The chaperonin CCT8 controls proteostasis essential for T cell maturation, selection, and function.
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Oftedal BE, Maio S, Handel AE, White MPJ, Howie D, Davis S, Prevot N, Rota IA, Deadman ME, Kessler BM, Fischer R, Trede NS, Sezgin E, Maizels RM, Holländer GA
Commun Biol 4 (1) 681 [2021-06-03; online 2021-06-03]
T cells rely for their development and function on the correct folding and turnover of proteins generated in response to a broad range of molecular cues. In the absence of the eukaryotic type II chaperonin complex, CCT, T cell activation induced changes in the proteome are compromised including the formation of nuclear actin filaments and the formation of a normal cell stress response. Consequently, thymocyte maturation and selection, and T cell homeostatic maintenance and receptor-mediated activation are severely impaired. In the absence of CCT-controlled protein folding, Th2 polarization diverges from normal differentiation with paradoxical continued IFN-γ expression. As a result, CCT-deficient T cells fail to generate an efficient immune protection against helminths as they are unable to sustain a coordinated recruitment of the innate and adaptive immune systems. These findings thus demonstrate that normal T cell biology is critically dependent on CCT-controlled proteostasis and that its absence is incompatible with protective immunity.
PubMed 34083746
DOI 10.1038/s42003-021-02203-0
Crossref 10.1038/s42003-021-02203-0
pmc: PMC8175432
pii: 10.1038/s42003-021-02203-0