In:
Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 14 ( 2023-4-20)
Abstract:
Members of the Regulator of G-protein signaling (Rgs) family regulate the extent and timing of G protein signaling by increasing the GTPase activity of Gα protein subunits. The Rgs family member Rgs1 is one of the most up-regulated genes in tissue-resident memory (T RM ) T cells when compared to their circulating T cell counterparts. Functionally, Rgs1 preferentially deactivates Gαq, and Gαi protein subunits and can therefore also attenuate chemokine receptor-mediated immune cell trafficking. The impact of Rgs1 expression on tissue-resident T cell generation, their maintenance, and the immunosurveillance of barrier tissues, however, is only incompletely understood. Here we report that Rgs1 expression is readily induced in naïve OT-I T cells in vivo following intestinal infection with Listeria monocytogenes -OVA. In bone marrow chimeras, Rgs1 -/- and Rgs1 +/+ T cells were generally present in comparable frequencies in distinct T cell subsets of the intestinal mucosa, mesenteric lymph nodes, and spleen. After intestinal infection with Listeria monocytogenes -OVA, however, OT-I Rgs1 +/+ T cells outnumbered the co-transferred OT-I Rgs1 - /- T cells in the small intestinal mucosa already early after infection. The underrepresentation of the OT-I Rgs1 -/- T cells persisted to become even more pronounced during the memory phase (d30 post-infection). Remarkably, upon intestinal reinfection, mice with intestinal OT-I Rgs1 +/+ T RM cells were able to prevent the systemic dissemination of the pathogen more efficiently than those with OT-I Rgs1 -/- T RM cells. While the underlying mechanisms are not fully elucidated yet, these data thus identify Rgs1 as a critical regulator for the generation and maintenance of tissue-resident CD8 + T cells as a prerequisite for efficient local immunosurveillance in barrier tissues in case of reinfections with potential pathogens.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1664-3224
DOI:
10.3389/fimmu.2023.1085895
DOI:
10.3389/fimmu.2023.1085895.s001
DOI:
10.3389/fimmu.2023.1085895.s002
DOI:
10.3389/fimmu.2023.1085895.s003
DOI:
10.3389/fimmu.2023.1085895.s004
DOI:
10.3389/fimmu.2023.1085895.s005
DOI:
10.3389/fimmu.2023.1085895.s006
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Frontiers Media SA
Publication Date:
2023
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2606827-8
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