Abstract
Human T cells expressing γδ T cell receptor have a potential to show antigen-presenting cell-like phenotype and function upon their activation. However, the mechanisms that underlie the alterations in human γδ T cells remain largely unclear. In this study, we have investigated the molecular characteristics of human γδ T cells related to their acquisition of antigen-presenting capacity in comparison with activated αβ T cells. We found that activated γδ but not αβ T cells upregulated cell surface expression of a scavenger receptor, CD36, which seemed to be mediated by signaling through mitogen-activated protein kinase and/or NF-κB pathways. Confocal microscopical analysis revealed that activated γδ T cells can phagocytose protein antigens. Activated γδ T cells could induce tumor antigen-specific CD8+ T cells using both apoptotic and live tumor cells as antigen resources. Furthermore, we detected that C/EBPα, a critical transcription factor for the development of myeloid-lineage cells, is expressed much higher in γδ T cells than in αβ T cells. These results unveiled the molecular mechanisms for the elicitation of antigen-presenting functions in γδ T cells and would also help designing new approaches for γδ T cell-mediated human cancer immunotherapy.
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Introduction
In human, T cells expressing γδ TCR comprise approximately 1–10 % of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). The majority of γδ T cells in peripheral blood express the Vδ2 chain in combination with Vγ9 [1]. Vγ9Vδ2+ T cells have a unique reactivity toward phosphoantigens (such as isopentenyl pyrophosphate, IPP), which are non-peptide antigens most commonly associated with metabolites of bacterial isoprenoid biosynthesis or the mevalonate pathway [2]. Activated Vγ9Vδ2+ T cells show strong cytotoxicity against stressed cells such as cancer cells and thus serve as potent candidates for cancer immunotherapy [3–7]. It has been also known that one of bisphosphonates, zoledronate, can stimulate and activate γδ T cells [8–10]. We have previously established an efficient large-scale ex vivo expansion method of γδ T cells using zoledronate [11]. Zoledronate is used to prevent skeletal fractures in patients with malignancies such as multiple myeloma or prostate cancer. It can be also used to treat hypercalcemia associated with malignant diseases and can be helpful for decreasing pain from bone metastases.
A recent report has indicated that γδ T cells show professional antigen presentation function upon activation [12]. IPP- or zoledronate-activated γδ T cells possess functional properties of phagocytosis [13–15] and cross-presentation of an antigen [16, 17]. However, antigen-presenting function by zoledronate-expanded γδ T cells remains unclear. Moreover, molecular mechanisms for the induction of antigen-presenting function in activated γδ T cells are not completely understood.
In addition to γδ T cells, αβ T cells also show some antigen-presenting cell (APC) phenotype and function upon activation [18, 19]. However, the differences among their acquisition of APC phenotype and function have not been clearly shown. In this study, we have investigated the differences and found that γδ T cells have several particular molecular features to obtain APC phenotype and functions. For example, we found that activated human γδ T cells express CD36, a scavenger receptor, whose expression was upregulated via MAPK and/or NF-κB signal pathways. Furthermore, we also found that CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α (C/EBPα), a critical transcription factor for the development of myeloid-lineage cells, is expressed much higher in γδ T cells than in αβ T cells. These results may unveil the molecular mechanisms for the elicitation of APC functions in γδ T cells and would also help designing new approaches for zoledronate-based human cancer immunotherapy.
Materials and methods
Reagents
Zoledronate acid was purchased from Novartis Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland). HLA-A*0201-restricted, modified MRAT-1 (A27L) 10-mer synthetic peptides (ELAGIGILTV) and A27L tetramer were obtained from Operon (Tokyo, Japan) and MBL (Nagoya, Japan), respectively. MART-1 recombinant protein was obtained from Abnova Corporation (Taipei, Taiwan). MART-1-positive tumor cell line (JCOCB) was kindly provided as a gift by Dr. Chris Schmidt at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (Brisbane, Australia). This cell line was originally established from fresh surgical specimens. IPP and betulinic acid were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO).
