1. Mucosal-associated invariant T cell–rich congenic mouse strain allows functional evaluation
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Lionel Le Bourhis, Olivier Lantz, Yue Cui, Katarzyna Franciszkiewicz, Yvonne K. Mburu, Sylvie Rabot, Alexandra Kachaner, Emmanuel Martin, Claire Soudais, Stanislas Mondot, Virginie Premel, Livine Duban, Jean Jaubert, Molly A. Ingersoll, Jean-Pierre de Villartay, Immunité et cancer (U932), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut Curie [Paris]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Immunobiologie des Cellules Dendritiques, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), MICrobiologie de l'ALImentation au Service de la Santé (MICALIS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, Génétique Fonctionnelle de la Souris, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Developpement Normal et Pathologique du Système Immunitaire, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Investigation Clinique en Biotherapie des cancers (CIC 1428 , CBT 507 ), Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR)-Institut Curie [Paris]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Département de Biopathologie, Institut Curie [Paris], This work was supported by grants from INSERM, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), DIM Ile de France, Association pour la Recherche sur la Sclérose En Plaques (ARSEP), Institut Mérieux, and Institut Curie. Y.K. Mburu is a recipient of the Lloyd J. Old Memorial Award and is supported by an Irvington Institute postdoctoral fellowship from the Cancer Research Institute., Vougny, Marie-Christine, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Curie-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and Institut Curie
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MESH: Minor Histocompatibility Antigens ,MESH: Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3 ,Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta ,MESH: Chemotaxis, Leukocyte ,MESH: Urinary Tract Infections ,Lymphocyte Activation ,MESH: Mice, Knockout ,MESH: Histocompatibility Antigens Class I ,MESH: Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein ,MESH: Animals ,Mice, Knockout ,0303 health sciences ,education.field_of_study ,Lymphokines ,MESH: Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta ,Microbiota ,MESH: Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,General Medicine ,Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3 ,Natural killer T cell ,MESH: Crosses, Genetic ,Chemotaxis, Leukocyte ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Phenotype ,Radiation Chimera ,Urinary Tract Infections ,MESH: Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor ,MESH: Immunologic Memory ,[SDV.IMM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,Female ,MESH: Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors ,Research Article ,MESH: Lymphocyte Count ,[SDV.IMM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,Lymphoid Tissue ,MESH: Radiation Chimera ,MESH: Mice, Transgenic ,T cell ,Population ,Congenic ,Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors ,Mice, Transgenic ,Mucosal associated invariant T cell ,Biology ,MESH: Phenotype ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,Minor Histocompatibility Antigens ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mice, Congenic ,MESH: Mice, Congenic ,MESH: Mice, Inbred C57BL ,MESH: Germ-Free Life ,medicine ,Animals ,Germ-Free Life ,Humans ,MESH: Microbiota ,Lymphocyte Count ,Receptors, Cytokine ,education ,MESH: Lymphocyte Activation ,MESH: Mice ,Crosses, Genetic ,030304 developmental biology ,MESH: Humans ,MESH: Lymphokines ,T-cell receptor ,Histocompatibility Antigens Class I ,Laboratory mouse ,Gene rearrangement ,Molecular biology ,MESH: Receptors, Cytokine ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Disease Models, Animal ,MESH: Natural Killer T-Cells ,MESH: Lymphoid Tissue ,Natural Killer T-Cells ,MESH: Disease Models, Animal ,Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor ,Immunologic Memory ,MESH: Female ,030215 immunology - Abstract
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAITs) have potent antimicrobial activity and are abundant in humans (5%-10% in blood). Despite strong evolutionary conservation of the invariant TCR-alpha chain and restricting molecule MR1, this population is rare in laboratory mouse strains (approximate to 0.1% in lymphoid organs), and lack of an appropriate mouse model has hampered the study of MAIT biology. Herein, we show that MAITs are 20 times more frequent in clean wild-derived inbred CAST/EiJ mice than in C57BL/6J mice. Increased MAIT frequency was linked to one CAST genetic trait that mapped to the TCR-alpha locus and led to higher usage of the distal V alpha segments, including V alpha 19. We generated a MAIT(hl) congenic strain that was then crossed to a transgenic Rorcgt-GFP reporter strain. Using this tool, we characterized polyclonal mouse MAITs as memory (CD44(+)) CD4(-)CD8(lo/neg) T cells with tissue-homing properties (CCR6*CCR7(-)). Similar to human MAITs, mouse MAITs expressed the cytokine receptors IL-7R, IL-18R alpha, and IL-12R beta and the transcription factors promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger (PLZF) and RAR-related orphan receptory gamma (R0R gamma t). Mouse MAITs produced Th1/2/17 cytokines upon TCR stimulation and recognized a bacterial compound in an MR1-dependent manner. During experimental urinary tract infection, MAITs migrated to the bladder and decreased bacterial load. Our study demonstrates that the MAIT(hi) congenic strain allows phenotypic and functional characterization of naturally occurring mouse MAITs in health and disease.
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- 2015