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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 189, Issue 6, Pages 2941-2953Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200935
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- European Union
- European Research Council [202579]
- Telethon-Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation [GJT08004]
- Fondo per gli Investimenti della Ricerca, Medical Research in Italy [RBNE08HWLZ]
- National Institutes of Health [AR53239]
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The sensing by T cells of metabolic and energetic changes in the microenvironment can determine the differentiation, maturation, and activation of these cells. Although it is known that mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) gauges nutritonal and energetic signals in the extracellular milieu, it is not known how mTOR and metabolism influence CD4(+)CD25(-)FOXP3(-) effector T cell (Teff) responses. In this article, we show that leptin-induced activation of mTOR, which, in turn, controls leptin production and signaling, causes a defined cellular, biochemical, and transcriptional signature that determine the outcome of Teff responses, both in vitro and in vivo. The blockade of leptin/leptin receptor signaling, induced by genetic means or by starvation, leads to impaired mTOR activity that inhibits the proliferation of Teffs in vivo. Notably, the transcriptional signature of Teffs in the presence of leptin blockade appears similar to that observed in rapamycin-treated Teffs. These results identify a novel link between nutritional status and Teff responses through the leptin-mTOR axis and define a potential target for Teff modulation in normal and pathologic conditions. The Journal of Immunology, 2012, 189: 2941-2953.
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