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Abstract Number: 1512

Epigenetic and Transcriptional Programs of CD4+ T Cell Anergy

Philip Titcombe, Milagros Silva Morales and Daniel Mueller, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Meeting: ACR Convergence 2021

Keywords: genomics, immunology, T Cell, transcription factor, Treg cells

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Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Session Title: T Cell Biology & Targets in Autoimmune & Inflammatory Disease Poster (1507–1515)

Session Type: Poster Session D

Session Time: 8:30AM-10:30AM

Background/Purpose: T cell tolerance is essential for preventing autoimmune diseases and resolving inflammation. To maintain tolerance, CD4+ T cells recognizing self-antigens in the periphery can exert active suppression as regulatory T cells (Treg) or enter an inactive state known as anergy. Recent evidence suggests that anergy occurs naturally within a subpopulation of polyclonal CD4+ T cells and can generate precursors to Foxp3-expressing Treg cells. We aimed to identify transcription factors (TFs) underlying T cell anergy induction and its potential plasticity.

Methods: Polyclonal CD4+ T cell subsets from untreated C57BL/6 mice were sorted based on previously established markers for downstream sequencing-based interrogation. Anergic CD44high Foxp3– CD73high FR4high Nrp1+ T cells were compared to effector-memory (CD44high Foxp3– CD73low FR4low), Treg (Foxp3+ CD25+), and naïve (CD44low) T cell populations. Divided aliquots from the same samples were processed in parallel to generate corresponding bulk RNA-seq and accessible chromatin DNA information. Bioinformatic analyses were applied to identify unique transcriptional networks in the anergic T cell subpopulation. Anergy-enriched TFs were then investigated in an antigen-specific system of tolerization by repeated peptide infusions.

Results: Paired epigenome and transcriptome analysis revealed a unique anergy signature driven by bZIP family (Batf, Cebpa, Nfil3, Maf), NFAT family (Nfatc1), and EGR family (Egr3) transcription factors. In response to peptide tolerization, antigen-specific CD4+ T cells from Batf-deficient mice demonstrated exaggerated expansion and minimal Foxp3+ Treg cell differentiation.

Conclusion: Our data indicate that a unique transcription factor network, including BATF, generates and maintains peripheral CD4+ T cell anergy.

Anergic T cells exhibit a distinct transcriptional program.


Disclosures: P. Titcombe, None; M. Silva Morales, None; D. Mueller, None.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Titcombe P, Silva Morales M, Mueller D. Epigenetic and Transcriptional Programs of CD4+ T Cell Anergy [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021; 73 (suppl 9). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/epigenetic-and-transcriptional-programs-of-cd4-t-cell-anergy/. Accessed February 3, 2023.
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