{"title":"Schlafen 11 triggers innate immune responses through its ribonuclease activity upon detection of single-stranded DNA","authors":"Peng Zhang, Xiaoqing Hu, Zekun Li, Qian Liu, Lele Liu, Yingying Jin, Sizhe Liu, Xiang Zhao, Jianqiao Wang, Delong Hao, Houzao Chen, Depei Liu","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adj5465","DOIUrl":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adj5465","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Nucleic acids are major structures detected by the innate immune system. Although intracellular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) accumulates during pathogen infection or disease, it remains unclear whether and how intracellular ssDNA stimulates the innate immune system. Here, we report that intracellular ssDNA triggers cytokine expression and cell death in a CGT motif–dependent manner. We identified Schlafen 11 (SLFN11) as an ssDNA-activated RNase, which is essential for the innate immune responses induced by intracellular ssDNA and adeno-associated virus infection. We found that SLFN11 directly binds ssDNA containing CGT motifs through its carboxyl-terminal domain, translocates to the cytoplasm upon ssDNA recognition, and triggers innate immune responses through its amino-terminal ribonuclease activity that cleaves transfer RNA (tRNA). Mice deficient in Slfn9, a mouse homolog of SLFN11, exhibited resistance to CGT ssDNA–induced inflammation, acute hepatitis, and septic shock. This study identifies CGT ssDNA and SLFN11/9 as a class of immunostimulatory nucleic acids and pattern recognition receptors, respectively, and conceptually couples DNA immune sensing to controlled RNase activation and tRNA cleavage.</div>","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"9 96","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141321586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joshua I. Gray, Daniel P. Caron, Steven B. Wells, Rebecca Guyer, Peter Szabo, Daniel Rainbow, Can Ergen, Ksenia Rybkina, Marissa C. Bradley, Rei Matsumoto, Kalpana Pethe, Masaru Kubota, Sarah Teichmann, Joanne Jones, Nir Yosef, Mark Atkinson, Maigan Brusko, Todd M. Brusko, Thomas J. Connors, Peter A. Sims, Donna L. Farber
{"title":"Human γδ T cells in diverse tissues exhibit site-specific maturation dynamics across the life span","authors":"Joshua I. Gray, Daniel P. Caron, Steven B. Wells, Rebecca Guyer, Peter Szabo, Daniel Rainbow, Can Ergen, Ksenia Rybkina, Marissa C. Bradley, Rei Matsumoto, Kalpana Pethe, Masaru Kubota, Sarah Teichmann, Joanne Jones, Nir Yosef, Mark Atkinson, Maigan Brusko, Todd M. Brusko, Thomas J. Connors, Peter A. Sims, Donna L. Farber","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adn3954","DOIUrl":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adn3954","url":null,"abstract":"<div >During ontogeny, γδ T cells emerge from the thymus and directly seed peripheral tissues for in situ immunity. However, their functional role in humans has largely been defined from blood. Here, we analyzed the phenotype, transcriptome, function, and repertoire of human γδ T cells in blood and mucosal and lymphoid tissues from 176 donors across the life span, revealing distinct profiles in children compared with adults. In early life, clonally diverse Vδ1 subsets predominate across blood and tissues, comprising naïve and differentiated effector and tissue repair functions, whereas cytolytic Vδ2 subsets populate blood, spleen, and lungs. With age, Vδ1 and Vδ2 subsets exhibit clonal expansions and elevated cytolytic signatures, which are disseminated across sites. In adults, Vδ2 cells predominate in blood, whereas Vδ1 cells are enriched across tissues and express residency profiles. Thus, antigenic exposures over childhood drive the functional evolution and tissue compartmentalization of γδ T cells, leading to age-dependent roles in immunity.</div>","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"9 96","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.science.org/doi/reader/10.1126/sciimmunol.adn3954","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141288552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin Y. Winer, Alexander H. Settle, Alexandrina M. Yakimov, Carlos Jeronimo, Tomi Lazarov, Murray Tipping, Michelle Saoi, Anjelique Sawh, Anna-Liisa L. Sepp, Michael Galiano, Justin S. A. Perry, Yung Yu Wong, Frederic Geissmann, Justin Cross, Ting Zhou, Lance C. Kam, H. Amalia Pasolli, Tobias Hohl, Jason G. Cyster, Orion D. Weiner, Morgan Huse
