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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 20, Pages 4877-4889Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00456-10
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- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [SAF2008-02719, SAF2008-02635]
- ISCIII-MSC [PI06/0937]
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [RD06/0014-0030]
- Genoma Espana Foundation
- Comunidad de Madrid [01592006]
- Ministry of Science and Innovation
- Pro CNIC Foundation
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T-cell differentiation involves the early decision to commit to a particular pattern of response to an antigen. Here, we show that the leukocyte activation antigen CD69 limits differentiation into proinflammatory helper T cells (Th17 cells). Upon antigen stimulation in vitro, CD4(+) T cells from CD69-deficient mice generate an expansion of Th17 cells and the induction of greater mRNA expression of interleukin 17 (IL-17), IL 23 receptor (IL-23R), and the nuclear receptor retinoic acid-related orphan receptor gamma t (ROR gamma t). In vivo studies with CD69-deficient mice bearing OTII T-cell receptors (TCRs) specific for OVA peptide showed a high proportion of antigen-specific Th17 subpopulation in the draining lymph nodes, as well as in CD69-deficient mice immunized with type II collagen. Biochemical analysis demonstrated that the CD69 cytoplasmic tail associates with the Jak3/Stat5 signaling pathway, which regulates the transcription of ROR gamma t and, consequently, differentiation toward the Th17 lineage. Functional experiments in Th17 cultures demonstrated that the selective inhibition of Jak3 activation enhanced the transcription of ROR gamma t. Moreover, the addition of exogenous IL-2 restored Stat5 phosphorylation and inhibited the enhanced Th17 differentiation in CD69-deficient cells. These results support the early activation receptor CD69 as an intrinsic modulator of the T-cell differentiation program that conditions immune inflammatory processes.
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