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Lalor R, O'Neill S. Bovine κ-casein induces a hypo-responsive DC population which exhibit a reduced capacity to elicit T-cell responses. J Funct Foods 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2019.103620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Yen B, Fortson KT, Rothman NJ, Arpaia N, Reiner SL. Clonal Bifurcation of Foxp3 Expression Visualized in Thymocytes and T Cells. Immunohorizons 2018; 2:119-128. [PMID: 29707696 PMCID: PMC5922779 DOI: 10.4049/immunohorizons.1700064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are crucial for suppressing autoimmunity and inflammation mediated by conventional T cells. To be useful, some Tregs should have overlapping specificity with relevant self-reactive or pathogen-specific clones. Whether matching recognition between Tregs and non-Tregs might arise through stochastic or deterministic mechanisms has not been addressed. We tested the hypothesis that some Tregs that arise in the thymus or that are induced during Ag-driven expansion of conventional CD4+ T cells might be clonally related to non-Tregs by virtue of asymmetric Foxp3 induction during cell division. We isolated mouse CD4+ thymocytes dividing in vivo, wherein sibling cells exhibited discordant expression of Foxp3 and CD25. Under in vitro conditions that stimulate induced Tregs from conventional mouse CD4+ T cells, we found a requirement for cell cycle progression to achieve Foxp3 induction. Moreover, a substantial fraction of sibling cell pairs arising from induced Treg stimulation also contained discordant expression of Foxp3. Division-linked yet asymmetric induction of Treg fate offers potential mechanisms to anticipate peripheral self-reactivity during thymic selection as well as produce precise, de novo counterregulation during CD4+ T cell–mediated immune responses.
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- Bonnie Yen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.,Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.,Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.,Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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Casey SC, Amedei A, Aquilano K, Azmi AS, Benencia F, Bhakta D, Bilsland AE, Boosani CS, Chen S, Ciriolo MR, Crawford S, Fujii H, Georgakilas AG, Guha G, Halicka D, Helferich WG, Heneberg P, Honoki K, Keith WN, Kerkar SP, Mohammed SI, Niccolai E, Nowsheen S, Vasantha Rupasinghe HP, Samadi A, Singh N, Talib WH, Venkateswaran V, Whelan RL, Yang X, Felsher DW. Cancer prevention and therapy through the modulation of the tumor microenvironment. Semin Cancer Biol 2015; 35 Suppl:S199-S223. [PMID: 25865775 PMCID: PMC4930000 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cancer arises in the context of an in vivo tumor microenvironment. This microenvironment is both a cause and consequence of tumorigenesis. Tumor and host cells co-evolve dynamically through indirect and direct cellular interactions, eliciting multiscale effects on many biological programs, including cellular proliferation, growth, and metabolism, as well as angiogenesis and hypoxia and innate and adaptive immunity. Here we highlight specific biological processes that could be exploited as targets for the prevention and therapy of cancer. Specifically, we describe how inhibition of targets such as cholesterol synthesis and metabolites, reactive oxygen species and hypoxia, macrophage activation and conversion, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase regulation of dendritic cells, vascular endothelial growth factor regulation of angiogenesis, fibrosis inhibition, endoglin, and Janus kinase signaling emerge as examples of important potential nexuses in the regulation of tumorigenesis and the tumor microenvironment that can be targeted. We have also identified therapeutic agents as approaches, in particular natural products such as berberine, resveratrol, onionin A, epigallocatechin gallate, genistein, curcumin, naringenin, desoxyrhapontigenin, piperine, and zerumbone, that may warrant further investigation to target the tumor microenvironment for the treatment and/or prevention of cancer.
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- Stephanie C Casey
- Division of Oncology, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States
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- School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613401, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, United States
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- Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Research Laboratory, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Physics Department, School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613401, Tamil Nadu, India
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign-Urbana, IL, United States
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- Charles University in Prague, Third Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Medical Scientist Training Program, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Advanced Molecular Science Research Centre (Centre for Advanced Research), King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan
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- Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, United States
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign-Urbana, IL, United States
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- Division of Oncology, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
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Treg Cell Differentiation: From Thymus to Peripheral Tissue. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2015; 136:175-205. [PMID: 26615097 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2015.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are crucial mediators of self-tolerance in the periphery. They differentiate in the thymus, where interactions with thymus-resident antigen-presenting cells, an instructive cytokine milieu, and stimulation of the T cell receptor lead to the selection into the Treg lineage and the induction of Foxp3 gene expression. Once mature, Treg cells leave the thymus and migrate into either the secondary lymphoid tissues, e.g., lymph nodes and spleen, or peripheral nonlymphoid tissues. There is growing evidence that Treg cells go beyond the classical modulation of immune responses and also play important functional roles in nonlymphoid peripheral tissues. In this review, we summarize recent findings about the thymic Treg lineage differentiation as well as the further specialization of Treg cells in the secondary lymphoid and in the peripheral nonlymphoid organs.
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Induction of specific immune tolerance to grafts remains the sought-after standard following transplantation. Defined by expression of the Foxp3 (forkhead box protein 3) transcription factor, the regulatory T-cell (Treg) lineage has been noted to exert potent immunoregulatory functions that contribute to specific graft tolerance. In this review, we discuss the known signals and pathways which govern Treg development, both in the thymus and in peripheral sites, as well as lineage maintenance and homeostasis. In particular, we highlight the roles of T-cell receptor signaling, CD28 costimulation, and signals through phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and related metabolic pathways in multiple aspects of Treg biology.
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- Alexandria Huynh
- Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Passerini L, Santoni de Sio FR, Roncarolo MG, Bacchetta R. Forkhead box P3: the peacekeeper of the immune system. Int Rev Immunol 2013; 33:129-45. [PMID: 24354325 DOI: 10.3109/08830185.2013.863303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Ten years ago Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) was discovered as master gene driving CD4(+)CD25(+) T cell regulatory (Treg) function. Since then, several layers of complexity have emerged in the regulation of its expression and function, which is not only exerted in Treg cells. While the mechanisms leading to the highly selective expression of FOXP3 in thymus-derived Treg cells still remain to be elucidated, we review here the current knowledge on the role of FOXP3 in the development of Treg cells and the direct and indirect consequences of FOXP3 mutations on multiple arms of the immune response. Finally, we summarize the newly acquired knowledge on the epigenetic regulation of FOXP3, still largely undefined in human cells.
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- Laura Passerini
- 1Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Swanson RM, Gavin MA, Escobar SS, Rottman JB, Lipsky BP, Dube S, Li L, Bigler J, Wolfson M, Arnett HA, Viney JL. Butyrophilin-like 2 modulates B7 costimulation to induce Foxp3 expression and regulatory T cell development in mature T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 190:2027-35. [PMID: 23359506 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Naive T cell activation involves at least two signals from an APC, one through the TCR via interaction with peptide-MHC complexes and a second through ligation of CD28 with B7 ligands. Following activation, T cells upregulate a host of other membrane-bound costimulatory molecules that can either promote or inhibit further T cell maturation and proliferation. In some cases, it is necessary to attenuate T cell activation to prevent deleterious inflammation, and inhibitory members of the B7/butyrophilin family of ligands have evolved to balance the strong stimuli the activating B7 ligands confer. Human genetic association and in vitro studies have implicated one such ligand, BTNL2, in controlling inflammation at mucosal surfaces. In this study, we show that recombinant mouse BTNL2 modifies B7/CD28 signaling to promote expression of Foxp3, a transcription factor necessary for regulatory T cell (Treg) development and function. BTNL2 blocks Akt-mediated inactivation of Foxo1, a transcription factor necessary for Foxp3 expression. Immunophenotyping and gene profiling reveal that BTNL2-induced Treg share many properties with natural Treg, and in vivo they suppress enteritis induced by mouse effector T cells. These findings describe a mechanism by which environmental Ag-specific Tregs may be induced by APC expressing specific modulators of costimulatory signals.
