期刊
IMMUNOLOGY
卷 142, 期 3, 页码 421-430出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/imm.12268
关键词
arginase; embryonic stem cells; T-cell down-regulation
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资金
- Department of Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Health Administration, Office of Research and Development, Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development [1I01BX001125-01A1]
- NIH/NHLBI [5R01HL073015-09, 3R01HL073015-04A1S1]
- Career Development Award [14SDG18690008]
Murine embryonic stem (ES) cell-derived haematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) engraft and populate lymphoid organs. In vivo, HPCs engraft across MHC barriers protecting donor-type allografts from rejection. However, the underlying phenomenon remains elusive. Here, we sought to determine the mechanism by which ES cell-derived HPCs regulate alloreactive T cells. We used the 2C mouse, which expresses a transgenic T-cell receptor against H2-Ld to determine whether HPCs are deleted by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Previously, we reported that HPCs express MHC class I antigens poorly and do not express class II antigens. In vitro stimulated 2C CTLs failed to lyse H2-Ld HPCs in a standard 4-hr 51chromium release assay. Similarly, when the HPCs were tested in an ELISPOT assay measuring the release of interferon- by CTLs, HPCs failed to induce CTL degranulation. In addition, mice that were injected with HPCs showed a marked decrease in T-cell responses to alloantigen and CD3 stimulation, but showed a normal response to PMA/ionomycin, suggesting that HPCs impaired T-cell signalling through the T-cell receptor/CD3 complex. Here, we show that HPCs secrete arginase, an enzyme that scavenges l-arginine, leading to metabolites that down-regulate CD3 chain. Indeed an arginase inhibitor partially restored expression of the CD3 chain, implicating arginase 1 in the down-regulation of T cells. This previously unrecognized property of ES cell-derived HPCs could positively enhance the engraftment of ES cell-derived HPCs across MHC barriers by preventing rejection.
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