Altered homeostasis and development of regulatory T cell subsets represent an IL-2R-dependent risk for diabetes in NOD mice

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The cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) is critical for the functions of regulatory T cells (Tregs). The contribution of polymorphisms in the gene encoding the IL-2 receptor α subunit (IL2RA), which are associated with type 1 diabetes, is difficult to determine because autoimmunity depends on variations in multiple genes, where the contribution of any one gene product is small. We investigated the mechanisms whereby a modest reduction in IL-2R signaling selectively in T lymphocytes influenced the development of diabetes in the NOD mouse model. The sensitivity of IL-2R signaling was reduced by about two- to threefold in Tregs from mice that coexpressed wild-type IL-2Rβ and a mutant subunit (IL-2RβY3) with reduced signaling (designated NOD-Y3). Male and female NOD-Y3 mice exhibited accelerated diabetes onset due to intrinsic effects on multiple activities in Tregs Bone marrow chimera and adoptive transfer experiments demonstrated that IL-2RβY3 Tregs resulted in impaired homeostasis of lymphoid-residing central Tregs and inefficient development of highly activated effector Tregs and that they were less suppressive. Pancreatic IL-2RβY3 Tregs showed impaired development into IL-10-secreting effector Tregs The pancreatic lymph nodes and pancreases of NOD-Y3 mice had increased numbers of antigen-experienced CD4+ effector T cells, which was largely due to impaired Tregs, because adoptively transferred pancreatic autoantigen-specific CD4+ Foxp3- T cells from NOD-Y3 mice did not accelerate diabetes in NOD.SCID recipients. Our study indicates that the primary defect associated with chronic, mildly reduced IL-2R signaling is due to impaired Tregs that cannot effectively produce and maintain highly functional tissue-seeking effector Treg subsets.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

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Science signaling - 10(2017), 510 vom: 19. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dwyer, Connor J [VerfasserIn]
Bayer, Allison L [VerfasserIn]
Fotino, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Cabello-Kindelan, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Ward, Natasha C [VerfasserIn]
Toomer, Kevin H [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhibin [VerfasserIn]
Malek, Thomas R [VerfasserIn]

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130068-27-8
IL10 protein, mouse
Il2rb protein, mouse
Interleukin-10
Interleukin-2 Receptor beta Subunit
Journal Article

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Date Completed 02.08.2018

Date Revised 19.12.2018

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/scisignal.aam9563

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM279233787