{"title":"Plasma membrane abundance dictates phagocytic capacity and functional cross-talk in myeloid cells","authors":"Benjamin Y. Winer, Alexander H. Settle, Alexandrina M. Yakimov, Carlos Jeronimo, Tomi Lazarov, Murray Tipping, Michelle Saoi, Anjelique Sawh, Anna-Liisa L. Sepp, Michael Galiano, Justin S. A. Perry, Yung Yu Wong, Frederic Geissmann, Justin Cross, Ting Zhou, Lance C. Kam, H. Amalia Pasolli, Tobias Hohl, Jason G. Cyster, Orion D. Weiner, Morgan Huse","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adl2388","DOIUrl":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adl2388","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Professional phagocytes like neutrophils and macrophages tightly control what they consume, how much they consume, and when they move after cargo uptake. We show that plasma membrane abundance is a key arbiter of these cellular behaviors. Neutrophils and macrophages lacking the G protein subunit Gβ<sub>4</sub> exhibited profound plasma membrane expansion, accompanied by marked reduction in plasma membrane tension. These biophysical changes promoted the phagocytosis of bacteria, fungus, apoptotic corpses, and cancer cells. We also found that Gβ<sub>4</sub>-deficient neutrophils are defective in the normal inhibition of migration following cargo uptake. Sphingolipid synthesis played a central role in these phenotypes by driving plasma membrane accumulation in cells lacking Gβ<sub>4</sub>. In Gβ<sub>4</sub> knockout mice, neutrophils not only exhibited enhanced phagocytosis of inhaled fungal conidia in the lung but also increased trafficking of engulfed pathogens to other organs. Together, these results reveal an unexpected, biophysical control mechanism central to myeloid functional decision-making.</div>","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"9 96","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141288554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The aMPPle differentiation potential of TH2 cells in human allergy","authors":"Sindhura Siddapureddy, Stephanie Eisenbarth","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adq7287","DOIUrl":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adq7287","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Single-cell studies of human tissues reveal a stem-like T<sub>H</sub>2 subset as progenitors of key effectors in chronic type 2 inflammation.</div>","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"9 96","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141288555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hide-&-Go-PhiP-Seq: Finding an elusive predictive MS biomarker","authors":"Annabel Wallace, Kevin C. O’Connor","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adq7284","DOIUrl":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adq7284","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Whole-proteome autoantibody profiling reveals an immunological signature that predates the clinical onset of multiple sclerosis.</div>","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"9 96","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141288551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Taylor A. Heim, Austin C. Schultz, Ines Delclaux, Vanessa Cristaldi, Madeline J. Churchill, Katherine S. Ventre, Amanda W. Lund
{"title":"Lymphatic vessel transit seeds cytotoxic resident memory T cells in skin draining lymph nodes","authors":"Taylor A. Heim, Austin C. Schultz, Ines Delclaux, Vanessa Cristaldi, Madeline J. Churchill, Katherine S. Ventre, Amanda W. Lund","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adk8141","DOIUrl":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adk8141","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Lymphatic transport shapes the homeostatic immune repertoire of lymph nodes (LNs). LN-resident memory T cells (T<sub>RMs</sub>) play an important role in site-specific immune memory, yet how LN T<sub>RMs</sub> form de novo after viral infection remains unclear. Here, we tracked the anatomical distribution of antiviral CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells as they seeded skin and LN T<sub>RMs</sub> using a model of vaccinia virus–induced skin infection. LN T<sub>RMs</sub> localized to the draining LNs (dLNs) of infected skin, and their formation depended on the lymphatic egress of effector CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells from the skin, already poised for residence. Effector CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell transit through skin was required to populate LN T<sub>RMs</sub> in dLNs, a process reinforced by antigen encounter in skin. Furthermore, LN T<sub>RMs</sub> were protective against viral rechallenge in the absence of circulating memory T cells. These data suggest that a subset of tissue-infiltrating CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells egress from tissues during viral clearance and establish a layer of regional protection in the dLN basin.