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- Ryan M Swanson
- Inflammation Research, Amgen Washington, Seattle, WA 98119, USA
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Taylor JJ, Martinez RJ, Titcombe PJ, Barsness LO, Thomas SR, Zhang N, Katzman SD, Jenkins MK, Mueller DL. Deletion and anergy of polyclonal B cells specific for ubiquitous membrane-bound self-antigen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 209:2065-77. [PMID: 23071255 PMCID: PMC3478923 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20112272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Both deletion and anergy shape B cell tolerance to membrane-bound antigens. B cell tolerance to self-antigen is critical to preventing antibody-mediated autoimmunity. Previous work using B cell antigen receptor transgenic animals suggested that self-antigen–specific B cells are either deleted from the repertoire, enter a state of diminished function termed anergy, or are ignorant to the presence of self-antigen. These mechanisms have not been assessed in a normal polyclonal repertoire because of an inability to detect rare antigen-specific B cells. Using a novel detection and enrichment strategy to assess polyclonal self-antigen–specific B cells, we find no evidence of deletion or anergy of cells specific for antigen not bound to membrane, and tolerance to these types of antigens appears to be largely maintained by the absence of T cell help. In contrast, a combination of deleting cells expressing receptors with high affinity for antigen with anergy of the undeleted lower affinity cells maintains tolerance to ubiquitous membrane-bound self-antigens.
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- Justin J Taylor
- Department of Medicine and 2 Department of Microbiology, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Carter J, Vaitaitis GM, Waid DM, Wagner DH. CD40 engagement of CD4+ CD40+ T cells in a neo-self antigen disease model ablates CTLA-4 expression and indirectly impacts tolerance. Eur J Immunol 2012; 42:424-35. [PMID: 22105491 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Biomarkers defining pathogenic effector T (Teff) cells slowly have been forthcoming and towards this we identified CD4(+) T cells that express CD40 (CD4(+) CD40(+) ) as pathogenic in the NOD type 1 diabetes (T1D) model. CD4(+) CD40(+) T cells rapidly and efficiently transfer T1D to NOD.scid recipients. To study the origin of CD4(+) CD40(+) T cells and disease pathogenesis, we employed a dual transgenic model expressing OVA(323-339) peptide as a neo-self antigen on islet β cells and medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) and a transgenic TCR recognizing the OVA(323-339) peptide. CD4(+) CD40(+) T cells and Treg cells each recognizing the cognate neo-antigen, rather than being deleted through central tolerance, drastically expanded in the thymus. In pancreatic lymph nodes of DO11.RIPmOVA mice, CD4(+) CD40(+) T cells and Treg cells are expanded in number compared with DO11 mice and importantly, Treg cells remain functional throughout the disease process. When exposed to neo-self antigen, CD4(+) CD40(+) T cells do not express the auto-regulatory CTLA-4 molecule while naïve CD4(+) CD40(+) T cells do. DO11.RIPmOVA mice develop autoimmune-type diabetes. CD40 engagement has been shown to prevent CTLA-4 expression and injecting anti-CD40 in DO11.RIPmOVA mice significantly exacerbates disease. These data suggest a unique means by which CD4(+) CD40(+) T cells thwart tolerance.
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- Jessica Carter
- The Webb-Waring Center, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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The generation of regulatory T (T(Reg)) cells in the thymus is crucial for immune homeostasis and self-tolerance. Recent discoveries have revealed the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern the differentiation of a subset of developing thymocytes into natural T(Reg) cells. Several models, centred on the self-reactivity of the T cell receptor (TCR), have been proposed to explain the generation of a T(Reg) cell population that is cognizant of self. Several molecular pathways link TCR and cytokine signalling with the expression of the T(Reg) cell-associated transcription factor forkhead box P3 (FOXP3). Moreover, interplay between thymocytes and thymic antigen-presenting cells is also involved in T(Reg) cell generation.
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Stritesky GL, Jameson SC, Hogquist KA. Selection of self-reactive T cells in the thymus. Annu Rev Immunol 2011; 30:95-114. [PMID: 22149933 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-020711-075035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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On the whole, the healthy adaptive immune system is responsive to foreign antigens and tolerant to self. However, many individual lymphocytes have, and even require, substantial self-reactivity for their particular functions in immunity. In this review, we discuss several populations of lymphocytes that are thought to experience agonist stimulation through the T cell receptor during selection: nTreg cells, iNKT cells, nIELs, and nTh17s. We discuss the nature of this self-reactivity, how it compares with conventional T cells, and why it is important for overall immune health. We also outline molecular pathways unique to each lineage and consider possible commonalities to their development and survival.
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- Gretta L Stritesky
- Center for Immunology and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Kornete M, Piccirillo CA. Critical co-stimulatory pathways in the stability of Foxp3+ Treg cell homeostasis in Type I diabetes. Autoimmun Rev 2011; 11:104-11. [PMID: 21875694 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2011.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mechanisms of peripheral tolerance maintain a controlled balance between self-tolerance, protective immunity against a spectrum of non-self antigens, and suppressing pathology in various disorders. CD4(+) regulatory T cells (T(reg)) expressing the Foxp3 transcription factor dominantly control the activity and pathological consequences of a variety of effector T cell lineages in various inflammatory settings. This review will focus on recent advances on the roles of B7 family members in regulating Treg cell development, function and homeostasis during tolerance induction and organ-specific autoimmunity.
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- Mara Kornete
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Hinterberger M, Wirnsberger G, Klein L. B7/CD28 in central tolerance: costimulation promotes maturation of regulatory T cell precursors and prevents their clonal deletion. Front Immunol 2011; 2:30. [PMID: 22566820 PMCID: PMC3341949 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2011.00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 07/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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According to the “two-step model,” the intrathymic generation of CD4+ regulatory T (Treg) cells segregates into a first, T cell receptor (TCR)-driven phase and a second, cytokine-dependent phase. The initial TCR stimulus gives rise to a CD25+Foxp3− developmental intermediate. These precursors subsequently require cytokine signaling to establish the mature CD25+Foxp3+ Treg cell phenotype. In addition, costimulation via CD28/B7 (CD80/86) axis is important for the generation of a Treg cell repertoire of normal size. Recent data suggest that CD28 or B7 deficient mice lack CD25+Foxp3− Treg cell progenitors. However, these data leave open whether costimulation is also required at subsequent stages of Treg differentiation. Also, the fate of “presumptive” Treg cells carrying a permissive TCR specificity in the absence of costimulation remains to be established. Here, we have used a previously described TCR transgenic model of agonist-driven Treg differentiation in order to address these issues. Intrathymic adoptive transfer of Treg precursors indicated that costimulation is dispensable once the intermediate CD25+Foxp3− stage has been reached. Furthermore, lack of costimulation led to the physical loss of presumptive Treg cells rather than their escape from central tolerance and differentiation into the conventional CD4+ T cell lineage. Our findings suggest that CD28 signaling does not primarily operate through enhancing the TCR signal strength in order to pass the threshold intensity required to initiate Treg cell specification. Instead, costimulation seems to deliver unique and qualitatively distinct signals that coordinately foster the developmental progression of Treg precursors and prevent their negative selection.