Cell preparation
To separate PBMCs, whole blood from healthy volunteers was centrifuged on lymphocyte separation medium (MP Biomedicals) at 400g for 30 min. Intermediate mononuclear fraction was collected and washed with PBS. After separation, PBMCs were cultured in ALyS203 (Cell Science & Technology Institute, Inc., Sendai, Japan) supplemented with 10 % AB serum or 10 % heat-inactivate autologous plasma, and human recombinant IL-2 (Chiron Benelux BV, The Netherlands). Cell stimulation was done with 5 μM zoledronate and 1000 IU/ml IL-2 for γδ T cells and 10 μg/ml plate-immobilized anti-CD3 antibody (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA) and 175 IU/ml IL-2 for αβ T cells, respectively. Fresh media including IL-2 were added to the culture to keep the cell concentration (0.5–2 × 106 cells/ml). In some experiments, γδ T cells were stimulated with 50 μM IPP in the presence of 50 IU/ml of IL-2, and betulinic acid (50 μM), an inhibitor of C/EBPα [20], was added to the culture. Written informed consent was obtained from the volunteers, and the study was approved by the Ethical Committee of our institution.
Flow cytometry
The following monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were used for cell surface staining and purchased from Beckman Coulter (Indianapolis, IN), BD Biosciences (San Jose, CA), or BioLegend (San Diego, CA): anti-TCRVγ9-FITC, anti-CD3-PC5, anti-CD8-FITC, anti-CD11a-PE, anti-CD11b-PE, anti-CD11c-PE, anti-CD80-PE, anti-CD86-PE, anti-HLA-DR-PE, anti-CD54-PE, anti-CD206-PE, and anti-CD36-PE. The cell surface phenotype of γδ or αβ T cells was detected by flow cytometry using the FC500 (Beckman Coulter), and data were analyzed using CXP software (Beckman Coulter).
Antigen uptake
Activated γδ or αβ T cells (day 5–8 of culture) were pulsed for 120 min or overnight with 50 μg/ml of Alexa Fluor 555-labeled ovalbumin (OVA) (Molecular Probes). After incubation, cells were stained with anti-TCRVγ9 or anti-HLA ABC mAbs followed by Alexa Fluor 488-labeled secondary antibody (Invitrogen). Thereafter, the fluorescence intensity of the cells was analyzed by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy for uptake of labeled antigen.
Antigen presentation assay
MART-1 protein or MART-1-positive tumor cell line (JCOCB)-pulsed αβ or γδ T cells were used as APCs. Apoptosis was induced in JCOCB by irradiation (50 Gy). Apoptotic or untreated live tumor cells and αβ or γδ T cells (day 14 of culture) were co-cultured for 48 or 96 h, and then, Pan-T cells and γδ T cells were negatively selected, respectively. The APCs were irradiated (20 Gy) before starting co-culture with CD3+ T cells (responder cells) from peripheral blood of HLA-A*0201-positive healthy volunteer. IL-2 (50 IU/ml) was added to the cultures every 2–3 days. After 1 or 2 weeks of culture, cells were stained with A27L tetramer.
Killing assay
The Annexin V/PI flow cytometric assay (BD Biosciences) was used to determine the extent of activated αβ or γδ T cell (day 14 of culture) cytotoxicity toward MART-1-positive tumor cell line. Following PKH26 dye (Sigma-Aldrich) staining of target cells to allow distinction on the flow cytometer, effector cells and target cells were co-cultured at various E/T rations for 4 h at 37 °C. All cells were then harvested and stained with Annexin V and PI according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Early apoptotic (Annexin V+/PI−), late apoptotic (Annexin V+/PI+), and necrotic (Annexin V−/PI+) cells were distinguished from viable cells (Annexin V−/PI−) in PKH26-positive target cells. Cytotoxicity was determined as the percentage of Annexin V and/or PI-positive events in PKH26-positive target cells after subtracting values from appropriate control wells containing targets only.
Real-time PCR analysis
Expression levels of C/EBPα, Pu.1, HES1, MFG-E8, Tim-4, and GATA3 in cDNA samples taken from sorted αβ and γδ T cells were measured by real-time PCR. Primer pairs for real-time PCR were purchased from Qiagen (Germantown, MD). The data were normalized by hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT), and relative expression levels were calculated using comparative C t method.
Immunoblotting
Antibodies to Phospho-Erk1/2, Erk1/2, Phospho-p38, p38 were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Tokyo, Japan). Anti-Grb2 antibody was obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Dallas, TX). Expanded γδ T cells (day 8 of culture) were washed and rested on ice for 1 h and then stimulated with 50 μM IPP at 37 °C. After stimulation, cells were lysed with 1 × Nonidet P-40 lysis buffer (1 % Nonidet P-40, 20 mM Tris–HCl at pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 5 mM EDTA, 50 mM NaF, 2 mM Na3VO4, and 10 μg/ml each of PMSF and Leupeptin). Samples were subjected 10 % SDS-PAGE and electrotransferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride membrane (Millipore). Membranes were probed with the indicated primary antibodies, followed by HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies. Membranes were then washed and visualized with the enhanced chemiluminescence detection system (Amersham) and LAS-3000 imaging system. When necessary, membranes were stripped by incubation in stripping buffer (Thermo Scientific) for 15 min with constant agitation, washed, and then reprobed with various other antibodies.
Statistical analyses
P values were calculated using the Student’s t test and considered significant at a P value <0.05.
Results
Zoledronate-mediated γδ T cell expansion and molecular expressions
We propagated γδ T cells using zoledronate and IL-2 from PBMCs of human healthy volunteers as previously reported [11]. The number of Vγ9+ T cells became 237 ± 68-fold at day 7 and 4317 ± 2565-fold at day 14 compared with day 0 (data not shown). We examined the cell surface expression of MHC class II and CD80/86 in activated γδ and αβ T cells. Those molecules were not detected in both γδ and αβ T cells before the culture, whereas they were significantly upregulated after the activation (Fig. 1a). The expression levels of MHC class II and CD86 were higher in γδ T cells than αβ T cells. In contrast, the expression level of CD80 was similar or higher in αβ T cells after activation. Additionally, the expression levels of adhesion molecules such as CD54, CD11a, CD11b, and CD11c were comparable in resting γδ and αβ T cells (Fig. 1b). Following activation, the expression levels of these molecules were detected at higher levels in γδ Τ cells, except for CD11c which was higher in αβ T cells (Fig. 1b). Together, these results suggest that both γδ T and αβ T cells acquire characteristics of antigen-presenting cells following activation.
Uptake of protein antigen
We then examined the potential of zoledronate-activated γδ T cells to uptake protein antigen by using ovalbumin (OVA) as a model. The activated γδ T cells and OVA-Alexa555 were co-incubated on ice or at 37 °C for 2 h, and uptake of protein antigen was examined by flow cytometer. Comparing to γδ T cells incubated on ice, γδ T cells incubated at 37 °C showed increased fluorescence which reflects increased uptake of protein antigen (Fig. 2a). Similar uptake of protein antigen was not observed in αβ T cells (not shown). To confirm whether the increased fluorescence was actual intracellular uptake but not cell surface attachment, we examined the cells with confocal microscopy. As shown in Fig. 2b, protein antigens were located in the cytoplasm of activated γδ but not αβ T cells. Thus, these results suggest that activated γδ but not αβ T cells have the capacity to uptake protein antigens.
