Human liver infiltrating gamma delta T cells are composed of clonally expanded circulating and tissue-resident populations

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.05.007" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.05.007</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.05.007" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jhep.2018.05.007</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Human liver infiltrating gamma delta T cells are composed of clonally expanded circulating and tissue-resident populations

Original language description

Background &amp; Aims: gamma delta T cells comprise a substantial proportion of tissue-associated lymphocytes. However, our current understanding of human gamma delta T cells is primarily based on peripheral blood subsets, while the immunobiology of tissue-associated subsets remains largely unclear. Therefore, we aimed to elucidate the T cell receptor (TCR) diversity, immunophenotype and function of gamma delta T cells in the human liver. Methods: We characterised the TCR repertoire, immunophenotype and function of human liver infiltrating gamma delta T cells, by TCR sequencing analysis, flow cytometry, in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry. We focussed on the predominant tissue-associated V delta 2(-) gamma delta subset, which is implicated in liver immunopathology. Results: Intrahepatic V delta 2(-) gamma delta T cells were highly clonally focussed, with single expanded clonotypes featuring complex, private TCR rearrangements frequently dominating the compartment. Such T cells were predominantly CD27(lo/-) effector lymphocytes, whereas naive CD27(hi), TCR-diverse populations present in matched blood were generally absent in the liver. Furthermore, while a CD45RA(hi) V delta 2(-) gamma delta effector subset present in both liver and peripheral blood contained overlapping TCR clonotypes, the liver V delta 2(-) gamma delta T cell pool also included a phenotypically distinct CD45RA(lo) effector compartment that was enriched for expression of the tissue tropism marker CD69, the hepatic homing chemokine receptors CXCR3 and CXCR6, and liver-restricted TCR clonotypes, suggestive of intrahepatic tissue residency. Liver infiltrating V delta 2(-) gamma delta cells were capable of polyfunctional cytokine secretion, and unlike peripheral blood subsets, were responsive to both TCR and innate stimuli. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the ability of V delta 2(-) gamma delta T cells to undergo clonotypic expansion and differentiation is crucial in permitting access to solid tissues, such as the liver, which results in functionally distinct peripheral and liver-resident memory gamma delta T cell subsets. They also highlight the inherent functional plasticity within the V delta 2(-) gamma delta T cell compartment and provide information that could be used for the design of cellular therapies that suppress liver inflammation or combat liver cancer. Lay summary: gamma delta T cells are frequently enriched in many solid tissues, however the immunobiology of such tissue-associated subsets in humans has remained unclear. We show that intrahepatic gamma delta T cells are enriched for clonally expanded effector T cells, whereas naive gamma delta T cells are largely excluded. Moreover, whereas a distinct proportion of circulating T cell clonotypes was present in both the liver tissue and peripheral blood, a functionally and clonotypically distinct population of liver-resident gamma delta T cells was also evident. Our findings suggest that factors triggering gamma delta T cell clonal selection and differentiation, such as infection, can drive enrichment of gamma delta T cells into liver tissue, allowing the development of functionally distinct tissue-restricted memory populations specialised in local hepatic immunosurveillance. (C) 2018 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30102 - Immunology

Project

<a href="/en/project/LQ1601" target="_blank" >LQ1601: CEITEC 2020</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Hepatology

ISSN

0168-8278

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

69

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

654-665

UT code for WoS article

000441734200015

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85049327635