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Bour-Jordan H, Esensten JH, Martinez-Llordella M, Penaranda C, Stumpf M, Bluestone JA. Intrinsic and extrinsic control of peripheral T-cell tolerance by costimulatory molecules of the CD28/ B7 family. Immunol Rev 2011; 241:180-205. [PMID: 21488898 PMCID: PMC3077803 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2011.01011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Positive and negative costimulation by members of the CD28 family is critical for the development of productive immune responses against foreign pathogens and their proper termination to prevent inflammation-induced tissue damage. In addition, costimulatory signals are critical for the establishment and maintenance of peripheral tolerance. This paradigm has been established in many animal models and has led to the development of immunotherapies targeting costimulation pathways for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune disease, and allograft rejection. During the last decade, the complexity of the biology of costimulatory pathways has greatly increased due to the realization that costimulation does not affect only effector T cells but also influences regulatory T cells and antigen-presenting cells. Thus, costimulation controls T-cell tolerance through both intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. In this review, we discuss the influence of costimulation on intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of peripheral tolerance, with emphasis on members of the CD28 family, CD28, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4), and programmed death-1 (PD-1), as well as the downstream cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-2).
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- Hélène Bour-Jordan
- UCSF Diabetes Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0400, USA
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Katzman SD, Gallo E, Hoyer KK, Abbas AK. Differential requirements for Th1 and Th17 responses to a systemic self-antigen. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 186:4668-73. [PMID: 21402892 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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T cell-APC interactions are essential for the initiation of effector responses against foreign and self-antigens, but the role of these interactions in generating different populations of effector T cells in vivo remains unclear. Using a model of CD4(+) T cell responses to a systemic self-antigen without adjuvants or infection, we demonstrate that activation of APCs augments Th17 responses much more than Th1 responses. Recognition of systemic Ag induces tolerance in self-reactive CD4(+) T cells, but induction of CD40 signaling, even under tolerogenic conditions, results in a strong, Ag-specific IL-17 response without large numbers of IFN-γ-producing cells. Transfer of the same CD4(+) T cells into lymphopenic recipients expressing the self-antigen results in uncontrolled production of IL-17, IFN-γ, and systemic inflammation. If the Ag-specific T cells lack CD40L, production of IL-17 but not IFN-γ is decreased, and the survival time of recipient mice is significantly increased. In addition, transient blockade of the initial MHC class II-dependent T cell-APC interaction results in a greater reduction of IL-17 than of IFN-γ production. These data suggest that Th17 differentiation is more sensitive to T cell interactions with APCs than is the Th1 response, and interrupting this interaction, specifically the CD40 pathway, may be key to controlling Th17-mediated autoimmunity.
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- Shoshana D Katzman
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Garbi N, Hämmerling GJ. Co-stimulation by dendritic cells maintains the peripheral pool of Tregs. Eur J Immunol 2011; 41:282-5. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.201041335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Villarino AV, Katzman SD, Gallo E, Miller O, Jiang S, McManus MT, Abbas AK. Posttranscriptional silencing of effector cytokine mRNA underlies the anergic phenotype of self-reactive T cells. Immunity 2011; 34:50-60. [PMID: 21236706 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2010.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2010] [Revised: 10/21/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Self-reactive T cell clones that escape negative selection are either deleted or rendered functionally unresponsive (anergic), thus preventing them from propagating host tissue damage. By using an in vivo model, we investigated molecular mechanisms for T cell tolerance, finding that despite a characteristic inability to generate effector cytokine proteins, self-reactive T cells express large amounts of cytokine mRNAs. This disconnect between cytokine message and protein was not observed in T cells mounting productive responses to foreign antigens but, instead, was seen only in those responding to self, where the block in protein translation was shown to involve conserved AU-rich elements within cytokine 3'UTRs. These studies reveal that translation of abundant cytokine mRNAs is limited in self-reactive T cells and, thus, identify posttranscriptional silencing of antigen-driven gene expression as a key mechanism underlying the anergic phenotype of self-reactive T cells.
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- Alejandro V Villarino
- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Bar-On L, Birnberg T, Kim KW, Jung S. Dendritic cell-restricted CD80/86 deficiency results in peripheral regulatory T-cell reduction but is not associated with lymphocyte hyperactivation. Eur J Immunol 2011; 41:291-8. [PMID: 21267999 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201041169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Classical DC (cDC) are required for efficient protective T-cell immunity. Moreover, recent data indicate that cDC also play a critical role in mediating homeostatic proliferation and maintenance of peripheral Treg. Here, we corroborate these findings by defining CD80/CD86 costimulation as an essential molecular component required for the cDC-Treg interactions. In contrast to earlier reports, the reduced Treg compartment of mice lacking cDC or selective CD80/86 expression on cDC, as such, did not render the respective animals prone to systemic lymphocyte hyperactivation or autoimmunity. Rather, we provide evidence that elevated immunoglobulin titers, as well as changes in T-cell subset prevalence and activation status are strictly associated with the nonmalignant myeloproliferative disorder triggered by the absence of cDC.
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- Liat Bar-On
- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Regulatory T-cell differentiation versus clonal deletion of autoreactive thymocytes. Immunol Cell Biol 2010; 89:45-53. [PMID: 21042335 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2010.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The concept of clonal deletion of immune cells that carry an autoreactive antigen receptor was a central prediction of Burnet's clonal selection theory. A series of classical experiments in the late 1980s revealed that certain immature thymocytes upon encounter of 'self' are indeed removed from the T-cell repertoire before their release into the blood circulation. A second essential cornerstone of immunological tolerance, not anticipated by Burnett, has more recently surfaced through the discovery of Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Treg). Intriguingly, it appears that the expression of an autoreactive T-cell receptor is a shared characteristic of T cells that are subject to clonal deletion as well as of those deviated into the Treg lineage. This is all the more striking as Treg differentiation for the most part branches off from mainstream CD4T cell development during thymocyte maturation in the thymus, that is, it may neither temporally nor spatially be separated from clonal deletion. This raises the question of how an apparently identical stimulus, namely the encounter of 'self' during thymocyte development, can elicit fundamentally different outcomes such as apoptotic cell death on the one hand or differentiation into a highly specialized T-cell lineage on the other hand. Here, we will review the T-cell intrinsic and extrinsic factors that have been implicated in intrathymic Treg differentiation and discuss how these parameters may determine whether an autoreactive major histocompatibility complex class II-restricted thymocyte is deviated into the Treg lineage or subject to clonal deletion.
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Duration of antigen receptor signaling determines T-cell tolerance or activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:18085-90. [PMID: 20921406 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010560107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The early events that determine the decision between lymphocyte tolerance and activation are not well-understood. Using a model of systemic self-antigen recognition by CD4(+) T cells, we show, using single-cell biochemical analyses, that tolerance is characterized by transient signaling events downstream of T-cell receptor engagement in the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and NF-κB pathways. Parallel studies done by live cell imaging show that the key difference between tolerance and activation is the duration of the T cell-antigen presenting cell (APC) interaction, as revealed by stable T-cell immobilization on antigen encounter. Brief T cell-APC interactions result in tolerance, and prolonged interactions are associated with activation and the development of effector cells. These studies show that the duration of T cell-APC interactions and magnitude of associated TCR-mediated signaling are key determinants of lymphocyte tolerance vs. activation.
