Label-free single-cell live imaging reveals fast metabolic switch in T lymphocytes.

Autor: Paillon N; Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM, U932 'Integrative analysis of T cell activation' team, 75005 Paris, France., Ung TPL; Laboratory for Optics and Biosciences, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France., Dogniaux S; Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM, U932 'Integrative analysis of T cell activation' team, 75005 Paris, France., Stringari C; Laboratory for Optics and Biosciences, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France., Hivroz C; Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM, U932 'Integrative analysis of T cell activation' team, 75005 Paris, France.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Molecular biology of the cell [Mol Biol Cell] 2024 Jan 01; Vol. 35 (1), pp. ar11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 16.
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E23-01-0009
Abstrakt: T-cell activation induces a metabolic switch generating energy for proliferation, survival, and functions. We used noninvasive label-free two-photon fluorescence lifetime microscopy (2P-FLIM) to map the spatial and temporal dynamics of the metabolic NAD(P)H co-enzyme during T lymphocyte activation. This provides a readout of the OXPHOS and glycolysis rates at a single-cell level. Analyzes were performed in the CD4+ leukemic T cell line Jurkat, and in human CD4+ primary T cells. Cells were activated on glass surfaces coated with activating antibodies mimicking immune synapse formation. Comparing the fraction of bound NAD(P)H between resting and activated T cells, we show that T-cell activation induces a rapid switch toward glycolysis. This occurs after 10 min and remains stable for one hour. Three-dimensional analyzes revealed that the intracellular distribution of fraction of bound NAD(P)H increases at the immune synapse in activated cells. Finally, we show that fraction of bound NAD(P)H tends to negatively correlate with spreading of activated T cells, suggesting a link between actin remodeling and metabolic changes. This study highlights that 2P-FLIM measurement of fraction of bound NAD(P)H is well suited to follow a fast metabolic switch in three dimensions, in single T lymphocytes with subcellular resolution.
Databáze: MEDLINE