The downregulation of Tapasin in dendritic cell regulates CD8+ T cell autophagy to hamper hepatitis B viral clearance in the induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocyte organoid

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Tapasin, a crucial molecular chaperone involved viral antigen processing and presentation, plays an important role in antivirus immunity. However, its impact on T cell differentiation in the context of virus clearance remains unclear. In this study, we employed induced pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into hepatocyte-like cell, which were subsequently inserted to the inverted colloidal crystal scaffolds, thus establishing a hepatocyte organoid (HO). By inoculating hepatitis B virus (HBV) particles in the system, we successfully engineered a robust in vitro HBV infection model for at least 3 weeks. Furthermore, we aimed to explore the effects of lentivirus-mediated short hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeting human Tapasin on the differentiation and antiviral function of CD8+ T cells. Specifically, we transfected dendritic cells (DCs) with Tapasin-shRNA and cocultured with T cells. The results demonstrated that Tapasin-shRNA transfected DCs effectively suppressed T cell proliferation and impeded HBV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses. Our investigation also revealed the role of mTOR pathway activation in reducing autophagy activity within CD8+ T cells. Expressions of autophagy-related proteins, beclin-1, LC3II/LC3I were decreased and PI3K/AKT/mTOR activity was increased in Tapasin-shRNA group. Collectively, our findings elucidate that shRNA targeting the Tapasin gene within DCs inhibits T cell differentiation by reducing autophagy activity to hamper viral clearance in the HBV-infected HO.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:96

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Journal of medical virology - 96(2024), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite e29546

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Jinmei [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Leer [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Qingxin [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Siyuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Lihong [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Soon Seng [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiaohua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autophagy
EC 2.7.1.-
EC 2.7.11.1
Hepatitis B Core Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatocyte organoid
Journal Article
Membrane Transport Proteins
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
RNA, Small Interfering
T cell differentiation
TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
Tapasin

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmv.29546

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370063791