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CD28 costimulation regulates a wide range of cellular processes, from proliferation and survival to promoting the differentiation of specialized T-cell subsets. Since first being identified over 20 years ago, CD28 has remained a subject of intense study because of its profound consequences on T cell function and its potential for therapeutic manipulation. In this review we highlight the signaling cascades initiated by the major signaling motifs in CD28, focusing on PI-3 kinase-dependent and -independent pathways and how these are linked to specific cellular outcomes. Recent studies using gene targeted knockin mice have clarified the relative importance of these motifs on in vivo immune responses; however, much remains to be elucidated. Understanding the mechanism behind costimulation holds great potential for development of new clinically relevant reagents, a fact beginning to be realized with the advent of drugs that prevent CD28 ligation and signaling.
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- Jonathan S Boomer
- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Lio CWJ, Dodson LF, Deppong CM, Hsieh CS, Green JM. CD28 facilitates the generation of Foxp3(-) cytokine responsive regulatory T cell precursors. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 184:6007-13. [PMID: 20421644 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The T cell costimulatory molecule CD28 plays an important role in the thymic generation of Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) essential for the maintenance of self-tolerance. In this study, we show that a cell-intrinsic signal from CD28 is involved in the generation of cytokine-responsive Foxp3(-) precursors using studies of mixed bone marrow chimeras as well as TCR-specific generation of Foxp3(+) cells using intrathymic transfer of TCR-transgenic thymocytes expressing a natural Treg TCR. Contrary to a previous report, the analysis of CD28 mutant knockin mice revealed that this cell-intrinsic signal is only partially dependent on the Lck-binding PYAP motif. Surprisingly, even though the absence of CD28 resulted in a 6-fold decrease in thymic Tregs, the TCR repertoires of CD28-deficient and sufficient cells were largely overlapping. Thus, these data suggest that CD28 does not operate by markedly enlarging the repertoire of TCRs available for Treg development, but rather by improving the efficiency of Treg development of thymocytes expressing natural Treg TCRs.
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- Chan-Wang J Lio
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Balb/c EGFP mice are tolerant against immunization utilizing recombinant adenoviral-based vectors encoding EGFP: A novel model for the study of tolerance mechanisms and vaccine efficacy. Mol Immunol 2010; 47:1149-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Caretto D, Katzman SD, Villarino AV, Gallo E, Abbas AK. Cutting edge: the Th1 response inhibits the generation of peripheral regulatory T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 184:30-4. [PMID: 19949064 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The possibility that effector T cells can be converted into forkhead box P3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) has potential therapeutic implications. To analyze the relationship between Th1 effectors and Tregs, we have used a model of systemic autoimmunity in which both effector and Tregs arise from a single population specific for a transgene-encoded systemic protein. In vitro, the presence of IFN-gamma inhibits Treg generation during activation. Using IFN-gamma reporter mice, we demonstrate that IFN-gamma-producing cells tend not to develop into Tregs, and Th1 priming of T cells prior to cell transfer limits the number of forkhead box P3(+) T cells generated in vivo. Moreover, transfer of IFN-gamma(-/-) or STAT1(-/-) T cells resulted in an increase in the number of Tregs. These data support a role for Th1 effector molecules and transcription factors in the control of peripheral Treg generation and demonstrates the limited plasticity of Th1 populations.
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- David Caretto
- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0511, USA
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Eroukhmanoff L, Oderup C, Ivars F. T-cell tolerance induced by repeated antigen stimulation: selective loss of Foxp3- conventional CD4 T cells and induction of CD4 T-cell anergy. Eur J Immunol 2009; 39:1078-87. [PMID: 19283777 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Repeated immunization of mice with bacterial superantigens induces extensive deletion and anergy of reactive CD4 T cells. Here we report that the in vitro proliferation anergy of CD4 T cells from TCR transgenic mice immunized three times with staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) (3 x SEB) is partially due to an increased frequency of Foxp3(+) CD4 T cells. Importantly, reduced number of conventional CD25(-) Foxp3(-) cells, rather than conversion of such cells to Foxp3(+) cells, was the cause of that increase and was also seen in mice repeatedly immunized with OVA (3 x OVA) and OVA-peptide (OVAp) (3 x OVAp). Cell-transfer experiments revealed profound but transient anergy of CD4 T cells isolated from 3 x OVAp and 3x SEB mice. However, the in vivo anergy was CD4 T-cell autonomous and independent of Foxp3(+) Treg. Finally, proliferation of transferred CD4 T cells was inhibited in repeatedly immunized mice but inhibition was lost when transfer was delayed, despite the maintenance of elevated frequency of Foxp3(+) cells. These data provide important implications for Foxp3(+) cell-mediated tolerance in situations of repeated antigen exposure such as human persistent infections.
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Bour-Jordan H, Bluestone JA. Regulating the regulators: costimulatory signals control the homeostasis and function of regulatory T cells. Immunol Rev 2009; 229:41-66. [PMID: 19426214 PMCID: PMC2714548 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2009.00775.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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SUMMARY Costimulation is a concept that goes back to the early 1980s when Lafferty and others hypothesized that cell surface and soluble molecules must exist that are essential for initiating immune responses subsequent to antigen exposure. The explosion in this field of research ensued as over a dozen molecules have been identified to function as second signals following T-cell receptor engagement. By 1994, it seemed clear that the most prominent costimulatory pathway CD28 and functionally related costimulatory molecules, such as CD154, were the major drivers of a positive immune response. Then the immunology world turned upside down. CD28 knockout mice, which were, in most cases, immunodeficient, led to increased autoimmunity when bred into the non-obese diabetic background. Another CD28 family member, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4, which was presumed to be a costimulatory molecule on activated T cells, turned out to be critical in downregulating immunity. These results, coupled with the vast suppressor cell literature which had been largely rebuked, suggested that the immune system was not poised for response but controlled in such a way that regulation was dominant. Over the last decade, we have learned that these costimulatory molecules play a key role in the now classical CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) that provide critical control of unwanted autoimmune responses. In this review, we discuss the connections between costimulation and Tregs that have changed the costimulation paradigm.
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- Hélène Bour-Jordan
- UCSF Diabetes Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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- UCSF Diabetes Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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Capini C, Jaturanpinyo M, Chang HI, Mutalik S, McNally A, Street S, Steptoe R, O'Sullivan B, Davies N, Thomas R. Antigen-Specific Suppression of Inflammatory Arthritis Using Liposomes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:3556-65. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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CD28 is recognized as the primary costimulatory molecule involved in the activation of naïve T cells. However, the biochemical signaling pathways that are activated by CD28 and how these pathways are integrated with TCR signaling are still not understood. We have recently shown that there are at least two independent activation pathways induced by CD28 costimulation. One is integrated with TCR signaling in the context of the immunological synapse and is mediated through transcriptional enhancement and the second is mediated through the induction of mRNA stability. Here, we review the immunological consequences and biochemical mechanisms associated with CD28 costimulation and discuss the major questions that need to be resolved to understand the molecular mechanisms that transduce CD28 costimulation.
