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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 12, Pages 3202-3211Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201242659
Keywords
Chronic granulomatous disease; NADPH oxidase; Reactive oxygen species; STAT5
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- National Institutes of Health [R01-AI070823, T32-HL007698]
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Absence of phagocyte NADPH oxidase (NOX2) activity causes chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), a primary immunodeficiency characterized by recurrent bacterial infections. In contrast to this innate immune deficit, CGD patients and animal models display a predisposition toward autoimmune disease and enhanced response to Helicobacter pylori and influenza virus infection. These data imply an altered, perhaps augmented, adaptive immune response in CGD. As previous data demonstrated functional NOX2 expression in T cells, our goal here was to determine if NOX2-deficient T cells are inherently altered in their responses. Activation of purified naive CD4+ T cells from NOX2-deficient mice led to augmented IFN-? and diminished IL-4 production and an increased ratio of expression of the TH1-specific transcription factor T-bet versus the TH2-specfic transcription factor GATA-3, consistent with a TH1 skewing of naive T cells. Selective inhibition of TCR-induced STAT5 phosphorylation was identified as a potential mechanism for skewed T helper differentiation. Exposure to antioxidants inhibited, while pro-oxidants augmented TH2 cytokine secretion and STAT5 phosphorylation, supporting the redox dependence of these signaling changes. These data suggest that TCR-induced ROS generation from NOX2 activation can regulate the adaptive immune response in a T-cell-inherent fashion, and propose a possible role for redox signaling in T helper differentiation.
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