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@ARTICLE{Winkler:277944,
author = {F. Winkler and A. V. Hipp and C. Ramirez and B. Martin and
M. Villa and E. Neuwirt and O. Gorka and J. Aerssens and S.
E. Johansson and N. Rana and S. Llewellyn-Lacey and D. A.
Price and M. Panning and O. Groß and E. L. Pearce and C. M.
Hermann and K. Schumann and L. Hannibal and C.
Neumann-Haefelin and T. Boettler and P. Knolle and M.
Hofmann and D. Wohlleber and R. Thimme and B. Bengsch$^*$},
title = {{E}nolase represents a metabolic checkpoint controlling the
differential exhaustion programmes of hepatitis
virus-specific {CD}8+ {T} cells.},
journal = {Gut},
volume = {72},
number = {10},
issn = {0017-5749},
address = {London},
publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group},
reportid = {DKFZ-2023-01587},
pages = {1971-1984},
year = {2023},
note = {2023 Oct;72(10):1971-1984},
abstract = {Exhausted T cells with limited effector function are
enriched in chronic hepatitis B and C virus (HBV and HCV)
infection. Metabolic regulation contributes to exhaustion,
but it remains unclear how metabolism relates to different
exhaustion states, is impacted by antiviral therapy, and if
metabolic checkpoints regulate dysfunction.Metabolic state,
exhaustion and transcriptome of virus-specific CD8+ T cells
from chronic HBV-infected (n=31) and HCV-infected patients
(n=52) were determined ex vivo and during direct-acting
antiviral (DAA) therapy. Metabolic flux and metabolic
checkpoints were tested in vitro. Intrahepatic
virus-specific CD8+ T cells were analysed by scRNA-Seq in a
HBV-replicating murine in vivo model of acute and chronic
infection.HBV-specific (core18-27, polymerase455-463) and
HCV-specific (NS31073-1081, NS31406-1415, NS5B2594-2602)
CD8+ T cell responses exhibit heterogeneous metabolic
profiles connected to their exhaustion states. The metabolic
state was connected to the exhaustion profile rather than
the aetiology of infection. Mitochondrial impairment despite
intact glucose uptake was prominent in severely exhausted T
cells linked to elevated liver inflammation in chronic HCV
infection and in HBV polymerase455-463 -specific CD8+ T cell
responses. In contrast, relative metabolic fitness was
observed in HBeAg-negative HBV infection in HBV
core18-27-specific responses. DAA therapy partially improved
mitochondrial programmes in severely exhausted HCV-specific
T cells and enriched metabolically fit precursors. We
identified enolase as a metabolic checkpoint in exhausted T
cells. Metabolic bypassing improved glycolysis and T cell
effector function. Similarly, enolase deficiency was
observed in intrahepatic HBV-specific CD8+ T cells in a
murine model of chronic infection.Metabolism of HBV-specific
and HCV-specific T cells is strongly connected to their
exhaustion severity. Our results highlight enolase as
metabolic regulator of severely exhausted T cells. They
connect differential bioenergetic fitness with distinct
exhaustion subtypes and varying liver disease, with
implications for therapeutic strategies.},
keywords = {alpha beta T cells (Other) / chronic viral hepatitis
(Other) / hepatitis B (Other) / hepatitis C (Other) /
immunology in hepatology (Other)},
cin = {FR01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)FR01-20160331},
pnm = {899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-899},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:37541771},
doi = {10.1136/gutjnl-2022-328734},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/277944},
}