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Katz JB, Muller AJ, Prendergast GC. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in T-cell tolerance and tumoral immune escape. Immunol Rev 2009; 222:206-21. [PMID: 18364004 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2008.00610.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) degrades the essential amino acid tryptophan in mammals, catalyzing the initial and rate-limiting step in the de novo biosynthesis nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD). Broad evidence implicates IDO and the tryptophan catabolic pathway in generation of immune tolerance to foreign antigens in tissue microenvironments. In particular, recent findings have established that IDO is overexpressed in both tumor cells and antigen-presenting cells in tumor-draining lymph nodes, where it promotes the establishment of peripheral immune tolerance to tumor antigens. In the normal physiologic state, IDO is important in creating an environment that limits damage to tissues due to an overactive immune system. However, by fostering immune suppression, IDO can facilitate the survival and growth of tumor cells expressing unique antigens that would be recognized normally as foreign. In preclinical studies, small-molecule inhibitors of IDO can reverse this mechanism of immunosuppression, complementing classical cytotoxic cancer chemotherapeutic agents' ability to trigger regression of treatment-resistant tumors. These results have encouraged the clinical translation of IDO inhibitors, the first of which entered phase I clinical trials in the fall of 2007. In this article, we survey the work defining IDO as an important mediator of peripheral tolerance, review evidence of IDO dysregulation in cancer cells, and provide an overview of the development of IDO inhibitors as a new immunoregulatory treatment modality for clinical trials.
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- Jessica B Katz
- Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA
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Sharma R, Ju ACY, Kung JT, Fu SM, Ju ST. Rapid and selective expansion of nonclonotypic T cells in regulatory T cell-deficient, foreign antigen-specific TCR-transgenic scurfy mice: antigen-dependent expansion and TCR analysis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 181:6934-41. [PMID: 18981113 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.10.6934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Foreign Ag-specific TCR-transgenic (Tg) mice contain a small fraction of T cells bearing the endogenous Vbeta and Valpha chains as well as a population expressing an intermediate level of Tg TCR. Importantly, these minor nonclonotypic populations contain > or = 99% of the CD4(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Treg) and, despite low overall Treg expression, peripheral tolerance is maintained. In the OT-II TCR (OVA-specific, Vbeta5(high)Valpha2(high)) Tg scurfy (Sf) mice (OT-II Sf) that lack Treg, nonclonotypic T cells markedly expanded in the periphery but not in the thymus. Expanded T cells expressed memory/effector phenotype and were enriched in blood and inflamed lungs. In contrast, Vbeta5(high)Valpha2(high) clonotypic T cells were not expanded, displayed the naive phenotype, and found mainly in the lymph nodes. Importantly, Vbeta5(neg) T cells were able to transfer multiorgan inflammation in Rag1(-/-) recipients. T cells bearing dual TCR (dual Vbeta or dual Valpha) were demonstrated frequently in the Vbeta5(int) and Valpha2(int) populations. Our study demonstrated that in the absence of Treg, the lack of peripheral expansion of clonotypic T cells is due to the absence of its high-affinity Ag OVA. Thus, the rapid expansion of nonclonotypic T cells in OT-II Sf mice must require Ag (self and foreign) with sufficient affinity. Our study has implications with respect to the roles of Ag and dual TCR in the selection and regulation of Treg and Treg-controlled Ag-dependent T cell expansion in TCR Tg and TCR Tg Sf mice, respectively.
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- Rahul Sharma
- Department of Medicine, Center for Immunity, Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Zeng M, Guinet E, Nouri-Shirazi M. B7-1 and B7-2 differentially control peripheral homeostasis of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells. Transpl Immunol 2008; 20:171-9. [PMID: 18848987 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2008.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2008] [Revised: 09/12/2008] [Accepted: 09/18/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Targeting the CD28/B7 interaction remains among the most promising approaches to treat transplant rejection. A drawback to this approach is however the observations of decreased numbers of naturally occurring regulatory T cells (Tregs) in CD28(-) or B7-deficient non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, cells that maintain immunological self tolerance, prevent autoimmunity and control immune responses to transplants. In this study, therefore, we investigated the relative contributions of B7-1 and B7-2, the only known ligands of CD28, on the thymic development and peripheral homeostasis of Tregs. Our data indicates that the absence of both B7-1 and B7-2 result in a dramatic reduction in the frequencies of Tregs in thymus and peripheral tissues of B7-1/B7-2-deficient mice with no apparent changes in the percentage and distribution of conventional T-cell subsets. In addition, neither B7-1 nor B7-2 expression alone is sufficient for the development and peripheral homeostasis of Tregs. Interestingly, while B7-1 and B7-2 equally contribute to thymic development of Tregs, the significant loss in peripheral homeostasis of Tregs is more evident in the absence of B7-2 as compared to B7-1. Consistent with these results we found that B7-2-deficient DCs are less effective than B7-1-deficient DCs in maintaining Tregs in vitro due to their inability to induce IL-2 production by conventional T cells and sustain Tregs expression of CD25. This study provides the first demonstration of relative roles of B7-1 and B7-2 in Tregs homeostasis and suggests that therapeutic approaches designed to selectively interrupt CD28/B7-2 interaction could indeed have measurable impact on sustaining Tregs homeostasis.
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- Menghua Zeng
- Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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Barron L, Knoechel B, Lohr J, Abbas AK. Cutting edge: contributions of apoptosis and anergy to systemic T cell tolerance. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:2762-6. [PMID: 18292495 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.5.2762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Multiple pathways can induce and maintain peripheral T cell tolerance. The goal of this study was to define the contributions of apoptosis and anergy to the maintenance of self-tolerance to a systemic Ag. Upon transfer into mice expressing OVA systemically, OVA-specific DO11 CD4+ T cells are activated transiently, cease responding, and die. Bim is the essential apoptosis-inducing trigger and apoptosis proceeds despite increased expression of Bcl-2 and Bcl-x. However, preventing apoptosis by eliminating Bim does not restore proliferation or cytokine production by DO11 cells. While Foxp3 is transiently induced, anergy is not associated with the stable development of regulatory T cells. Thus, apoptosis is dispensable for tolerance to a systemic self-Ag and cell-intrinsic anergy is sufficient to tolerize T cells.
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- Luke Barron
- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Wang R, Han G, Wang J, Song L, Chen G, Xu R, Zhang C, Yu M, Qian J, Shen B, Li Y. GAD-IgG-inducing CD4+Foxp3+Treg Cells Suppressing Diabetes Are Involved in the Increasing Ratio of CD80+:CD86+ Cells in NOD Mice. Arch Med Res 2008; 39:299-305. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2007.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2007] [Accepted: 11/12/2007] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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de Haar C, Kool M, Hassing I, Bol M, Lambrecht BN, Pieters R. Lung dendritic cells are stimulated by ultrafine particles and play a key role in particle adjuvant activity. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 121:1246-54. [PMID: 18313130 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2007] [Revised: 01/07/2008] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The adjuvant activity of air pollution particles on allergic airway sensitization is well known, but the cellular mechanisms underlying this adjuvant potential are not clear. OBJECTIVE We sough to study the role of dendritic cells and the costimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 in the adjuvant activity of ultrafine carbon black particles (CBP). METHODS The proliferation of CFSE-labeled DO11.10 CD4 cells was studied after intranasal exposure to particles and ovalbumin (OVA). Next the frequency of myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs) and plasmacytoid dendritic cells and their expression of CD80 and CD86 were studied in the peribronchial lymph nodes (PBLNs). The expression of costimulatory molecules was also studied on bone marrow-derived mDCs after exposure to CBPs in vitro, and the importance of costimulation in CBP adjuvant activity was assessed by using CD80/CD86-deficient mice or cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA4)-Ig in vivo. RESULTS Our data show that CBPs plus OVA caused proliferation of DO11.10 CD4 cells and high levels of cytokine production in the PBLNs. Furthermore, the combined CBP plus OVA exposure increased the number of mDCs and expression of costimulatory molecules in the PBLNs. In addition, CBPs upregulated the expression of CD80/CD86 molecules on dendritic cells in vitro, which are necessary for the particle adjuvant effects in vivo. CONCLUSION Together this study shows the importance of dendritic cells and costimulation in particle adjuvant activity. Furthermore, we show for the first time that CBPs can also directly induce maturation of dendritic cells.
