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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 113, Issue 31, Pages 8771-8776Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1502166113
Keywords
T-cell activation; CRBN; Kv1.3; calcium flux; potassium flux
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- Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Republic of Korea Ministry of Health Welfare [HI14C1466, HI16C1074]
- Silver Health Bio Research Center of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
- National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2013R1A1A2010995, NRF-2016R1A5A1007318]
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The role of cereblon (CRBN) in T cells is not well understood. We generated mice with a deletion in Crbn and found cereblon to be an important antagonist of T-cell activation. In mice lacking CRBN, CD4(+) T cells show increased activation and IL-2 production on T-cell receptor stimulation, ultimately resulting in increased potassium flux and calcium-mediated signaling. CRBN restricts T-cell activation via epigenetic modification of Kcna3, which encodes the Kv1.3 potassium channel required for robust calcium influx in T cells. CRBN binds directly to conserved DNA elements adjacent to Kcna3 via a previously uncharacterized DNA-binding motif. Consequently, in the absence of CRBN, the expression of Kv1.3 is derepressed, resulting in increased Kv1.3 expression, potassium flux, and CD4(+) T-cell hyperactivation. In addition, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in T-cell-specific Crbn-deficient mice was exacerbated by increased T-cell activation via Kv1.3. Thus, CRBN limits CD4(+) T-cell activation via epigenetic regulation of Kv1.3 expression.
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