</div>","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"9 96","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141288553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum for the Research Article “TGF-β specifies TFH versus TH17 cell fates in murine CD4+ T cells through c-Maf” by Y. Chang et al.","authors":"","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adq3365","DOIUrl":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adq3365","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"9 95","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141966303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum for the Research Article “TGF-β specifies TFH versus TH17 cell fates in murine CD4+ T cells through c-Maf” by Y. Chang et al.","authors":"","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adq3385","DOIUrl":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adq3385","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"9 95","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141184465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiutong Huang, Wang H. J. Cao, Sophie Curio, Huiyang Yu, Renae Denman, Evelyn Chen, Jaring Schreuder, James Dight, M. Zeeshan Chaudhry, Nicolas Jacquelot, Verena C. Wimmer, Cyril Seillet, Tarik Möröy, Gabrielle T. Belz
{"title":"GFI1B specifies developmental potential of innate lymphoid cell progenitors in the lungs","authors":"Qiutong Huang, Wang H. J. Cao, Sophie Curio, Huiyang Yu, Renae Denman, Evelyn Chen, Jaring Schreuder, James Dight, M. Zeeshan Chaudhry, Nicolas Jacquelot, Verena C. Wimmer, Cyril Seillet, Tarik Möröy, Gabrielle T. Belz","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adj2654","DOIUrl":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adj2654","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Tissue-resident innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) play a vital role in the frontline defense of various tissues, including the lung. The development of type 2 ILCs (ILC2s) depends on transcription factors such as GATA3, RORα, GFI1, and Bcl11b; however, the factors regulating lung-resident ILC2s remain unclear. Through fate mapping analysis of the paralog transcription factors GFI1 and GFI1B, we show that GFI1 is consistently expressed during the transition from progenitor to mature ILC2s. In contrast, GFI1B expression is limited to specific subsets of bone marrow progenitors and lung-resident ILC progenitors. We found that GFI1B<sup>+</sup> lung ILC progenitors represent a multi-lineage subset with tissue-resident characteristics and the potential to form lung-derived ILC subsets and liver-resident ILC1s. Loss of GFI1B in bone marrow progenitors led to the selective loss of lung-resident IL-18R<sup>+</sup> ILCs and mature ILC2, subsequently preventing the emergence of effector ILCs that could protect the lung against inflammatory or tumor challenge.</div>","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"9 95","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141184449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sai Xiao, Shoubao Ma, Baofa Sun, Wenchen Pu, Songqi Duan, Jingjing Han, Yaqun Hong, Jianying Zhang, Yong Peng, Chuan He, Ping Yi, Michael A. Caligiuri, Jianhua Yu
{"title":"The tumor-intrinsic role of the m6A reader YTHDF2 in regulating immune evasion","authors":"Sai Xiao, Shoubao Ma, Baofa Sun, Wenchen Pu, Songqi Duan, Jingjing Han, Yaqun Hong, Jianying Zhang, Yong Peng, Chuan He, Ping Yi, Michael A. Caligiuri, Jianhua Yu","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adl2171","DOIUrl":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adl2171","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Tumors evade attacks from the immune system through various mechanisms. Here, we identify a component of tumor immune evasion mediated by YTH domain–containing family protein 2 (YTHDF2), a reader protein that usually destabilizes m<sup>6</sup>A-modified mRNA. Loss of tumoral YTHDF2 inhibits tumor growth and prolongs survival in immunocompetent tumor models. Mechanistically, tumoral YTHDF2 deficiency promotes the recruitment of macrophages via CX3CL1 and enhances mitochondrial respiration of CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells by impairing tumor glycolysis metabolism. Tumoral YTHDF2 deficiency promotes inflammatory macrophage polarization and antigen presentation in the presence of IFN-γ. In addition, IFN-γ induces autophagic degradation of tumoral YTHDF2, thereby sensitizing tumor cells to CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell–mediated cytotoxicity. Last, we identified a small molecule compound that preferentially induces YTHDF2 degradation, which shows a potent antitumor effect alone but a better effect when combined with anti–PD-L1 or anti–PD-1 antibodies. Collectively, YTHDF2 appears to be a tumor-intrinsic regulator that orchestrates immune evasion, representing a promising target for enhancing cancer immunotherapy.</div>","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"9 95","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":24.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.science.org/doi/reader/10.1126/sciimmunol.adl2171","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141184478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}