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- Colin de Haar
- Department of Immunotoxicology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Razmara M, Hilliard B, Ziarani AK, Chen YH, Tykocinski ML. CTLA-4{middle dot}Ig converts naive CD4+CD25- T cells into CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells. Int Immunol 2008; 20:471-83. [DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxn007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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van Driel IR, Ang DKY, Konz RF, Senices M, Young DA, Grusby MJ, Collins M, Dunussi-Joannopoulos K. Role of regulatory T cells in gastrointestinal inflammatory disease. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008; 23:171-7. [PMID: 18289352 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05278.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Regulatory T cells curb unwanted immune responses and regulate responses to microflora and it is now clear that regulatory T cells play an important role in a number of chronic inflammatory diseases of the gut. First, regulatory T cells are crucial in controlling immune responses to gastric autoantigens and thus preventing autoimmune gastritis and pernicious anemia. Second, regulatory T cells may modulate the response to Helicobacter pylori, thus affecting the ability of the immune system to clear the pathogen and mediate damage to the gastric mucosa. Finally, regulatory T cells play an important role in preventing damaging inflammatory responses to commensal organisms in the lower gut, thus guarding against inflammatory bowel diseases. In the present review, we examine the actions of regulatory T cells in the gut and conclude that further understanding of regulatory T cell biology may lead to new therapeutic approaches to chronic gastrointestinal disease.
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- Ian R van Driel
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Read S, Hogan TV, Zwar TD, Gleeson PA, Van Driel IR. Prevention of autoimmune gastritis in mice requires extra-thymic T-cell deletion and suppression by regulatory T cells. Gastroenterology 2007; 133:547-58. [PMID: 17603058 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2006] [Accepted: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Autoimmune gastritis is one of the most common autoimmune diseases and is caused by a CD4(+) T-cell response to the gastric H(+)/K(+) ATPase encoded by Atp4a and Atp4b (H(+)/K(+) ATPase). Here, we have elucidated events that result in immunological tolerance to the H(+)/K(+) ATPase and thus the prevention of autoimmune gastritis. METHODS T cells from H(+)/K(+) ATPase-deficient mice and H(+)/K(+) ATPase-specific T-cell receptor transgenic mice were purified and transferred to wild-type (WT) or H(+)/K(+) ATPase-deficient recipients to assess the impact of exposure to antigen on pathogenicity. RESULTS The CD4(+) T-cell population from H(+)/K(+) ATPase-deficient mice was highly effective at inducing gastritis when compared with T cells from WT mice and, as a population, was comparatively resistant to the suppressive activity of regulatory T cells. Exposing T cells from H(+)/K(+) ATPase-deficient mice to H(+)/K(+) ATPase in WT mice decreased their ability to induce gastritis and resulted in a population that could be more easily suppressed by T(reg) cells. Transfer of clonotypic antigen-inexperienced H(+)/K(+) ATPase-specific T cells into WT mice resulted in extra-thymic clonal deletion. CONCLUSIONS Prevention of autoimmune gastritis requires the extra-thymic purging of highly autoaggressive H(+)/K(+) ATPase-specific T cells to produce a T-cell repertoire that is more susceptible to the suppressive activity of regulatory T cells. Taken together with recent published data describing the role of T-cell receptor signalling in the maintenance of regulatory T-cell populations, we propose that exposure of T cells to antigen in the periphery is able to both delete autoaggressive specificities and maintain regulatory T-cell activity, establishing a balance between pathogenicity and regulation.
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MESH Headings
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- Autoantigens/genetics
- Autoantigens/immunology
- Autoimmune Diseases/enzymology
- Autoimmune Diseases/immunology
- Autoimmune Diseases/pathology
- Autoimmune Diseases/prevention & control
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/pathology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/transplantation
- Cell Proliferation
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Gastritis/enzymology
- Gastritis/immunology
- Gastritis/pathology
- Gastritis/prevention & control
- H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase/deficiency
- H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase/genetics
- H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase/immunology
- Immune Tolerance
- Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit/analysis
- Lymph Nodes/immunology
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Lymphocyte Depletion
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Nude
- Mice, Transgenic
- Ovarian Diseases/enzymology
- Ovarian Diseases/immunology
- Ovarian Diseases/prevention & control
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/pathology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/transplantation
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- Simon Read
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Hacquard-Bouder C, Chimenti MS, Giquel B, Donnadieu E, Fert I, Schmitt A, André C, Breban M. Alteration of antigen-independent immunologic synapse formation between dendritic cells from HLA-B27-transgenic rats and CD4+ T cells: selective impairment of costimulatory molecule engagement by mature HLA-B27. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 56:1478-89. [PMID: 17469106 DOI: 10.1002/art.22572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the molecular mechanism responsible for the reduced capacity of dendritic cells (DCs) from HLA-B27-transgenic rats to form conjugates with naive T cells. METHODS We monitored interactions between DCs derived from HLA-B27-transgenic, HLA-B7-transgenic control, and nontransgenic rats and naive CD4+ T cells. Chemoattraction was studied in Transwell assays, and the formation of an immunologic synapse was examined by videomicroscopy and electron microscopy. Involvement of specific molecules in the defective interaction was examined in antibody-blocking assays. RESULTS T cells migrated normally toward B27 DCs, but upon contact, the frequency of T cells undergoing a Ca2+ response was decreased, indicating impaired immunologic synapse formation. The immunologic synapse formed between B27 DCs and T cells appeared to be normal, as assessed by electron microscopy and by the Ca2+ response. Blocking lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 on T cells or blocking activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecules on DCs inhibited an equivalent proportion of conjugates from forming between B27 or control DCs and T cells, whereas blocking CD86 on DCs and blocking CD28, CD2, or CD4 on T cells inhibited a greater number of conjugates from forming with control DCs, indicating specific involvement of costimulatory molecules in the reduced formation of conjugates with B27 DCs. Mature B27 molecules on the DC surface were responsible for this decreased formation of conjugates. CONCLUSION In the HLA-B27-transgenic rat model of spondylarthropathy, mature B27 molecules expressed by DCs impair the formation of an antigen-independent immunologic synapse with naive CD4+ T cells by interfering with the engagement of costimulatory molecules. This phenomenon could potentially affect the production and/or maintenance of regulatory T cells and contribute to the expansion of pathogenic CD4+ T cells.
