BACH2 enforces the transcriptional and epigenetic programs of stem-like CD8+ T cells

During chronic infection and cancer, a self-renewing CD8+ T cell subset maintains long-term immunity and is critical to the effectiveness of immunotherapy. These stem-like CD8+ T cells diverge from other CD8+ subsets early after chronic viral infection. However, pathways guarding stem-like CD8+ T cells against terminal exhaustion remain unclear. Here, we show that the gene encoding transcriptional repressor BACH2 is transcriptionally and epigenetically active in stem-like CD8+ T cells but not terminally exhausted cells early after infection. BACH2 overexpression enforced stem-like cell fate, whereas BACH2 deficiency impaired stem-like CD8+ T cell differentiation. Single-cell transcriptomic and epigenomic approaches revealed that BACH2 established the transcriptional and epigenetic programs of stem-like CD8+ T cells. In addition, BACH2 suppressed the molecular program driving terminal exhaustion through transcriptional repression and epigenetic silencing. Thus, our study reveals a new pathway that enforces commitment to stem-like CD8+ lineage and prevents an alternative terminally exhausted cell fate.

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CommentIn: Nat Immunol. 2021 Mar;22(3):274-276. - PMID 33627884

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Nature immunology - 22(2021), 3 vom: 11. März, Seite 370-380

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yao, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Lou, Guohua [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Hong-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Ziang [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zeyu [VerfasserIn]
Chauss, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Moseman, E Ashley [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Jun [VerfasserIn]
D'Antonio, Marc A [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Wangke [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Junwei [VerfasserIn]
Kometani, Kohei [VerfasserIn]
Kurosaki, Tomohiro [VerfasserIn]
Wherry, E John [VerfasserIn]
Afzali, Behdad [VerfasserIn]
Gattinoni, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yuwen [VerfasserIn]
McGavern, Dorian B [VerfasserIn]
O'Shea, John J [VerfasserIn]
Schwartzberg, Pamela L [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Tuoqi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bach2 protein, mouse
Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 26.04.2021

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Nat Immunol. 2021 Mar;22(3):274-276. - PMID 33627884

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41590-021-00868-7

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NLM321345274