Journal
CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
Volume 15, Issue 12, Pages 1901-1909Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2008.128
Keywords
T lymphocyte; death receptor; apoptosis; prostaglandin E-2; Toll-like receptor; AICD
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- Ministry of Education (CAPES, Brazil)
- FAPESP
- Brazilian Research Council (CNPq-Brazil)
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL058897] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) control T-cell responses by multiple mechanisms, including the expression of co-stimulatory molecules and the production of cytokines and other mediators that control T-cell proliferation, survival and differentiation. Here, we demonstrate that soluble factor(s) produced by Toll-like receptor (TLR)-activated APCs suppress activation-induced cell death (AICD). This effect was observed in non-stimulated APCs, but it was significantly increased after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment. Using different KO mice, we found that the LPS-induced protective factor is dependent on TLR4/MyD88. We identified the protective factor as prostaglandin E-2(PGE(2)) and showed that both APC-derived supernatants and PGE(2) prevented CD95L upregulation in T cells in response to TCR/CD3 stimulation, thereby avoiding both AICD and activated T cell killing of target macrophages. The PGE(2) receptors, EP2 and EP4, appear to be involved since pharmacological stimulation of these receptors mimics the protective effect on T cells and their respective antagonists interfere with the protection induced by either APCs derived or synthetic PGE(2). Finally, the engagement of EP2 and EP4 synergistically activates protein kinase A (PKA) and exchange protein directly activated by cAMP pathways to prevent AICD. Taken together, these results indicate that APCs can regulate T-cell levels of CD95L by releasing PGE2 in response to LPS through a TLR4/MyD88-dependent pathway, with consequences for both T cell and their own survival.
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