In vivo CRISPR screens reveal a HIF-1α-mTOR-network regulates T follicular helper versus Th1 cells

Bonnie Huang (), James D. Phelan, Silvia Preite, Julio Gomez-Rodriguez, Kristoffer H. Johansen, Hirofumi Shibata, Arthur L. Shaffer, Qin Xu, Brendan Jeffrey, Martha Kirby, Stacie Anderson, Yandan Yang, Selamawit Gossa, Dorian B. McGavern, Louis M. Staudt and Pamela L. Schwartzberg ()
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Bonnie Huang: National Institutes of Health
James D. Phelan: National Institutes of Health
Silvia Preite: National Institutes of Health
Julio Gomez-Rodriguez: National Institutes of Health
Kristoffer H. Johansen: National Institutes of Health
Hirofumi Shibata: National Institutes of Health
Arthur L. Shaffer: National Institutes of Health
Qin Xu: National Institutes of Health
Brendan Jeffrey: National Institutes of Health
Martha Kirby: National Institutes of Health
Stacie Anderson: National Institutes of Health
Yandan Yang: National Institutes of Health
Selamawit Gossa: National Institutes of Health
Dorian B. McGavern: National Institutes of Health
Louis M. Staudt: National Institutes of Health
Pamela L. Schwartzberg: National Institutes of Health

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Abstract T follicular helper (Tfh) cells provide signals to initiate and maintain the germinal center (GC) reaction and are crucial for the generation of robust, long-lived antibody responses, but how the GC microenvironment affects Tfh cells is not well understood. Here we develop an in vivo T cell-intrinsic CRISPR-knockout screen to evaluate Tfh and Th1 cells in an acute viral infection model to identify regulators of Tfh cells in their physiological setting. Using a screen of druggable-targets, alongside genetic, transcriptomic and cellular analyses, we identify a function of HIF-1α in suppressing mTORC1-mediated and Myc-related pathways, and provide evidence that VHL-mediated degradation of HIF-1α is required for Tfh development; an expanded in vivo CRISPR screen reveals multiple components of these pathways that regulate Tfh versus Th1 cells, including signaling molecules, cell-cycle regulators, nutrient transporters, metabolic enzymes and autophagy mediators. Collectively, our data serve as a resource for studying Tfh versus Th1 decisions, and implicate the VHL-HIF-1α axis in fine-tuning Tfh generation.

Date: 2022
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