新的Foxo1-依赖的转录程序控制T(reg) 细胞功能
Weiming Ouyang1, Will Liao, Chong T Luo
1Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Nature
|November 9, 2012
概括
叉头盒O1 (Foxo1) 对于调节T (Treg) 细胞功能至关重要,维持免疫恒常. 在Treg细胞中删除Foxo1会导致严重的炎症,突出显示了它在Treg细胞最初结合之外的重要作用.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 通过Foxp3标记的调节性T (Treg) 细胞通过抑制免疫反应来维持免疫平衡.
- 虽然Akt酶和Foxo转录因子调节Treg细胞的早期结合,但它们在成熟的Treg细胞功能中的作用尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查FOXO蛋白在Treg细胞平衡中的作用以及超越承诺阶段的功能.
- 为了确定Foxo1是否调节Treg细胞功能和免疫平衡.
主要方法:
- 产生了具有Treg细胞特异缺失Foxo1.1的小鼠.
- 分析了Treg细胞功能,免疫平衡和炎症反应.
- 对Foxo1结合部位进行了全基因组分析.
主要成果:
- 特雷格细胞表现出高的Foxo1水平和减少的Akt激活,Foxo1酸化和核排斥.
- 对Treg细胞特异的Foxo1缺失导致致命的炎症性疾病,类似于Foxp3缺乏,但没有Treg细胞损失.
- 鉴定了约300个Foxo1点基因,包括Ifng,Foxp3.3没有直接调节.
结论:
- 福克索1是Treg细胞功能和免疫平衡的关键调节者.
- 这种Akt-Foxo1信号通路控制了一种对Treg细胞功能至关重要的新型遗传程序.
- 福克索1在维持免疫平衡方面发挥着至关重要的作用,独立于福克索3在Treg细胞数量中的作用.
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