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- Cécile Hacquard-Bouder
- Institut Cochin, Université René Descartes, CNRS (VMR 8104), Paris, INSERM U 567, Paris, France
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Signaling through lymphocyte antigen receptors has the potential to initiate several distinct outcomes: proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, or functional unresponsiveness. Expansion and differentiation of effector T cells is required for defense against foreign antigens, whereas functional unresponsiveness, termed anergy, is a cell-intrinsic mechanism that contributes to peripheral self-tolerance. Other mechanisms of peripheral tolerance include the 'dominant' tolerance imposed by regulatory T cells and immunosuppression mediated by interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor-beta. T- and B-cell antigen receptor ligation induces an increase in intracellular calcium levels as well as activating additional signaling pathways that are further potentiated by costimulatory receptors. In this review, we argue that cell-intrinsic programs of peripheral anergy and tolerance are imposed by sustained calcium signaling in lymphocytes. We address in particular the role of the calcium-dependent transcription factor nuclear factor for activation of T cells, which is activated by antigen receptor stimulation and, depending on the presence or absence of input from its transcriptional partner, activator protein-1, dictates two distinct transcriptional programs: activation or tolerance.
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- Madhuri Borde
- The CBR Institute for Biomedical Research and the Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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van Wijk F, Nierkens S, de Jong W, Wehrens EJM, Boon L, van Kooten P, Knippels LMJ, Pieters R. The CD28/CTLA-4-B7 Signaling Pathway Is Involved in Both Allergic Sensitization and Tolerance Induction to Orally Administered Peanut Proteins. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:6894-900. [PMID: 17513738 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.11.6894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Dendritic cells are believed to play an essential role in regulating the balance between immunogenic and tolerogenic responses to mucosal Ags by controlling T cell differentiation and activation via costimulatory and coinhibitory signals. The CD28/CTLA-4-CD80/CD86 signaling pathway appears to be one of the most important regulators of T cell responses but its exact role in responses to orally administered proteins remains to be elucidated. In the present study, the involvement of the CD28/CTLA-4-CD80/CD86 costimulatory pathway in the induction of allergic sensitization and oral tolerance to peanut proteins was investigated. In both an established C3H/HeOuJ mouse model of peanut hypersensitivity and an oral tolerance model to peanut, CD28/CTLA-4-CD80/CD86 interactions were blocked using the fusion protein CTLA-4Ig. To examine the relative contribution of CD80- and CD86-mediated costimulation in these models, anti-CD80 and anti-CD86 blocking Abs were used. In the hypersensitivity model, CTLA-4Ig treatment prevented the development of peanut extract-induced cytokine responses, peanut extract-specific IgG1, IgG2a, and IgE production and peanut extract-induced challenge responses. Blocking of CD80 reduced, whereas anti-CD86 treatment completely inhibited, the induction of peanut extract-specific IgE. Normal tolerance induction to peanut extract was found following CTLA-4Ig, anti-CD86, or anti-CD80 plus anti-CD86 treatment, whereas blockade of CD80 impaired the induction of oral tolerance. We show that CD28/CTLA-4-CD80/CD86 signaling is essential for the development of allergic responses to peanut and that CD86 interaction is most important in inducing peanut extract-specific IgE responses. Additionally, our data suggest that CD80 but not CD86 interaction with CTLA-4 is crucial for the induction of low dose tolerance to peanut.
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MESH Headings
- Abatacept
- Administration, Oral
- Allergens/administration & dosage
- Allergens/immunology
- Allergens/metabolism
- Animals
- Antibodies, Blocking/administration & dosage
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Antigens, Differentiation/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation/physiology
- Arachis/immunology
- B7-1 Antigen/immunology
- B7-1 Antigen/metabolism
- B7-1 Antigen/physiology
- CD28 Antigens/immunology
- CD28 Antigens/metabolism
- CD28 Antigens/physiology
- CTLA-4 Antigen
- Cells, Cultured
- Disease Models, Animal
- Food Hypersensitivity/immunology
- Immune Tolerance/immunology
- Immunoconjugates/administration & dosage
- Immunoglobulin E/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin E/blood
- Immunoglobulin E/physiology
- Ligands
- Mice
- Plant Extracts/administration & dosage
- Plant Extracts/immunology
- Plant Extracts/metabolism
- Plant Proteins/administration & dosage
- Plant Proteins/immunology
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/immunology
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- Femke van Wijk
- Utrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Department of Immunotoxicology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Verbeek R, van der Mark K, Wawrousek EF, Plomp AC, van Noort JM. Tolerization of an established alphaB-crystallin-reactive T-cell response by intravenous antigen. Immunology 2007; 121:416-26. [PMID: 17386078 PMCID: PMC2265960 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02592.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Tolerance induction to prevent activation of a naïve T-cell repertoire has been well documented in rodents and can be readily achieved by intravenous, oral or intranasal administration of antigen in the absence of adjuvants. In autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) the presence of an established memory/effector T-cell repertoire against self-antigens is likely to be more relevant than the potential reactivity of naive T cells. Methods to eliminate such an established T-cell response are less well understood. In this study, we explored the effectiveness of intravenous soluble antigen to eliminate a pre-existing T-cell response against alphaB-crystallin, a candidate autoantigen in MS. We used mice that are deficient for the target antigen. This condition allowed for a vigourous T-cell and antibody response to develop upon immunization, and eliminated all possible endogenous mechanisms of tolerance for alphaB-crystallin that are found in normal rodents. When applied 3 weeks after priming with alphaB-crystallin, intravenous administration of soluble antigen almost completely abrogated the established T-cell response in a dose-dependent manner as evidenced by T-cell non-responsiveness in tolerized animals to a re-challenge with antigen in complete Freund's adjuvant. Evaluating delayed-type hypersensitivity responses after tolerance induction revealed that the tolerizing effect was achieved within 24 hr. Furthermore, the tolerizing effect was found to be antigen-specific and long lasting. In contrast, serum antibody levels were markedly increased. Our data clarify that in the absence of any natural form of immune regulation, antigen-specific memory/effector T cells can be effectively silenced by intravenous antigen.
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- Richard Verbeek
- Department of Biosciences, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Aschenbrenner K, D'Cruz LM, Vollmann EH, Hinterberger M, Emmerich J, Swee LK, Rolink A, Klein L. Selection of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells specific for self antigen expressed and presented by Aire+ medullary thymic epithelial cells. Nat Immunol 2007; 8:351-8. [PMID: 17322887 DOI: 10.1038/ni1444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 427] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2006] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The parameters specifying whether autoreactive CD4(+) thymocytes are deleted (recessive tolerance) or differentiate into regulatory T cells (dominant tolerance) remain unresolved. Dendritic cells directly delete thymocytes, partly through cross-presentation of peripheral antigens 'promiscuously' expressed in medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) positive for the autoimmune regulator Aire. It is unclear if and how mTECs themselves act as antigen-presenting cells during tolerance induction. Here we found that an absence of major histocompatibility class II molecules on mTECs resulted in fewer polyclonal regulatory T cells. Furthermore, targeting of a model antigen to Aire(+) mTECs led to the generation of specific regulatory T cells independently of antigen transfer to dendritic cells. Thus, 'routing' of mTEC-derived self antigens may determine whether specific thymocytes are deleted or enter the regulatory T cell lineage.
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A finely orchestrated balance between activating and inhibitory signals is fundamental for the ability of the immune system to effectively attack and eliminate pathogenic microbes but to not react against self-antigens. Derangements of this balance underlie the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Conversely, elucidating the mechanisms of this balance may provide rational strategies for manipulating it in order to enhance the efficacy of vaccines and tumor immunotherapy. One of the clearest illustrations of precise regulation is in the generation of effector and regulatory T cells. In order to analyze the mechanisms of this regulation, we have developed a transgenic mouse model in which a single population of T cells reacts against its known cognate antigen in vivo. Here we summarize our studies with this experimental model, illustrating the sequence of T cell responses that develop and attempting to dissect the stimuli that control these responses.
