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Lecture 20 - Tregs (pt. 1) Flashcards

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3 positive consequences of Tregs

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  1. maintain and control self-reactivity
  2. limit allergic response
  3. prevent tissue damage
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2 negative consequences of Tregs

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  1. suppress anti-tumour immunity
  2. limit clearance of chronic infection
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what must Tregs be able to balance?

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must be able to limit efficiacy of immune responses and preventing damage by immune system

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4 different states of Treg activity

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  1. Normally: stable and robust
  2. Chronic immune condition: fatigued and short-lived
  3. Functional plasticity: Tregs can induce inflammation too
  4. Inborn errors of immunity: genetics impact Tregs
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recap: what is IL2Ra?

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aka CD25 –> inducible on T cells as a result of TCR signaling
- Extracellular
- High affinity for IL2

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describe the CD4 T cells that were found to express IL2Ra

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IL2Ra was CONSTITUTIVELY expressed

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what can we conclude from the fact that IL2Ra is constitutively expressed?

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the cell is active and ready to go –> must have seen its antigen at some point and is now a memory cell

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what percent of CD4s have constitutive IL2Ra?

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5-10%

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how can we selectively deplete IL2Ra?

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COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED DEPLETION:
treat with MAb against CD25 antigen with complement protein, leaving only CD25 negative cells present

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What type of cells can we use complement-mediated depletion on?

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Spleen cells

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Describe the experimental setup to see the role of constitutive IL2Ra and the conclusion

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Transfer complement-mediated depleted spleen cells into immunodeficient mice:
- autoimmune disease in multiple organs

Normally, giving spleen cells to immunodeficient mice should replenish their immune cells but without IL2Ra they are not protected from self-reactivity –> induces autoimmune disease

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What happens when spleen cells only receive the complement or Ab parts of the depletion mechanism?

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nothing happens –> only depletes when combined

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Overall, what is the role of IL2Ra?

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maintain immune self-tolerance on activated T cells (if IL2Ra removed, lose self-tolerance)

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what T cells do Tregs come from?

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CD4+ T cells

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how were Tregs originally described?

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Tregs originally described as subset of CD4+ T cells that constitutively express IL2Ra

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what is the master regulator of Treg development?

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Foxp3 TF

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what happens when there is a defect in Tregs?

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severe, multi-organ autoimmunity

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4 ways multi-organ autoimmunity can occur as a result of defective Tregs

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  1. Day 3 thymectomy (time-dependent effect)
  2. IL2Ra/CD25 depletion
  3. Scurfy (foxp3 mutation)
  4. Foxp3 -/-
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2 developmental/homeostatic signals required for Treg function

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  1. TGFbeta
  2. co-stimulation
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4 domains of foxp3

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  1. Protein-binding domain
  2. Zn finger
  3. Leucine zipper
  4. Forkhead (DNA-binding domain)
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significance of forkhead domain of Foxp3

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allows TF to bind DNA so it can do its job

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which domain is affected in Scurfy? how is it affected?

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Forkhead domain is TRUNCATED

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main function of Foxp3

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generally acts as repressor

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what types of genes does Foxp3 typically repress?

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inflammatory and cytokine-expression genes

