<p>STING gain-of-function (GOF) mutations cause STING-Associated Vasculopathy with onset in Infancy (SAVI), a severe autoinflammatory disease. Mice carrying STING GOF V154M mutation develop profound T cell lymphopenia, partly due to impaired thymic development. To investigate the mechanisms of peripheral T cell dysfunctions, we analyzed transcriptomic and phenotypic profiles of splenic T cells from these mice. We found a terminally exhausted T cell phenotype, established early in life upon entry into the periphery, independent of type I interferons and intrinsic STING activation in T cells or stromal cells. Mechanistically, naive T cells in the lymphopenic periphery experienced heightened stimulation of the IL-7 receptor and TCR, including NFAT pathway, a key factor in T cell exhaustion. Transplantation of STING GOF hematopoietic stem cells with wild-type bone marrow prevented exhaustion in this non-lymphopenic context, placing lymphopenia as a key driver. T cell exhaustion was also observed in lymphopenic mice carrying <i>Rag1</i> hypomorphic mutations. In conclusion, our results highlight T cell exhaustion induced by lymphopenia and could have important implications for the management of patients with severe immune deficiencies.</p>

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Lymphopenia drives T cell exhaustion in immunodeficient STING gain-of-function mice

  • Damien Freytag,
  • Stéphane Giorgiutti,
  • Grégoire Hopsomer,
  • Nadège Wadier,
  • Sabine Depauw,
  • Philippe Mertz,
  • Fabrice Augé,
  • Raphaël Carapito,
  • Isabelle Couillin,
  • Anne-Sophie Korganow,
  • Francesca Pala,
  • Marita Bosticardo,
  • Luigi D Notarangelo,
  • Frédéric Rieux-Laucat,
  • Nicolas Riteau,
  • Peggy Kirstetter,
  • Pauline Soulas-Sprauel

摘要

STING gain-of-function (GOF) mutations cause STING-Associated Vasculopathy with onset in Infancy (SAVI), a severe autoinflammatory disease. Mice carrying STING GOF V154M mutation develop profound T cell lymphopenia, partly due to impaired thymic development. To investigate the mechanisms of peripheral T cell dysfunctions, we analyzed transcriptomic and phenotypic profiles of splenic T cells from these mice. We found a terminally exhausted T cell phenotype, established early in life upon entry into the periphery, independent of type I interferons and intrinsic STING activation in T cells or stromal cells. Mechanistically, naive T cells in the lymphopenic periphery experienced heightened stimulation of the IL-7 receptor and TCR, including NFAT pathway, a key factor in T cell exhaustion. Transplantation of STING GOF hematopoietic stem cells with wild-type bone marrow prevented exhaustion in this non-lymphopenic context, placing lymphopenia as a key driver. T cell exhaustion was also observed in lymphopenic mice carrying Rag1 hypomorphic mutations. In conclusion, our results highlight T cell exhaustion induced by lymphopenia and could have important implications for the management of patients with severe immune deficiencies.