mTORC1配对免疫信号和代谢编程以建立T(reg) 细胞功能
Hu Zeng1, Kai Yang, Caryn Cloer
1Department of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
Nature
|July 2, 2013
概括
拉巴胺素复合体1 (mTORC1) 信号传递的机械标对调节性T细胞 (Treg) 功能至关重要. 破坏mTORC1会损害Treg抑制活性,导致小鼠致命的炎症.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 细胞的新陈代谢
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 拉巴胺素 (mTOR) 途径的机械性标集成了免疫和代谢信号,以调节T细胞的分化和功能.
- 虽然mTOR信号影响了 CD4+ T 细胞和 T 细胞分化,但它在 T 细胞稳态和功能中的作用不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究mTOR复合体1 (mTORC1) 信号传导在调节性T细胞 (T(reg) 的功能和恒常性中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在小鼠中利用Treg特异性删除猛禽来破坏mTORC1信号传递.
- 评估的T ((reg) 细胞抑制活性,增殖和代谢途径.
- 分析了Foxp3,CTLA4和ICOS等关键分子的表达.
主要成果:
- Treg细胞表现出比天真T细胞更高的稳定状态mTORC1活性,由T细胞受体 (TCR) 和IL-2信号驱动.
- 在Tregs中mTORC1的破坏导致抑制功能丧失和致命的炎症性疾病.
- mTORC1信号促进Treg增殖和CTLA4/ICOS表达通过mevalonate通路,独立于Foxp3水平.
结论:
- mTORC1是Treg细胞功能的关键阳性调节者,将TCR/IL-2信号与代谢途径联系起来.
- 通过编程Treg抑制活性,mTORC1信号传递对于维持免疫平衡和耐受性至关重要.
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