FOXP1 is a regulator of quiescence in healthy human CD4+ T cells and is constitutively repressed in T cells from patients with lymphoproliferative disorders

The forkhead box P1 (FOXP1) transcription factor has been shown to regulate the generation and maintenance of quiescent naïve murine T cells. In humans, FOXP1 expression has been correlated with overall survival in patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), although its regulatory role in T-cell function is currently unknown. We found that FOXP1 is normally expressed in all human leukocyte subpopulations. Focusing on primary human CD4+ T cells, we show that nuclear expression of FOXP1 predominates in naïve cells with significant downregulation detected in memory cells from blood and tonsils. FOXP1 is repressed following in vitro T-cell activation of naïve T cells, and later re-established in memory CD4+ T cells, albeit at lower levels. DNA methylation analysis revealed that epigenetic mechanisms participate in regulating the human FOXP1 gene. ShRNA-mediated FOXP1 repression induces CD4+ T cells to enter the cell cycle, acquire memory-like markers and upregulate helper T-cell differentiation genes. In patients with lymphoproliferative disorders, FOXP1 expression is constitutionally repressed in the clonal T cells in parallel with overexpression of helper T-cell differentiation genes. Collectively, these data identify FOXP1 as an essential transcriptional regulator for primary human CD4+ T cells and suggest its potential important role in the development of PTCL..

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2017

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2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

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European journal of immunology - 47(2017), 1, Seite 168-179

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Englisch

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Garaud, Soizic [VerfasserIn]
Roufosse, Florence [Sonstige Person]
De Silva, Pushpamali [Sonstige Person]
Gu-Trantien, Chunyan [Sonstige Person]
Lodewyckx, Jean-Nicolas [Sonstige Person]
Duvillier, Hugues [Sonstige Person]
Dedeurwaerder, Sarah [Sonstige Person]
Bizet, Martin [Sonstige Person]
Defrance, Matthieu [Sonstige Person]
Fuks, François [Sonstige Person]
Bex, Françoise [Sonstige Person]
Willard-Gallo, Karen [Sonstige Person]

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10.1002/eji.201646373

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OLC1986982475