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what is a consequence of Foxp3 turning off inflammatory and cytokine expression genes?
Tregs are ANERGIC
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How many gene targets does foxp3 have?
targets 700 genes DIRECTLY and has indirect effect on the genes that interact with them
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does foxp3 have effects by directly or indirectly affecting genes in the foxp3-dependent transcriptional programming?
mostly indirect, the directly targeted genes make up only a small part of foxp3 transcriptional program
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why is autoimmunity induced by foxp3 mutation considered to be "catastrophic"?
can't do much to fix, except give back Tregs
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what does IPEX stand for?
I = immunodysregulation P = polyendocrinopathy E = enteropathy X = x-linked syndrome
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who does IPEX affect?
young boys
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how does IPEX occur?
point mutations in foxp3, most commonly in DNA binding domain
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what is the most common foxp3 mutation that causes IPEX? where is it located?
A384T --> in DNA binding domain
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describe the variation of effects of foxp3 mutation
each mutation can have mild to severe effects depending on mutation location, HLA, environment, etc
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2 genes that can be activated by foxp3?
1. IL2Ra/CD25 2. CTLA4
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describe foxp3 activating IL2Ra/CD25 gene
foxp3 activates IL2Ra/CD25 to program Treg for optimal IL2 sensitivity
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3 results of foxp3 activity
1. Treg phenotype 2. hyporesponsive/anergic 3. suppressive
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how does foxp3 make Tregs hyporesponsive/anergic?
turns off proliferation via turning of IL2 production (Tregs don't make their own IL2!!)
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What does foxp3 do in addition to making Tregs anergic and suppressive?
conditions cells to sense and integrate environmental signals for rapid effector response
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2 types of Tregs
1. natural/thymic Treg 2. peripheral/post-thymic Treg
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describe the development of nTreg/tTreg
at cortico-medullary junction during selection, specific antigen and cytokine environment will allow Treg to acquire Foxp3 then foxp3+ Treg can go into periphery
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describe the development of iTreg/pTreg
in periphery, if conventional T cell sees antigen in context of IL10 or TGFbeta will allow Treg to acquire Foxp3
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what happens if conventional T cell does not see antigen in context of IL10 or TGFbeta?
will just be normal CD4+ T cell
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what % of CD4+ T cells become Tregs
1%
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how do we know Tregs exist in the thymus?
day 3 thymectomy = autoimmune disorder
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when in T cell development does foxp3 expression occur in thymus?
during DP to CD4+ SP transition
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describe the altered negative selection of Foxp3+ cells
TCR/pMHC affinity is high enough to delete self-reactive T cells but not high enough to delete Foxp3+ Treg cells
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why is it important that Tregs recognize self-antigens?
so they can mediate self-tolerance and induce Foxp3+
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what are Tregs biased towards?
self antigens
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what happens if TCR/pMHC affinity decreases?
Treg development is messed up
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6 things that are important to induce Treg production
1.TGFbeta 2. retinoic acid (carrots) 3. immature DC 4. aryl hydrocarbon receptor 5. stress 6. Ag
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why are immature DCs important for Treg production?
not strong enough to induce T cells but can still tolerize T cells
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What determines the specificity of Foxp3 expression?
epigenetic modifications of Foxp3 conserved non-coding regions
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what are the 3 conserved non-coding regions that can be epigenetically modified?
1. FOXP3 promoter 2. TGFbeta sensor (enhancer) 3. TSDR
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What does TSDR stand for?
Treg-cell Specific Demethylated Region
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describe epigenetic modifications in Teff cells
lots of methylation, especially in TSDR
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describe epigenetic modifications in iTreg
TSDR is methylated but promoter and enhancer are more acetylated to allow TF binding
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describe Foxp3 expression in iTreg vs tTreg
iTreg --> short-lived and unstable tTreg --> very stable
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describe epigenetic modifications in tTreg
no methylation and lots of acetylation in all 3 regions so TFs can access DNA2
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2 examples of TFs that bind tTreg foxp3
1. STAT5 2. SMAD3
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Where does STAT5 bind? (2)
1. promoter 2. TSDR
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describe STAT5
Downstream of IL2 signaling pathway --> since IL2Ra is constitutively expressed on Foxp3+ cells, it can constantly receive IL2 signal
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where does SMAD3 bind?
enhancer
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general role of TGFbeta
immunosuppressive cytokine
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why is TGFbeta an immunosuppresive cytokine?
induces and maintains foxp3
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3 types of cells that CD4 Foxp3+ T regs act on?
1. adaptive immune cells 2. non-imune cells 3. innate immune cells
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what type of immunity do Tregs suppress?
innate and adaptive
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where in the body do Tregs act?
in lymphoid AND non-lymphoid sites
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why is it important that Tregs act in non-lymphoid sites?
to suppress non-lymphoid sites of inflammation
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what is required for Tregs to be active?
must have seen antigen thru TCR
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are Tregs always active?
no --> must see antigen
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why is it important that Tregs are not activated against all responses all the time?
don't want Tregs to be activated all the time and suppress all responses --> activation by antigen allows for control so only will suppress responses that trigger immunity
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is Treg response antigen-specific?
can be antigen-specific or non-antigen-specific
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how can Treg response be non-antigen-specific?
a specific Treg response may be made to be antigen-specific, but this same response may be able to act due to other antigens
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3 mechanisms that are suppressed by Tregs
1. IL2 transcription in T cells 2. proliferation 3. differentiation/production of inflammatory cytokines
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in vitro, what is required for Treg activity?
cell-cell contacts
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6 mechanisms used by Tregs to suppress
1. mess up adenosine metabolism of responding cells 2. increase cAMP in responding cells via gap junctions 3. IL2 consumption/sequestering 4. secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines: IL35, IL10, TGFbeta 5. granzyme B and cytolysis 6. CTLA4
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What gene is activated by foxp3 as a mechanism of suppression by Treg?
CTLA4
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How is CTLA4 used as a suppression molecule?
blocks B7.1/B7.2 to shut off signal 2 and block proliferation
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what happens CTLA4 deficient mice?
all cells deficient in CTLA4 --> lymphoproliferative disease
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what happens to mice deficient in CTLA4 only in Tregs?
only Tregs deficient in CTLA4 --> autoimmune disease
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what is the most critical cytokine for Foxp3+ Tregs?
IL2!!!
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Do Foxp3+ Tregs make their own IL2?
No, only get from nearby T cells (paracrine)
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if Treg is suppressing activated T cells, where is the IL2 coming from?
time plays a role --> Tregs use IL2 from T cells that have been activated to suppress other T cells
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what is the prediction and actual result if you block IL2 production?
predict: no T cell activation actual: Treg pathways depend on IL2 even more than activating T cells so Tregs will be lost and self-reactive T cells can still be activated to induce autoimmunity
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5 ways to block IL2 production?
deficiencies in: 1. IL2 2. IL2Ra 3. CD40 4. CD28 5. B7.1, B7.2
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What happens if IL2 is neutralized in neonatal mice?
no more Tregs --> T1D autoimmunity
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why do we know that Tregs depend on IL2 more than activating T cells?
they constitutively express IL2Ra --> they are hungry for IL2!!!!
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what is the issue with tracking Tregs in humans?
Treg markers (CD25, Foxp3) are all activation markers --> can't use these markers to differentiate btwn Tregs and other activated T cells

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