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- Abul K Abbas
- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0511, USA.
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Zhao Y, Li J, Yu K, Liu Y, Chen X. Sinomenine inhibits maturation of monocyte-derived dendritic cells through blocking activation of NF-kappa B. Int Immunopharmacol 2007; 7:637-45. [PMID: 17386411 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2006] [Revised: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 01/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sinomenine, a purified alkaloid extracted from Sinomenium acutum, has been employed to treat arthritis for a long time. Previous studies have shown that sinomenine has favorable function of immunosuppression, but the exact mechanism has not been illustrated yet. In this study, we investigated the effect of sinomenine on human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced DCs, exposed to sinomenine or only medium, were tested for their maturation parameters, cytokine expression, mixed lymphocyte reaction, activity and translocation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) and phosphorylation of p38 stress-activated protein kinase (p38SAPK). Down-regulated membrane expression of CD40, CD80, CD83, CD86, and HLA-DR were found on DCs exposed to sinomenine. Similar result was noticed in their IL-12 production. Reduced activity and translocation of NF-kappaB was also detected in sinomenine treated DCs, except for the level of p38SAPK phosphorylation. Our results support the conclusion that sinomenine inhibits immune responses through suppressing the functions of antigen-presenting cells and NF-kappaB pathway is involved in their maturation cascade and T-cell activation. The findings indicate the potency for sinomenine to be generally used in DCs-mediated autoimmune diseases.
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- Yi Zhao
- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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Karpus WJ. T cell receptor and CD3 antibody crossreactivity opens new research and veterinary medicine opportunities. Cytometry A 2007; 71:976-7. [DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Recognition of a systemic antigen by CD4+ T cells in a lymphopenic host leads to the sequential generation of pathogenic effector cells and protective CD25+ forkhead box protein (Foxp3+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the periphery. Such an experimental model is potentially valuable for defining the stimuli that determine the balance of effector and regulatory T cells. Our studies have shown that interleukin-2 (IL-2) enhances the development of effector cells and is essential for the peripheral generation of regulatory cells. Other models of peripheral Treg generation suggest that the concentration of antigen, the nature of the antigen-presenting cells, and cytokines such as transforming growth factor-beta and IL-10 may all influence the peripheral generation of Tregs.
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- Jens Lohr
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143-0511, USA
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Yang R, Cai Z, Zhang Y, Yutzy WH, Roby KF, Roden RBS. CD80 in immune suppression by mouse ovarian carcinoma-associated Gr-1+CD11b+ myeloid cells. Cancer Res 2006; 66:6807-15. [PMID: 16818658 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-3755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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An elevated number of Gr-1+CD11b+ myeloid cells has been described in mice bearing transplantable tumors, and has been associated with immune suppression. We examined the role of such myeloid suppressor cells in mice bearing the spontaneously transformed syngeneic mouse ovarian surface epithelial cell line, 1D8. We observed high levels of CD80 expression by Gr-1+CD11b+ cells from spleen, ascites, and tumor tissue of mice bearing 1D8 ovarian carcinoma, whereas CD40 and CD86 were absent. CD80 expression was not detected on Gr-1+CD11b+ cells from naïve mice. However, the expression of CD80 by Gr-1+CD11b+ cells from naïve mice was promoted by coculture with 1D8 cells. Because irradiated 1D8 cells, but not 1D8-conditioned medium, up-regulate CD80 expression by Gr-1+CD11b+ cells, this phenomenon likely requires direct interaction. Gr-1+CD11b+ cells derived from 1D8 tumor-bearing mice provided significant suppression of antigen-specific immune responses, but Gr-1+CD11b+ cells from naïve mice did not. Both short interfering RNA-mediated knockdown and genetic knockout of CD80 expression by Gr-1+CD11b+ cells of 1D8 tumor-bearing mice alleviated the suppression of antigen-specific immune responses. Suppression via CD80 on Gr-1+CD11b+ myeloid cells was mediated by CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells and required CD152. CD80 knockout or antibody blockade of either CD80 or CD152 retarded the growth of 1D8 tumor in mice, suggesting that expression of CD80 on Gr-1+CD11b+ myeloid cells triggered by 1D8 ovarian carcinoma suppresses antigen-specific immunity via CD152 signaling and CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells. Thus, CD80-dependent responses to myeloid suppressor cells may contribute to tumor tolerance and the progression of ovarian carcinoma.
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- Rongcun Yang
- Department of Immunology, College of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
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Marodon G, Fisson S, Levacher B, Fabre M, Salomon BL, Klatzmann D. Induction of antigen-specific tolerance by intrathymic injection of lentiviral vectors. Blood 2006; 108:2972-8. [PMID: 16809618 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-03-010900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Immune tolerance to self-antigens is established during lymphocyte differentiation in the thymus, but a simple means to induce antigen-specific tolerance in the thymus is still elusive. We show here that intrathymic injection of a lentiviral vector expressing the hemagglutinin antigen (HA) in TCR-HA transgenic mice resulted in negative selection of HA-specific effector T cells and sustained positive selection of HA-specific regulatory T cells (Tregs). This positive selection increased the number of HA-specific Tregs 10-fold and was comparable with the one observed in TCR-HA transgenic mice crossed with transgenic mice expressing HA under the control of the insulin promoter (Ins-HA). HA expression by radioresistant thymic epithelial cells was sufficient to drive Treg generation. Intrathymic injection of the lentiviral vector also resulted in an enrichment of HA-specific Tregs in peripheral lymphoid organs, which prevented diabetes induced in Ins-HA mice by transfer of HA-specific effector T cells. In this model, HA-specific Tregs inhibited effector T-cell division in pancreatic lymph nodes. Finally, we show that intrathymic injection of a lentiviral vector expressing preproinsulin-2 could reduce the occurrence of spontaneous diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice. Intrathymic gene transfer using lentiviral vectors thus offers new means to manipulate antigen-specific tolerance.
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- Gilles Marodon
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6 (UPMC), UMR 7087, Hôpital de La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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van Berkel MEAT, Oosterwegel MA. CD28 and ICOS: Similar or separate costimulators of T cells? Immunol Lett 2006; 105:115-22. [PMID: 16580736 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2006.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2006] [Accepted: 02/18/2006] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Numerous studies have revealed that the B7.1/B7.2-CD28 and B7RP-1-ICOS (Inducible COStimulator) pathways provide crucial costimulatory signals to T cells. We have compared the contribution of these pathways during primary and effector responses, in vitro and in vivo, molecularly as well as functionally. This comparison between CD28 an ICOS after initiation of T cell activation demonstrates that both CD28 and ICOS function similarly during expansion, survival and differentiation of T cells and that both CD28 and ICOS are necessary for proper IgG responses. The major differences between CD28 and ICOS are differences in expression of both receptors and ligands, and the fact that CD28 induces IL-2 production, whereas ICOS does not. In addition, ICOS is more potent in the induction of IL-10 production, a cytokine important for suppressive function of T regulatory cells. All data available at present indicate that both molecules are very suitable candidates for immunotherapy, each in their own unique way.
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