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Background  Although the role of autophagy in sepsis has been characterized in several organs, its role in the adaptive immune system remains to be ascertained. This study aimed to investigate the role of autophagy in sepsis-induced T cell apoptosis and immunosuppression, using knockout mice with T cell specific deletion of autophagy essential gene  Atg7 .    Methods and Results  Sepsis was induced in a cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model, with T-cell-specific  Atg7 -knockout mice compared to control mice. Autophagic vacuoles examined by electron microscopy were decreased in the spleen after CLP. Autophagy proteins LC3-II and ATG7, and autophagosomes and autolysosomes stained by Cyto-ID Green and acridine orange were decreased in CD4 +  and CD8 +  splenocytes at 18 h and 24 h after CLP. This decrease in autophagy was associated with increased apoptosis of CD4 +  and CD8 +  after CLP. Moreover, mice lacking  Atg7  in T lymphocytes showed an increase in sepsis-induced mortality, T cell apoptosis and loss of CD4 +  and CD8 +  T cells, in comparison to control mice. This was accompanied by suppressed cytokine production of Th1/Th2/Th17 by CD4 +  T cells, reduced phagocytosis in macrophages and decreased bacterial clearance in the spleen after sepsis.    Conclusion  These results indicated that sepsis led to down-regulation of autophagy in T lymphocytes, which may result in enhanced apoptosis induction and decreased survival in sepsis. Autophagy may therefore play a protective role against sepsis-induced T lymphocyte apoptosis and immunosuppression.

T-Cell Autophagy Deficiency Increases Mortality and Suppresses Immune Responses after Sepsis