NF45/NF90-mediated rDNA transcription provides a novel target for immunosuppressant development

Abstract Herein, we demonstrate that NFAT, a key regulator of the immune response, translocates from cytoplasm to nucleolus and interacts with NF45/NF90 complex to collaboratively promote rDNA transcription via triggering the directly binding of NF45/NF90 to the ARRE2-like sequences in rDNA promoter upon T cell activationin vitro. The elevated pre-rRNA level of T cells is also observed in both mouse heart or skin transplantation models, and in kidney transplanted patients. Importantly, T cell activation can be significantly suppressed by inhibiting NF45/NF90-dependent rDNA transcription. Amazingly, CX5461, a rDNA transcription specific inhibitor, outperformed FK506, the most commonly used immunosuppressant, both in terms of potency and off-target activity (i.e. toxicity), as demonstrated by a series of skin and heart allograft models. Collectively, this reveals NF45/NF90-mediated rDNA transcription as a novel signaling pathway essential for T cell activation and as a new target for the development of safe and effective immunosuppressants..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 01. Okt. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tsai, Hsiang-i [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Xiaobin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Longshan [VerfasserIn]
Xin, Shengchang [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yingyi [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Zhanxue [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Huanxi [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Gan [VerfasserIn]
Bi, Zirong [VerfasserIn]
Su, Dandan [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Min [VerfasserIn]
Tao, Yijing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Changxi [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Eriksson, John E. [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Wenbin [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Fang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hongbo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Biology

doi:

10.1101/2020.05.26.116897

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XBI018039901