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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 290, Issue 52, Pages 30762-30770Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.668442
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2013CB945304, 2011CB510102]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31471380, 31171406, 30971666]
- Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipality [12JC1400600]
- 211 project of the Chinese Ministry of Education
- 985 project of the Chinese Ministry of Education
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play crucial roles in maintaining immune tolerance. The transcription factor Foxp3 is a critical regulator of Treg development and function, and its expression is regulated at both transcriptional and post-translational levels. Acetylation by lysine acetyl transferases/lysine deacetylases is one of the main post-translational modifications of Foxp3, which regulate Foxp3's stability and transcriptional activity. However, the mechanism(s) by which the activities of these lysine acetyl transferases/lysine deacetylases are regulated to preserve proper Foxp3 acetylation during Treg development and maintenance of Treg function remains to be determined. Here we report that Mst1 can enhance Foxp3 stability, its transcriptional activity, and Treg function by modulating the Foxp3 protein at the post-translational level. We discovered that Mst1 could increase the acetylation of Foxp3 by inhibiting Sirt1 activity, which requires the Mst1 kinase activity. We also found that Mst1 could attenuate Sirt1-mediated deacetylation of Foxp3 through directly interacting with Foxp3 to prevent or interfere the interaction between Sirt1 and Foxp3. Therefore, Mst1 can regulate Foxp3 stability in kinase-dependent and kinase-independent manners. Finally, we showed that treatment of Mst1(-/-) Tregs with Ex-527, a Sirt1-specific inhibitor, partially restored the suppressive function of Mst1(-/-) Tregs. Our studies reveal a novel mechanism by which Mst1 enhances Foxp3 expression and Treg function at the post-translational level.
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