Foxp3-dependent programme of regulatory T-cell differentiation

Marc A. Gavin, Jeffrey P. Rasmussen, Jason D. Fontenot, Valeria Vasta, Vincent C. Manganiello, Joseph A. Beavo and Alexander Y. Rudensky ()
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Marc A. Gavin: Departments of Immunology and,
Jeffrey P. Rasmussen: Departments of Immunology and,
Jason D. Fontenot: Departments of Immunology and,
Valeria Vasta: Pharmacology, and the,
Vincent C. Manganiello: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Joseph A. Beavo: Pharmacology, and the,
Alexander Y. Rudensky: Departments of Immunology and,

Nature, 2007, vol. 445, issue 7129, 771-775

Abstract: Abstract Regulatory CD4+ T cells (Tr cells), the development of which is critically dependent on X-linked transcription factor Foxp3 (forkhead box P3), prevent self-destructive immune responses1. Despite its important role, molecular and functional features conferred by Foxp3 to Tr precursor cells remain unknown. It has been suggested that Foxp3 expression is required for both survival of Tr precursors as well as their inability to produce interleukin (IL)-2 and independently proliferate after T-cell-receptor engagement, raising the possibility that such ‘anergy’ and Tr suppressive capacity are intimately linked2,3,4. Here we show, by dissociating Foxp3-dependent features from those induced by the signals preceding and promoting its expression in mice, that the latter signals include several functional and transcriptional hallmarks of Tr cells. Although its function is required for Tr cell suppressor activity, Foxp3 to a large extent amplifies and fixes pre-established molecular features of Tr cells, including anergy and dependence on paracrine IL-2. Furthermore, Foxp3 solidifies Tr cell lineage stability through modification of cell surface and signalling molecules, resulting in adaptation to the signals required to induce and maintain Tr cells. This adaptation includes Foxp3-dependent repression of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 3B, affecting genes responsible for Tr cell homeostasis.

Date: 2007
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