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Generation of Human Chimeric Antigen Receptor Regulatory T Cells
Published on: January 3, 2025
Cyclic AMP underpins suppression by regulatory T cells
Josef Bodor1, Tobias Bopp, Martin Vaeth
1Department of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. bodor@uni-mainz.de
Abstract:
Elevated levels of intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in naturally occurring T regulatory (nTreg) cells play a key role in nTreg-cell-mediated suppression. Upon contact with nTreg cells, cAMP is transferred from nTreg cells into activated target CD4(+) T cells and/or antigen-presenting cells (APCs) via gap junctions to suppress CD4(+) T-cell function. cAMP facilitates the expression and nuclear function of a potent transcriptional inhibitor, inducible cAMP early repressor (ICER), resulting in ICER-mediated suppression of interleukin-2 (IL-2). Furthermore, ICER inhibits transcription of nuclear factor of activated T cell c1/α (NFATc1/α) and forms inhibitory complexes with preexisting NFATc1/c2, thereby inhibiting NFAT-driven transcription, including that of IL-2. In addition to its suppressive effects mediated via ICER, cAMP can also modulate the levels of surface-expressed cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and its cognate B7 ligands on conventional CD4(+) T cells and/or APCs, fine-tuning suppression. These cAMP-driven nTreg-cell suppression mechanisms are the focus of this review.
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