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Principal Investigator: Chyung-Ru Wang
Organization: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO
Fiscal Year: 2024
Award: $685,629
Funding agency: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
PROJECT SUMMARY
Group 1 CD1-restricted T cells are members of the unconventional T cell family that recognize self- and
microbial lipid antigens presented by CD1a, CD1b, and CD1c molecules. Group 1 CD1-restricted T cells
have been implicated to play critical roles in various autoimmune and infectious diseases, in particular
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. While group 1 CD1-restricted T cells represent a substantial
part of the T cell repertoire in humans, further understanding of their in vivo function and regulation in
immune response has been stymied by the lack of group 1 CD1 expression in mice. We have previously
generated a transgenic mouse model possessing the entire human group 1 CD1 locus (hCD1Tg) and TCR
transgenic mouse models with Mtb lipid and self-lipid specificity. We demonstrated that both mycolic acid
(MA)-specific and self-lipid-specific CD1b-restricted T cells confers protection against Mtb infection. In
addition, chronic activation of CD1b autoreactive T cells can lead to the development of psoriasis-like skin
inflammation in an ApoE-deficient mouse model of hyperlipidemia. As hyperlipidemia is a common condition
in HIV-infected individuals and the general population, we aim to further understand how it may affect the
function of group 1 CD1-restricted T cells during infection using Mtb infection as a model. In Aim 1, TCR
transgenic mouse models in hCD1Tg/LDLR-/- background will be used to determine the impact of diet-
induced hyperlipidemia on self- and microbial lipid-specific T cells and elucidate the molecular and cellular
mechanisms mediate such effect. The impact of hyperlipidemia on the polyclonal group 1 CD1-restricted T
cell responses to Mtb infection will also be determined by comparing bacterial burden, lung inflammation,
and magnitude of autoreactive and Mtb lipid-specific T cell responses in Mtb-infected hCD1Tg/LDLR-/- mice
with or without hyperlipidemia. While peptide-specific T cells are known to have distinct effector and memory
phenotypes, the properties of memory group 1 CD1-restricted T cells remain elusive. In Aim 2, we will
determine functional properties and protective mechanism of memory MA/CD1b-specific T cells generated
in mice vaccinated with MA containing nanoparticle (MA-NP). To identify common features associated with
Mtb-lipid specific memory T cells, we will compare memory MA/CD1b-specific T cells to glucose
monomycolate/CD1b-specific T cells, isolated from a novel TCR transgenic mouse model expressing a
conserved germline-encoded mycolyl lipid-reactive (GEM) TCR. Lasty, the transcriptional and functional
properties of memory MA/CD1b-specific T cells elicited by two vaccination approaches, MA-NP and an
attenuated Mtb strain, will be compared and their response to subsequent challenge with Mtb will be
evaluated. Collectively, these studies will pave way to better understanding of the role of lipid-specific T
cells in various infectious disease in a relevant comorbidity condition.
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