PTEN regulates IL-2 receptor responsiveness of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells
| Autor: | Walsh, Patrick |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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| Popis: | PUBLISHED One of the greatest barriers against harnessing the potential of CD4+CD25+ Tregs as a cellular immunotherapy is their hypoproliferative phenotype. We have previously shown that the hypoproliferative response of Tregs to IL-2 is associated with defective downstream PI3K signaling. Here, we demonstrate that targeted deletion of the lipid phosphatase PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10) regulates the peripheral homeostasis of Tregs in vivo and allows their expansion ex vivo in response to IL-2 alone. PTEN deficiency does not adversely affect either the thymic development or the function of Tregs, which retain their ability to suppress responder T cells in vitro and prevent colitis in vivo. Conversely, reexpression of PTEN in PTEN-deficient Tregs as well as in activated CD4+ T cells inhibits IL-2?dependent proliferation, confirming PTEN as a negative regulator of IL-2 receptor signaling. These data demonstrate that PTEN regulates the ?anergic? response of Tregs to IL-2 in vitro and Treg homeostasis in vivo and indicate that inhibition of PTEN activity may facilitate the expansion of these cells for potential use in cellular immunotherapy. We thank the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Flow Cytometry Core for expert assistance with FACS and the Morphology Core, Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver, for assistance with histology. We also thank Scott Adler, Somia Perdow-Hickman, Aaron Neumann, David Neujahr, Chuangqi Chen, and Margaret Lucitt for helpful discussions. This work was supported by NIH grant AI-43620 (to L.A. Turka). P.T. Walsh is supported by an American Society of Transplantation basic science fellowship grant. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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