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Adaptive NKG2C+ CD57+ Natural Killer cell and Tim-3 expression during viral infections

Adaptive NKG2C+ CD57+ Natural Killer cell and Tim-3 expression during viral infections
Adaptive NKG2C+ CD57+ Natural Killer cell and Tim-3 expression during viral infections
Repetitive stimulation by persistent pathogens such as HCMV or HIV induces the differentiation of NK cells. This maturation pathway is characterized by the acquisition of phenotypic markers, CD2, CD57 and NKG2C, and effector functions – a process regulated by Tim-3 and orchestrated by a complex network of transcriptional factors, involving T-bet, Eomes, Zeb2, PLZF, and Foxo3. Here, we show that persistent immune activation during chronic viral co-infections (HCMV, HCV, HIV) interferes with the functional phenotype of NK cells by modulating the Tim-3 pathway; a decrease in Tim-3 expression combined with the acquisition of inhibitory receptors skewed NK cells toward an exhausted and cytotoxic phenotype in an inflammatory environment during chronic HIV infection. A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying NK cell differentiation could aid the identification of new immunological targets for checkpoint blockade therapies in a manner that is relevant to chronic infection and cancer.
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Kared, Hassen
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Pender, Sylvia
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Larbi, Anis
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Kared, Hassen
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Tan, Shu
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Simoni, Yannick
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Chong, Meng Li
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Yap, Siew Hwei
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Newell, Evan W.
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Pender, Sylvia
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Kamarulzaman, Adeeba
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Rajasuriar, Reena
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Kared, Hassen, Martelli, Serena, Tan, Shu, Simoni, Yannick, Chong, Meng Li, Yap, Siew Hwei, Newell, Evan W., Pender, Sylvia, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Rajasuriar, Reena and Larbi, Anis (2018) Adaptive NKG2C+ CD57+ Natural Killer cell and Tim-3 expression during viral infections. Frontiers in Immunology, 9, [686]. (doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.00686).

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Abstract

Repetitive stimulation by persistent pathogens such as HCMV or HIV induces the differentiation of NK cells. This maturation pathway is characterized by the acquisition of phenotypic markers, CD2, CD57 and NKG2C, and effector functions – a process regulated by Tim-3 and orchestrated by a complex network of transcriptional factors, involving T-bet, Eomes, Zeb2, PLZF, and Foxo3. Here, we show that persistent immune activation during chronic viral co-infections (HCMV, HCV, HIV) interferes with the functional phenotype of NK cells by modulating the Tim-3 pathway; a decrease in Tim-3 expression combined with the acquisition of inhibitory receptors skewed NK cells toward an exhausted and cytotoxic phenotype in an inflammatory environment during chronic HIV infection. A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying NK cell differentiation could aid the identification of new immunological targets for checkpoint blockade therapies in a manner that is relevant to chronic infection and cancer.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 March 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 April 2018
Published date: 20 April 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 418828
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/418828
ISSN: 1664-3224
PURE UUID: d7177bb2-569c-4586-a749-c2dc50d33ace
ORCID for Sylvia Pender: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6332-0333

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Date deposited: 23 Mar 2018 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:19

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Author: Hassen Kared
Author: Serena Martelli
Author: Shu Tan
Author: Yannick Simoni
Author: Meng Li Chong
Author: Siew Hwei Yap
Author: Evan W. Newell
Author: Sylvia Pender ORCID iD
Author: Adeeba Kamarulzaman
Author: Reena Rajasuriar
Author: Anis Larbi

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