After Experimental Trypanosoma cruzi Infection, Dying Hepatic CD3+TCRαβ+B220+ T Lymphocytes Are Rescued from Death by Peripheral T Cells and Become Activated

The unusual phenotype of CD3+ T lymphocyte expressing B220, a marker originally attributed to B lymphocytes, was first observed in the liver of Fas/Fas-L-deficient mice as a marker of apoptotic T lymphocytes. However, other CD3+B220+ T lymphocyte populations were later described in the periphery as functional cytotoxic or regulatory cells, for example. Then, in this work, we studied whether hepatic CD3+B220+ T lymphocytes could play a role in experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infection. In control and infected mice, we observed two subpopulations that could be discerned based on CD117 expression, which were conventional apoptotic CD3+B220+(CD117-) and thymus-independent CD3+B220+CD117+ T lymphocytes. Regardless of CD117 expression, most B220+ T lymphocytes were 7AAD+, confirming this molecule as a marker of dying T cells. However, after infection, we found that around 15% of the CD3+B220+CD117+ hepatic population became B220 and 7AAD negative, turned into CD90.2+, and upregulated the expression of CD44, CD49d, and CD11a, a phenotype consistent with activated T lymphocytes. Moreover, we observed that the hepatic CD3+B220+CD117+ population was rescued from death by previously activated peripheral T lymphocytes. Our results extend the comprehension of the hepatic CD3+B220+ T lymphocyte subpopulations and illustrate the complex interactions that occur in the liver.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) - 9(2020), 9 vom: 31. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vacani-Martins, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Meuser-Batista, Marcelo [VerfasserIn]
Moreira, Otacilio C [VerfasserIn]
Cascabulho, Cynthia Machado [VerfasserIn]
Gois Beghini, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Horita, Samuel Iwao [VerfasserIn]
Batista, Marcos Meuser [VerfasserIn]
Freitas, Fernando Cleber [VerfasserIn]
Guimarães, Juliana Rodrigues [VerfasserIn]
Henriques-Pons, Andrea [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CD3+B220+ T lymphocytes
Cell death
Hepatic T lymphocytes
Journal Article
Liver immune response
Trypanosoma cruzi infection

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Date Revised 30.10.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/pathogens9090717

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314510397