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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 327, 期 4, 页码 1066-1071出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.12.106
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Foxp3; heme oxygenase; T cells; immune suppression
Foxp3, which encodes the transcription factor scurfin, is indispensable for the development and function of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells (Treg). Recent data suggest conversion of peripheral CD4(+)CD25(-) naive T cells to CD4+CD25+ Treg by acquisition of Foxp3 through costimulation with TCR and TGF-beta or forced expression of the gene. One critical question is how Foxp3 causes T cells to become regulatory. In the present work, we demonstrate that Foxp3 can induce heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression and subsequently such regulatory phenotypes as the suppression of nontransfected cells in a cell-cell contact-dependent manner as well as impaired proliferation and production of cytokines upon stimulation in Jurkat T cells. Moreover, we confirm the expression of both Foxp3 and HO-1 in peripheral CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg and suppressive function of the cells are relieved by the inhibition of HO-I activity. In summary, we demonstrate that Foxp3 induces HO-1 expression and HO-1 engages in Foxp3-mediated immune suppression. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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