Reversible senescence in human CD4+CD45RA+CD27- memory T cells
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Reversible senescence in human CD4+CD45RA+CD27- memory T cells
Abstract
Persistent viral infections and inflammatory syndromes induce the accumulation of T cells with characteristics of terminal differentiation or senescence. However, the mechanism that regulates the end-stage differentiation of these cells is unclear. Human CD4(+) effector memory (EM) T cells (CD27(-)CD45RA(-)) and also EM T cells that re-express CD45RA (CD27(-)CD45RA(+); EMRA) have many characteristics of end-stage differentiation. These include the expression of surface KLRG1 and CD57, reduced replicative capacity, decreased survival, and high expression of nuclear γH2AX after TCR activation. A paradoxical observation was that although CD4(+) EMRA T cells exhibit defective telomerase activity after activation, they have significantly longer telomeres than central memory (CM)-like (CD27(+)CD45RA(-)) and EM (CD27(-)CD45RA(-)) CD4(+) T cells. This suggested that telomerase activity was actively inhibited in this population. Because proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α inhibited telomerase activity in T cells via a p38 MAPK pathway, we investigated the involvement of p38 signaling in CD4(+) EMRA T cells. We found that the expression of both total and phosphorylated p38 was highest in the EM and EMRA compared with that of other CD4(+) T cell subsets. Furthermore, the inhibition of p38 signaling, especially in CD4(+) EMRA T cells, significantly enhanced their telomerase activity and survival after TCR activation. Thus, activation of the p38 MAPK pathway is directly involved in certain senescence characteristics of highly differentiated CD4(+) T cells. In particular, CD4(+) EMRA T cells have features of telomere-independent senescence that are regulated by active cell signaling pathways that are reversible.
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