates asymmetric division, effector cell differentiation, and tissue pathology

King, C. G. and Koehli, S. and Hausmann, B. and Schmaler, M. and Zehn, D. and Palmer, E.. (2012) T cell affinity regulates asymmetric division, effector cell differentiation, and tissue pathology. Immunity, Vol. 37, H. 4. pp. 709-720.

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Abstract

The strength of interactions between T cell receptors and the peptide-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) directly modulates T cell fitness, clonal expansion, and acquisition of effector properties. Here we show that asymmetric T cell division is an important mechanistic link between increased signal strength, effector differentiation, and the ability to induce tissue pathology. Recognition of pMHC above a threshold affinity drove responding T cells into asymmetric cell division. The ensuing proximal daughters underwent extensive division and differentiated into short-lived effector cells expressing the integrin VLA-4, allowing the activated T cell to infiltrate and mediate destruction of peripheral target tissues. In contrast, T cells activated by below-threshold antigens underwent symmetric division, leading to abortive clonal expansion and failure to fully differentiate into tissue-infiltrating effector cells. Antigen affinity and asymmetric division are important factors that regulate fate specification in CD8(+) T cells and predict the potential of a self-reactive T cell to mediate tissue pathology.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Former Units at DBM > Transplantation Immunology and Nephrology (Palmer/Steiger)
UniBasel Contributors:Palmer, Ed
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Cell Press
ISSN:1074-7613
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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