Antigen-presenting function of γδ and αβ T cells using A27L peptide
Next, we examined antigen-presenting function of γδ and αβ T cells. To do so, we evaluated the ability of γδ or αβ T cells to induce MART-1-specific CD8+ T cells when stimulated with MART-1 protein (Fig. 3a), or apoptotic or live MART-1-positive tumor cells (Fig. 3b). When MART-1 protein was used as an antigen resource, the induction of antigen-specific T cells could not be observed (Fig. 3a). On the other hand, the fraction of MART-1-specific CD8+ T cells was significantly increased when γδ or αβ T cells were stimulated with apoptotic tumor cells (Fig. 3b). Interestingly, when live tumor cells were used as the source of antigen, only activated γδ T cells could support the induction of antigen-specific T cell proliferation (Fig. 3b). Furthermore, γδ T cells showed higher cytotoxic activities against tumor cells compared with αβ T cells (Fig. 3c). Together, these results suggest that activated γδ T cells have the ability to present tumor cell-derived antigens.
Comparison of scavenger/phagocytosis-related molecules expression between γδ and αβ T cells
We next investigated expression of scavenger/phagocytosis-related molecules in both γδ and αβ T cells. γδ T cells showed expression of the scavenger receptor CD36, even when they are in a naïve state, and CD36 expression was upregulated following activation (Fig. 4a). On the other hand, CD36 was barely expressed in αβ T cells and was not upregulated after activation. We also examined the expression of the mannose receptor CD206, and apoptosis-related MFG-E8 or Tim-4, but did not detect any significant difference between γδ and αβ T cells (Fig. 4b). CD36 has been reported to be involved in the uptake of apoptotic cells in immature dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages [21, 22]. Therefore, these results suggest that γδ T cells possess a potential to take apoptotic cells up into the cells.
Signaling pathway responsible for the expression of antigen-presenting molecules
Next, we aimed to identify which signaling pathway is responsible for the expression of antigen presentation-related molecules in activated γδ T cells. So far, it has been reported that MAPK or NF-κB pathway is involved in MHC class II or costimulatory molecule expression in DCs [23, 24]. Therefore, we employed several inhibitors for signaling pathways to identify their contribution to the antigen presentation in activated γδ T cells. In this experiment, we activated γδ T cells with IPP, as zoledronate stimulation requires APCs, and in this situation the inhibitors might influence the APCs as well. We show representative histogram of antigen presentation-related molecules 72 h after activation (Fig. 5a) and mean ± SD (n = 3–4) of MFI (Fig. 5b). The expression of MHC class II, CD54, and CD80 were not significantly changed with the addition of inhibitors. On the other hand, expressions of MHC class I, CD86 and CD36, were significantly downregulated with addition of inhibitors of MAPK and NF-κB (Fig. 5a, b). We next examined whether extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 and p38 were phosphorylated by activation with IPP. Activation with not only PMA/ionomycin but also IPP induced phosphorylation of both ERK1/2 and p38 (Fig. 5c). Taken together, upregulation of antigen presentation-related molecules in activated γδ T cells seems to be regulated by signaling pathway through MAPK and NF-κB. Particularly, CD36 expression seems to be highly regulated by these pathways.
Comparison of myeloid-related transcription factors between γδ and αβ T cells
Lastly, we investigated the expression levels of myeloid-related transcription factors such as PU.1, C/EBPα, HES1, and GATA3 in γδ and αβ T cells. As a result, we found that resting γδ T cells expressed CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α (C/EBPα) more than αβ T cells, while the expressions of other transcription factors were comparable between γδ and αβ T cells (Fig. 6a). After activation, the expression of C/EBPα was downregulated to the level observed in αβ T cells (data not shown). To examine the impact of C/EBPα expression in γδ T cell function, we employed an inhibitor for C/EBPα, betulinic acid [20]. In the presence of this inhibitor, we activated both γδ and αβ T cells and observed expression change of antigen presentation-related molecules. We found that the inhibition of C/EBPα blocked the upregulation of CD36 and MHC class II more preferentially in γδ T cells than in αβ T cells (Fig. 6b). In experiment 2, superior suppression of CD86 expression in γδ T cells was also observed. However, it barely altered the expression level of CD54 and MHC class I in both γδ and αβ T cells (Fig. 6b). Therefore, these results suggested that the high expression of C/EBPα in γδ T cells might support their acquisition of APC function at least through upregulation of CD36 and MHC class II.
