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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 184, 期 2, 页码 939-946出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901245
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- LMUexcellent research professorship
- Else-Kroner Fresenius Foundation
- Friedrich Baur Foundation [DFG Ro 2525/3-1, DFG En 169/7-2, 1202]
- German Research Foundation
- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich [114]
- SFB-TR [36]
- BayImmuNet
The role of immune suppression by regulatory T (Treg) cells in the maintenance of immune homeostasis is well established. However, little is known about how Treg cell function is inhibited on viral infection to allow the development of a protective immune response. As viral RNA is a crucial mediator for activation of antiviral immunity, we examined the effects of immunostimulatory RNA and infection with RNA viruses on Tree cell function. We show that synthetic RNA oligonucleotides potently inhibit Treg cell-induced suppression in a sequence-dependent manner. This effect is entirely dependent on TLR7 activation of APCs and subsequent IL-6 production. In addition, stimulation with the RNA viruses encephalomyocarditis virus and Sendai virus that specifically activate the RNA-sensing helicases melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA-5) and retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) also blocks Treg cell function. Interestingly, this effect is seen even in the absence of APCs. Consistent with this, both Treg and Teffector cells express RIG-I and MDA-5. Using MDA-5-deficient mice, we demonstrate that the loss of Treg cell function on infection with encephalomyocarditis virus is strictly dependent on MDA-5 expression by Treg cells. Thus, we show in this study for the first time that activation of a RIG-I-like helicase on Tree cells blocks their suppressive function. The Journal of Immunology, 2010, 184: 939-946.
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