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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-25
pubmed:abstractText
Naturally occurring CD4(+)25(high)Foxp3(+) T regulatory (T-reg) cells are critical for maintaining tolerance to self and non-self Ags. The Foxp3 master-regulatory gene and CD28 costimulation are both required for thymic development and suppressogenic function of CD4(+)25(high)Foxp3(+) T-regs. Herein, we show that the sole CD28 stimulation of T-reg thymic precursors augments Foxp3 expression through the increase in Foxp3 mRNA life span by a mechanism involving p56(lck) and its binding motif on CD28 cytosolic tail, as well as the lipid rafts. We found that 1) the glycosphingolipids and cholesterol components of lipid rafts were highly expressed and unusually partitioned in T-reg thymic precursors as compared with the conventional T cell precursors, 2) the CD28 receptor density on cell membrane is proportional with the content of cholesterol in lipid rafts and with the level of Foxp3 mRNA expression in T-reg precursors, and 3) the CD28-mediated increase of Foxp3 mRNA life span was paralleled by an increased proliferative and suppressogenic capacity of terminally differentiated CD4(+)25(high)Foxp3(+) T-reg precursors. Thus, the functional integrity of CD28 receptor p56(lck) and plasma membrane lipid rafts are all prerequisites for up-regulation and long-term expression of Foxp3 mRNA transcripts in CD4(+)25(high)Foxp3(+) T-reg precursors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1550-6606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
182
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
102-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Antigens, CD28, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Forkhead Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Membrane Microdomains, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-RNA Stability, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Thymus Gland, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:19109140-src-Family Kinases
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
CD28 signaling in T regulatory precursors requires p56lck and rafts integrity to stabilize the Foxp3 message.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural