Antigen recognition detains CD8+ T cells at the blood-brain barrier and contributes to its breakdown.

Aydin, Sidar; Pareja, Javier; Schallenberg, Vivianne M; Klopstein, Armelle; Gruber, Thomas; Page, Nicolas; Bouillet, Elisa; Blanchard, Nicolas; Liblau, Roland; Körbelin, Jakob; Schwaninger, Markus; Johnson, Aaron J; Schenk, Mirjam; Deutsch, Urban; Merkler, Doron; Engelhardt, Britta (2023). Antigen recognition detains CD8+ T cells at the blood-brain barrier and contributes to its breakdown. Nature communications, 14(1), p. 3106. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41467-023-38703-2

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Blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown and immune cell infiltration into the central nervous system (CNS) are early hallmarks of multiple sclerosis (MS). High numbers of CD8+ T cells are found in MS lesions, and antigen (Ag) presentation at the BBB has been proposed to promote CD8+ T cell entry into the CNS. Here, we show that brain endothelial cells process and cross-present Ag, leading to effector CD8+ T cell differentiation. Under physiological flow in vitro, endothelial Ag presentation prevented CD8+ T cell crawling and diapedesis resulting in brain endothelial cell apoptosis and BBB breakdown. Brain endothelial Ag presentation in vivo was limited due to Ag uptake by CNS-resident macrophages but still reduced motility of Ag-specific CD8+ T cells within CNS microvessels. MHC class I-restricted Ag presentation at the BBB during neuroinflammation thus prohibits CD8+ T cell entry into the CNS and triggers CD8+ T cell-mediated focal BBB breakdown.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

09 Interdisciplinary Units > Microscopy Imaging Center (MIC)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Theodor Kocher Institute
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology

UniBE Contributor:

Aydin, Sidar, Pareja Román, Javier, Klopstein, Armelle, Gruber, Thomas, Bouillet, Elisa Catherine, Schenk, Mirjam, Deutsch, Urban, Engelhardt, Britta

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology

ISSN:

2041-1723

Publisher:

Nature Publishing Group

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

31 May 2023 10:27

Last Modified:

17 Sep 2024 16:12

Publisher DOI:

10.1038/s41467-023-38703-2

PubMed ID:

37253744

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/183045

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/183045

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