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The ERM Protein Moesin Regulates CD8+ Regulatory T Cell Homeostasis and Self-Tolerance

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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 199, 期 10, 页码 3418-3426

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AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700074

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  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI [25460588, 16K08831]
  2. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16K08831, 25460588] Funding Source: KAKEN

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The ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) proteins are a family of membrane-associated proteins that link membrane proteins with actin filaments in the cell cortex and regulate many cellular processes, including cell shape determination, membrane transport, and signal transduction. Lymphocytes predominantly express two ERM members, ezrin and moesin. Mutations in the moesin gene in humans are associated with primary immunodeficiency with profound lymphopenia, and moesin-deficient mice exhibit a similar lymphopenia phenotype. In this study, we show that aging moesin-deficient mice develop a systemic lupus erythematosus-like autoimmune phenotype, which is characterized by elevated serum autoantibody levels and glomerulonephritis. Younger moesin-deficient mice exhibited elevated basal levels of several Ig isotypes and enhanced Ab affinity maturation upon immunization. Germinal center B cells and follicular helper T cells spontaneously accumulated in unimmunized mice, and CD8(+) CD44(+) CD122(+) Ly49(+) regulatory T (CD8(+) Tregs) cells, which inhibit the expansion of follicular helper T cells, were severely reduced in these mice. Isolated CD8(+) Treg cells from moesin-deficient mice showed impaired proliferation in response to IL-15, which was accompanied by defects in STAT5 activation and IL-15R alpha internalization, suggesting that moesin plays a key role in IL-15-mediated signaling. These findings underscore the importance of moesin in IL-15-dependent CD8(+) Treg cell homeostasis and, thus, the control of selftolerance.

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