Scientific article
English

Interorganelle tethering to endocytic organelles determines directional cytokine transport in CD4+ T cells

Published inThe journal of immunology, vol. 205, no. 11, p. 2988-3000
Publication date2020-12-01
First online date2020-10-26
Abstract

Delivery of vesicles to their desired destinations plays a central role in maintaining proper cell functionality. In certain scenarios, depending on loaded cargos, the vesicles have spatially distinct destinations. For example, in T cells, some cytokines (e.g., IL-2) are polarized to the T cell-target cell interface, whereas the other cytokines are delivered multidirectionally (e.g., TNF-α). In this study, we show that in primary human CD4+T cells, both TNF-α+and IL-2+vesicles can tether with endocytic organelles (lysosomes/late endosomes) by forming membrane contact sites. Tethered cytokine-containing vesicle (CytV)-endocytic organelle pairs are released sequentially. Only endocytic organelle-tethered CytVs are preferentially transported to their desired destination. Mathematical models suggest that endocytic organelle tethering could regulate the direction of cytokine transport by selectively attaching different microtubule motor proteins (such as kinesin and dynein) to the corresponding CytVs. These findings establish the previously unknown interorganelle tethering to endocytic organelles as a universal solution for directional cytokine transport in CD4+T cells. Modulating tethering to endocytic organelles can, therefore, coordinately control directionally distinct cytokine transport.

Keywords
  • Biological Transport / physiology
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Cytokines / metabolism
  • Dyneins / metabolism
  • Endocytosis / physiology
  • Endosomes / metabolism
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Kinesins / metabolism
  • Lysosomes / metabolism
  • Microtubules / metabolism
  • Organelles / metabolism
Citation (ISO format)
ZHOU, Yan et al. Interorganelle tethering to endocytic organelles determines directional cytokine transport in CD4+ T cells. In: The journal of immunology, 2020, vol. 205, n° 11, p. 2988–3000. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000195
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