Discussion
It has been known that T cells, including both αβ and γδ T cells, have a potential of antigen presentation to a certain extent [12–19]. However, it has not been clarified whether there are differences in antigen presentation between αβ and γδ T cells and the related molecular mechanisms. In this study, we compared the expression levels of antigen presentation-related molecules, antigen uptake, and cross-presentation, in addition to the molecular mechanisms that underlie the differences between activated γδ and αβ T cells. Regarding expression of antigen-presenting molecules, MHC class II expression was higher in γδ T cells than in αβ T cells (Fig. 1). Furthermore, we found that human γδ T cells expressed the scavenger receptor CD36 (Fig. 4), as previously indicated that bovine γδ T cells express CD36 [25]. CD36 is known to be involved in the uptake of apoptotic cells in immature DCs and macrophages [21, 22]. Activated γδ T cells showed cytotoxic activities against tumor cells and potentials to induce antigen-specific T cells when co-cultured with live tumor cells (Fig. 3). Therefore, it is conceivable that γδ T cells kill live tumor cells, followed by uptake of their debris through CD36, process tumor cells-derived antigens, and then exert the APC functions to induce tumor antigen-specific CD8+ T cell response.
We also examined which signaling pathways are involved in upregulating CD36 expression of upon γδ T cells activation and found that CD36 upregulation was mediated by MAPK and NF-κB pathways (Fig. 5). A previous study has suggested that the phosphorylation of C/EBPα is regulated by p38 or ERK1/2 signaling pathway [26]. Consistently, C/EBPα is involved in the regulation of CCAAT box, an enhancer region that locates within the regulatory element of CD36 gene [27]. Taken together, it is highly suggested that the high expression of C/EBPα is important for the induction of APC function in activated γδ T cells.
In this study, we showed that γδ T cells possess a capacity to take up not only peptide but also protein antigen (Fig. 2). Furthermore, γδ T cells possess strong cytotoxicity and ability to uptake cell debris, followed by antigen presentation, as described previously [28]. Therefore, it seems that γδ T cells are able to process wide range of antigens and mediate the antigen presentation. In αβ T cells, it has been reported that their antigen-presenting capacity was mediated via trogocytosis or exosomes [18, 19]. Thus, it is of great interest to examine whether γδ T cells use similar mechanisms to exert the antigen-presenting capacity.
As suggested by our results, C/EBPα expression in naïve γδ T cells is important for the acquisition of antigen-presenting capacity (Fig. 6). First, a signal is induced by an antigen through Vγ9Vδ2+ TCR, which activates MAPK cascade including p38 and ERK1/2, resulting in the phosphorylation of C/EBPα. Following phosphorylation, C/EBPα upregulates CD36 expression, which helps the uptake of cell-derived antigens. Activated γδ T cells process the cell debris to generate antigen and then cross-present the antigen to CD8+ T cells. The clarification of these mechanisms of antigen presentation by γδ T cells would help to understand the anticancer immune responses and design new strategies to improve the therapeutic effects of γδ T cells-based cancer immunotherapy.
Abbreviations
- APC:
-
Antigen-presenting cell
- C/EBPα:
-
CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α
- IPP:
-
Isopentenyl pyrophosphate
- MAPK:
-
Mitogen-activated protein kinase
- OVA:
-
Ovalbumin
- PBMCs:
-
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
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Muto, M., Baghdadi, M., Maekawa, R. et al. Myeloid molecular characteristics of human γδ T cells support their acquisition of tumor antigen-presenting capacity. Cancer Immunol Immunother 64, 941–949 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-015-1700-x
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